Hi, Im getting some updates done on the car and need to get new fender shields. It is a 95 F355 GTB. The only place i really found was here: https://www.exoticcargear.com/product/ferrari-430-carbon-fiber-right-and-left-inner-door-handle-cups-f430/ (this is the actual link) Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks, once i get the car back I will post up pics and what has changed. Pretty excited.
I picked up a set off eBay. I wanted to see what the quality would be like. They were roughly $40 for the pair and far exceeded my expectations. Nice fit, and finish. If they ever show signs of deterioration I’ll just pick up another set. Image Unavailable, Please Login Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat.com mobile app
"Exotic Car Gear " probably buy the same $40 badges off Ebay, and then resell them at $249 on their own site!
I checked ebay, and the only ones in the $40 range (or $20 for one) are shipped from India. For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/FERRARI-SCUDERIA-FENDER-METAL-SHIELD-308-328-348-355-430-360-GRILL-BADGE-EMBLEM/223028973214
I got the ones from India as a test to see if I liked them well enough to get better ones. The quality exceeded my expectations and the art/paint is actually perfectly acceptable to me. However, they are not an exact fit to my car's fender profiles even though I was quite specific as to what I wanted them for. I'm worried the paint might be damaged if I reprofile them to fit and metal is pretty stout so it wouldn't be easy to achieve the fit I want anyway. I had wanted to use thin film adhesive to make the installation look as tidy as possible, but that's not possible with the ones I have. You'd have to use foam tape, and even then there'd be a worry of dirt getting behind them because they don't fit perfectly evenly. The Indian shields would be awesome if they were a perfect fit but for my requirements they're really only useful for temporary installation to evaluate the look. I think it was I-Velocita that looked so promising to me. Glad to know they're still around. Haven't noticed them in the classified section in a while, but I don't go to classified nearly as often as I did before that section got all screwed up. No direct experience with them, but they claimed to supply fitments for specific cars so I'd simply ask if they guaranty a match for your car.
I bought some from a member on here years ago for my 355. Very high quality and I was happy with them. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I tried ones from Scuderiaparts. The ones that were sent to me were really poor quality. I don't know where they were made but I was really surprised they had the nerve to ship them to anybody paying more than a few £, let alone north of £200. Didn't even get the return postage cost refunded!!
Image Unavailable, Please Login I got the ones from India for my 355 and I assume the ones the ones on my 348 put on by the PO were the same as they look identical. They were not the perfect curvature for the 355 fender but I was able to bend the easily to match. The enamel is very durable and did not crack with adjusting the bend. I used emblem adhesive to apply them which I used for anything like this, I never use the foam stuff. 4-5 years later they still looked flawless when I sold the car. BUT I did recently buy another set and the enamel was a bit sloppy. A few bubbles and painted outside the lines. It might just be the luck of the draw as to if the 8 year old kid painting them on the assembly line has a steady hand or not.
Anyone know anything about these shields? Image Unavailable, Please Login HOME ABOUT US FERRARI V6 FERRARI V8 FERRARI V12 FERRARI FLAT-12 MASERATI FIAT PRODUCT CART CONTACT US 0 items Home › 355 Cloisonne Ceramic Ferrari Badge (Pair) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login 355 Cloisonne Ceramic Ferrari Badge (Pair) Regular price$ 475.00Sale price Compare at $ 900.00 Quantity These Cloisonne Ceramic Ferrari Badges are the closest you can get to the original OEM badges. They are made via the same process and match the height, width, and thickness of the OEM badges. Backed with 3M adhesive these badges will not come loose once you stick them on. They are very durable and highly resistant to cracking, chipping, and peeling unlike other reproductions. We also have these badges available for other models.
Nope mine look more like Brians maybe they are yoshi but the feel ceramic. The horse on these is definately not similar to the stock shields. The nose is too long. Look at fiorano pictures to be sure
Same reason the OP might put them on a 1995 355 that never had shields from the factory...simply because they want to. It is completely reversible, so no harm, no foul.
thanks everyone for the discussions. Yes I know my car didnt com with them, but I prefer the way the car looks with them. To each their own it seems. I think my car has Yoshi shields right now, but during transport they were chipped. I think after the paint work is done they will be put back on to lease some of the "patina". Other suggestions? I guess I could not have shields. Thanks!
If you have decent shields that were damaged, why not look for somebody who repairs enamel? They are about, might need a bit of time to find them but given the cost of decent shields might be worth a go?? Out of interest has anybody bought some original ones and cut the studs of to allow them to be taped on? Expensive experiment....?
“Out of interest has anybody bought some original ones and cut the studs of to allow them to be taped on? Expensive experiment....?” The originals are over 3mm thick and are designed for recess mounting only. Even with the studs removed they won’t look right due to thickness. Also, on some cars the recess has a different curvature than the fender surface.
