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IF YOU READ MY POST WELL YOU WOULD KNOW THAT i SAID THAT THEY ARE THIN SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO FENDER WORK WHICH WOULD COST ATON AND i SAID THE PRINT IS EXACT SORRY IF YOU DID NOT UNDERSTAND NO NEED TO BE A MEAN ON THIS SITE AGAIN THE THE HORSE MARKINGS ARE THE SAME AS FACTORY FERRARI THAT WAS THE REASON HE MAN THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. BE NICE. JUST POSTING INFORMATION NOT TRYING TO BE A KNOW IT ALL. LEARN ALOT OF THIS SITE BUT SOME OF YOU GUYS ARE SO MEAN. THOUGH i FARE IN PUT

 

Sorry mate i did not mean anything by what i posted we are just debaiting the subject. Your not going to ....cry are ya...
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NO NOT AT ALL JUST TRYING TO POST HELPING INFORMATION NOT TRYING START TROUBLE JUST WHAT TO STATE FACTS SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE GOOD CHOICES NOT SAYING THE YOSHI 'S SHIELDS ARE THE BEST JUST SAYING IF YOU WHAT FACTORY KNOCK OFFS THAT ARE EXACT HE IS A GOOD CHOICE

 

OK, back on topic here...

What are the METAL shield (with magnet) options, and how much $$$ are they?

 

I fitted the Yoshi shields on my 348. I had them recessed due to personal taste. The photos of the GTC Original shields clearly show a difference in the horsey bits compared to Yoshi's. However, I've seen other pics of original shields which are exactly like Yoshi's.

a) do we know that Ferrari has maintained the same shield design from the same (presumably) sub-contractor who makes them over the 20 - 30 years we are talking about?

The following is based on MY personal experience with the Yoshi super thin shields.

b) the Yoshi price, discount and speed of service are second to none

c) the Yoshi shields are not symmetrical. If you take a tracing, fold it down the centre line, you will see that the border curvatures don't match up

d) the general quality as regards colour, inclusions, air bubbles etc., is excellent

e) when I tried to rub off what I thought was dirt or grease from the packaging whatever, I found I couldn't. Looking closer, I could see that the yellow surface had micro-crazing. Although I was not too happy at first, now they are fitted on a 12 year old car, they look just right. They look as though they've really been there for 12 years and I just love them. Maybe not everyone's taste, though.

f) I can't comment on the body curvature match as I had mine recessed.

For the nose badge, I decided to "treat" the car to a new one. I ordered one up from the Main Dealer for mega-bucks. WHAT A LOAD OF $H1TE! Believe me, I even had to take some serious metal polish to it to get the rust off the chrome surround. I also ordered up new side indicators. These had such open porosity on the rubber seals, it looks like their manufacturing has been sub-contracted to a Swiss cheese factory. Honestly, I kept the old ones. So much for Ferrari original quality when we compare aftermarket items.

If you think of the rusty 348 sill plates, the cracked chrome of the wheel nuts, the trim held together with self-tapping screws and cup-washers and all this on a 1994 vehicle, it doesn't take much to realise that most trim bits and the like knocked up in someone's garage are going to be of better quality, so why the obsession to reproduce the "original"?

Depends where you park or leave your car, I guess, but aren't magnetic shields going to have a very "mobile" life style?

 

Challenge Stradale
http://70.85.40.84/~ferrari/discus/messages/21/339238.jpg

Enzo
http://ferraris-online.com/cars/FE-ENZO-134282/images/P026Web.jpg

575M
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.shopping.msn.com/img/10/3055/202/26080226.jpg&imgrefurl=http://shopping.msn.com/results/shp/%3Fbcatid%3D4846%26av%3D12-4568250&h=100&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=28&tbnid=HW-Ks1BoUkuW_M:&tbnh=82&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dscuderia%2Bferrari%2Bshields%26start%3D18%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DSNYD,SNYD:2004-32,SNYD:en%26sa%3DN

All look like the Yoshi.

Couldn't find any clear older ones ie F40, anyone have any? Looks like the badges may have changed around 355 era maybe, but AFAIK 355's didn't come with badges did they? Did the shield "option" come in with the 360?

 

And you have done a sterling job on placing them sheilds mate Very nice indeed. They do look spot on.

 

Thanks for the compliment. (Actually Chas it was a Euro job.)

