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What Design Element Would You Change On The 355

Discussion in '348/355' started by Rossocorsa1, Jan 11, 2019.

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  1. Redlyne_mr2

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    #26 Redlyne_mr2, Jan 12, 2019
    Seats and the steering whee.
     
  2. Rifledriver

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    #27 Rifledriver, Jan 12, 2019
    Lots of holsters work well in a car seat. I carry a 1911 and very few car seats interfere.
     
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    #28 Rifledriver, Jan 12, 2019
    Hide away head lights are the work of lazy no talent designers. I understood to some extent when the FMVSS required mundane, dim, conventional sealed beam headlights but those requirements went away before the 355 came out.

    The best looking cars in history have head lights beautifully integrated into the design by artists that not only acknowledged their existence but celebrated their presence in much the same way as wheels. Hiding them away as though they don't exist is admitting to a bankruptcy of talent much like fender skirts on a Hudson.
     
  4. WATSON

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    #29 WATSON, Jan 12, 2019
    It was a fashion, in period, design. The car is a time stamp from an age gone by...But I do agree.

    However, whoever designed the 360 headlights needs serious design help.

    Given the choice between the 355 headlights and the 360...I'll take the 355.

    They do get progressively better from the 430 to the 458 and the current 488.
     
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    #30 Rifledriver, Jan 12, 2019
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    It was a fashion statement on the Cord 810/812 and the Stingray. On the 355 it was lazy. Hideaway headlights were a stopgap measure to try and clean up cars aerodynamically in a period of the government still requiring Victorian era lighting. Think 328/TR. Lazy, no talent designers continued the trend.


    I prefer the 360 lights to the 430/458 anyday. The 458 lights look like something from a bad Japanese sci fi movie creature.
     
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  6. Rossocorsa1

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    #31 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
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    I’ll admit that I think the 355 would have looked amazing with 512M style headlights, but that isn’t to say I don’t like pop-ups. They are a signature of the time. I still love the cars overall flow.
     
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    #32 Rifledriver, Jan 12, 2019
    We have a 328 and a TR and I hate driving either at night for that reason. Many otherwise wonderful designs had them. Has all of the elegance of a Concorde in landing configuration.
     
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  8. rockminster

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    #33 rockminster, Jan 12, 2019
    Agree on steering wheel. I just made this change and it feels just right. I didn’t realize how much the stock steering wheel impeded ingress and egress until I made the change.

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  9. Wade

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    #34 Wade, Jan 12, 2019
    Almost. More LM style instead.

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    #35 Wade, Jan 12, 2019
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    #36 chrisj951, Jan 12, 2019
    Is that a 348 steering wheel?


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  12. Rossocorsa1

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    #37 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
    All very interesting. Still, I’m a purist. With all my cars, I take the bad with the good, even if there are better solutions. I like my cars as they left at the factory.
     
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    #38 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
    I was going to ask the same thing. It seems like it.
     
  14. Rossocorsa1

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    #39 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
    By the way - can someone clear this up? Regarding the three spoke steering wheel we see on some F355’s, what cars had this wheel? When was the change made? It’s my understanding it was made because of air bag requirements.
     
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    #40 Dave rocks, Jan 12, 2019
    US cars never had it. Only Europe and Australia I believe.
     
  16. Rossocorsa1

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    #41 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
    Thanks. When did they? Just 95?
     
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    #42 Dave rocks, Jan 12, 2019
    Yes, but 94 actually. I'm No expert on this detail so others will likely provide more facts. Jim and Elliott have the hard details I believe.
     
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    #43 WATSON, Jan 12, 2019
    What wheel is that? ..and where can I get one tomorrow?
     
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    #45 rockminster, Jan 12, 2019
    I think it’s a 348 wheel but I’m not sure. Here’s a pic of the stamping on the back of the wheel.

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  21. Rossocorsa1

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    #46 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019
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    #47 MAD828, Jan 12, 2019
    My car has the non airbag wheel so from my point of view this is how Ferrari intended it to be. In Australia the cars were delivered like this until mid 1995. Mine was built in June 1995. Australian delivered cars built in late 95 had the airbag due to regulation changes for crash safety standards.

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    #48 Wade, Jan 12, 2019
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  24. Rossocorsa1

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    #49 Rossocorsa1, Jan 12, 2019

    Great wheel.
     
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  25. rockminster

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    #50 rockminster, Jan 12, 2019
    I had some collision safety concerns with removing the airbag but figured that relying on a 23 year old air bag to work properly was iffy at best and I could be enhancing my safety by taking it out.


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