I couldn't resist, heres mine with 17" compomotives & new QA1 shocks. too bad the wheels are so difficult to get. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Quote "I too always expected to paint my calipers yellow against my black and yours guarantees it! I also like the chrome wheels against the black car although the design is a little too radical for me,can I say Transformer. I wonder what they look like at slow speeds? Over time, they will date themselves, however you're right on target with the chrome I've always felt that Black and White cars are so saturated in value of their color that aluminum polished (usually gets dull) or not does not have enough strength to hold up against the car color. CALIPERS: Did you paint or have them powder coated?" They are painted
Thank you very much! Like the Mondial you should see them for real, it is even nicer! I figured we cannot go wrong with timeless/classic designs and moreover if we take some time to try to find the good match with the body design of car it can give something truly great, in all the subjectiveness of personal tastes!!! Pictures please!!! Thanks again but you are way way too much rating my mind!!! I will come soon with new pictures and hopefully some videos!!! I like the cookie cutter expression! What about the famous fuel saver!?! I think I prefer the 355 wheel over the 348. This latter looks too much two dimesional/flat for me. But this is the nicest picture of a Mondial with 348 wheels I have found. Gorgeous! Like an aerodynamic wing, the thinnest part should be at the trailing edge but unlike typical directional wheel design, this one Ferrari made had the advantage to make sense every way. This leads to another question: Do 348 wheels are all identical or they come by pair; one for each side. ( I just don't understand wheel manufacturers proposing directional design and not offering a wheel which is the perfect reflexion of the other side one; I do not want to like only one side of my car!!! ) I agree! It is a very nice car! P.S. Is there a way to place pictures where we want in our reply? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
now that i know who makes my wheels i now can post here,Boyd coddington 1 piece after market 17'' wheels............ Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Effer, Is your fuel saver not in the car?. Mine is still in place and still gives an extra 8 miles to the gallon. The cow magnets are good for another 3 mpg. My dad is pushing me to chrome the wheels good for another 6mph but at a loss of 1mpg. I previously did a quick visual study of the 348 wheel because I asked myself the same questions about directional wheels. I believe Ferrari's wheel is directional which told me they wanted the blunt edge first with the trailing edge tapered because I haven't seen a set shown the other way from all the pic postings, only in the stock direction. Because of this one should be able to swap them side for side and give them the more aggressive look of knife blade first.(begs an additional question) Are they staggered widths front to back therefore each set of wheels has 4 unique wheels?(Someone?) Since the blade(spoke) is shielded by the rim there is no actual (or slight) aerodynamic effect (drag) but the question becomes airplane wing or knife edge and Kamm tail both have valuable aerodynamic value but not here where only the visual has any real value. However, on some wheels applications on other cars the turbine wheel actually helps draw cooling air over the brakes. I wonder if Ferrari did any wind tunnel tests to orient the 348 wheels in the direction they did or was it purely a design decision. I know in the design studio many hours could be spent on this discussion sometimes resolved by power and who has it and sometimes by poll or consensus. Wish I could ask the question to those involved. In one of the threads someone noticed a wheel was backward a 348? or a tire was mounted backward due to the directional arrow and it was corrected. If I get a set of 348s I will definitely try them both ways and decide. Would a concours judge ding one on this? Ross PS How do place icons where you want them?
I like these also, mainly because they don't have all those extra racing inspired nuts and bolts which is either too aggressive or sometimes just too busy looking and certainly a PITA to clean. Ross
Hi Guys, I´ve seen now so much Mondials and other 3x8`s, but noone is carrying the same Combiniation like my 84 Mondial QV. I´d like to show you my Rims , bought about 12 Years ago for about 4,5k Euro ( including Tyres) . In the Front it wears 245/40 17" and in the rear 275/40 17". But this Rims are no more build since years. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fred, Repaint? Beautiful Blue but not stock color Blue Chiarro? Also you repainted the rubber surround of the sail panel (flying buttress)? Flex agent in paint? looks good. Thx Ross
Judge, Your sweet Mondi appears to be pulling a "Christene" on us. She really does look as if she is aging - - - backwards !! Cheers mate, Hank
It´s stock colour,Colour code FER 503, although the butresses, but they aren´t the quality I wanted --- rubber---- you know, I love the look.
Not my car, but I like these wheels. I'm 90% sure they're Fikse FM5s. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
more 17" staggered compomotives... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Nice Mondial, but I have to admit, those stock wheels are probably the least attractive wheels ever to come out of maranello. Certainly why every Mondial I see lately has aftermarkets. They definitely improved with the later 328 wheel.