 

Sean,
Did you put them on your car? Can you post a couple of pics? A close up showing the shield in detail if possible would be great.

Thanks,
Dean

 

Guys,
Any input in Husker's question- what are options for metal shields with magnetic backing?
Thanks in advance,
Chris

 

OMG, I had no idea that you guys have been debaing over my (Yoshi's) shields, which I have changed the company name to YoMagic a while ago. After going through all the postings on this thread, I felt obligated to help clarifying some issues being discussed. First of all, I would like to thank those who had purchased and gave some excellent reviews on our shields. This particular comparison picture (6 shields) was actually taken by me just to show how close our shield is to the OEM shield. You can find the OEM shield on the left upper corner while ours (Yoshi's) is placed at the right upper corner. The shield Chaa has is the shield by Nick in Ventura (CA), which is placed at the lower right corner. The middle shields (top and bottom) are the OEM "sticker" shields. The one in the bottom is the "puffy 3D resin type" while the top one is the plain sticker. The remaining shield at the lower left corner is by the French manufacturer called Barracat? and was once sold by Paul. So now you know, the design and colors of Yoshi's shield is the closest to the OEM shield.

The dimensions (except for the thickness) of the Yoshi's shield are exactly the same as the ones of the OEM shield. If you place our shield over the OEM shield or vice versa, you would know they are exactly the same size and shape (off course except the thickness).

As for the fitment, I have had a few claims before and do not honestly know why they had the problem with the fitment, especially with our ultra-thin (1.0mm) shield as they are flexible enough to conform to the curvature with the slight pressure of the palm of your hand. Many customers told me they fit perfectly.

Anyway, I am very confident that our shields are the closest to the OEM shield you can find in the after-market today. Even many Ferrari dealers (sales and service/parts department folks) think the Yoshi's shields are the best they have ever seen.

This is not intended as solicitation but as the clarification and explanation of what we are talking about and comparing with. Lastly, I respect everyone's opinion and hope to choose whatever the shield option he/she prefers.

 

Good to hear from you on here Nero

 

Shields came in from Macarbon, I have to say, they look very nice!

Whether or not they will stay on (magnetic) at high speeds i don't know. I will find that out shortly
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Did you get my order? I've placed it after you posted this message. I've paid with my CC through paypal (I'm from the netherlands and my email is info at mwnetmedia dot com)

 

I've sent them an email too without any answers, I just hope they still read this board, I'm sure everything will be fine

 

Received my shields

The shields look good although I'm not sure yet if they look good on my yellow F355....it's great you can take them off any time you want

Thanks guys!

 

Guys,

Things have been busy and I've tried to answer any questions we recieved. But I probably missed one here and there. And I'll certainly subsacribe to the thread now.

Shield Loss: We've never had any reports of shields coming off at speed. Or more to the point, no one has ever called wanting just one shield! I think they stay on their pretty good and I've never lost them on my 308. Although a 355 is a -bit- faster. As for theft, the magnetic backing is not too thick so its not obvious to passers-by that they come off.


John

 

You have a PM.

 

How are guys like yoshi able to sell these things and not get sued? Do they license the image from Ferrari? I understand that selling the official ferrari product like the magnetic shields is fine, but I've always wondered how someone can get away with selling an aftermarket LOGO.

 

I think if peolple were making big dollars they would come after you but you guys are not really making the money off there name and or logo for them to come after you there is aton of stuff from china and japan and they use it I think if someone was making well over 7 figs. they would come after you on there name and logo that is not after market products. and I really don't think anybody really cares unless your taking money big money that is from them.

 

They talked to us and one of our dealers when a shield was shown in the same picture as one of our fenders, which we had made only one pair of. No problem with the fender, big problem with the logo in the picture. The lawyer was nice, but made it clear that using the name, logo, horse, script, whatever on the product was not ok with them. Since the logo was not part of our product, it was just blanked out of the picture.

I agree that it may be a small potatoes kind of deal, but I'm under the impression that ferrari's lawyers don't mind dealing with the small potatoes issues, which is why I'm surprised that the aftermarket logo makers are still selling product. Maybe some of them license the logo - the big sticker manufacturers do.

 

DAMM !! sorry to hear about both stories I bought some stuff that I know was not the real deal factory ferrari. shock they would even bother macarbon sales the doorsills I want I better buy before they get caught HA Ha! but there is so many even with shirts. but you guys are in alot of the ferrari community and have a big name .