Modded 308

Whose car is it?

 

This is a complicated question. Are you willing to go to all the work to make it original again? If so, no harm. It can take longer to find a buyer for modded cars. Also, depends on the condition of the car. If it is a beater now, modding it probably want hurt much. If it's a dry sump fiberglass car, I wouldn't modify it at all. I turbocharged my very nice condition car because I wanted a lot more power. Would I put it back to stock to sell it? I don't know, it would take a lot of time, money and work. I kept all the original parts as well..
Any mods are probably lost $$$.. Everything in life isn't about the money. It's your car, do what you want to get the most enjoyment and don't worry about it, unless you do something hideous to the styling

 

A lowered 308/328 with good fitting wheels is a beautiful thing and easily reversible. Do it

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I have done so many mod on my QV like 17” aftermarket wheels, larger front and rear swaybars, stainless steel exhaust, replaced cat with straight pipe, lowered suspensions, Euro digiplex, and many more but, none of these are permanent, as I kept all the original parts and can be easily switch back to original version. So yes I would mod it but keep all the original parts.

 

That looks great if you want to show and pose... not so much if you want to drive it hard. Those deep wheels are easy to add with photoshop but not possible without massive changes to body and suspension in real life.

 

Look at the forged 18” wheels Mark had made for his V12. That is the widest/deepest you can go without widening the body.

 

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Just a word of caution.

already minimal clearance to get the jack under these things. Ended up buying too low profile floor jacks just for the 308 and trailering it, that’s fun also.
Speed bumps and marginal inclines make short work of a deep dish front spoiler and aluminum covers underneath the car.
Sitting at stock height, I can’t get my hand between the rear wheel well opening and the top of the 16” Continental tires mine is riding on so not sure what is to be gained by lowering it. There are two bad ass modded 308 that come to mind that you should really check out. One of them ATS Arron and ddieson (sp?) cars. Both set up for performance.

 

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No poser about these. They’re the real deal.

 

I would not lower a car that is to be driven "normally" on the road. I've been there, done that in the past with several vehicles and the results are not pretty or cheap. Worrying about every little bump/driveway/whatever is nothing but a PITA and basically makes the car no fun to drive AND easily (and expensively) damaged.

Also the concept of "it can easily be returned to stock" is, IMO, a bit overstated. SURE, technically, you can remove any bolt-on parts and replace them with the OEM parts that you kept in your garage but does anybody REALLY go to all the trouble to do that? I have heard this statement many times but NEVER have I known anyone who actually did it; they just sell the car as is stating that the OEM parts will go with the sale. Of course, the car sells for the lower price that a modded car usually brings.

 

my 308 is so modded I can't go backwards,
But, I definitely don't want to go back
I ve dont suspension, engine, engine management, clutch, brakes.
It goes fast, and corners fast, and stops fast
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Here's a thread on making wheels...just go to the last page for finished pics
http://gemellocattivo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=327

Same pics I linked into this thread

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/v-12-engine-into-308-build-over-on-grassroots.592594/

or here is a repost


The car is lowered about as much as you can an still drive it on an actual road.

On the front you go 8" wide with no real problem, at 8.5 you start to get rubbing issues when turning...I ran an 8.5 with 225 tire ok but 235 was an issue with rubbing while cornering hard.

On the back again 8 is fine as its oem QV. At 9" you need to use aftermarket springs that have a smaller OD...like a 2.5" or 2.25" ID Over 9.5" you really need to modify the rear carriers (I moved the shock mount 1.625" inbooard) or add flares.

The wheels I have are designed to fit a modern forging so not real deep looking, but with a 3 piece the center could move in about an inch....the rest of the width had to be added to the inside (mine are basically rubbing the inside of the inner wheel well) casue there ain't no place to go out so they can never look like the pic you posted without major suspension mods.

 

Austin, these are 17” wheels that mk e made for me. I get them soon!
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