Is it sacrilege to change the nose of a 348?

Frankenferrari!

Good to see you are still tinkering.
Interesting mod!

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I like it! Very creative.

 

The front end is one of the best design features of the 348 imo. As long as your happy!

 

Great stuff
air intake, it was always odd as to why only 1 from an aesthetic point of view
my only comment is i think the roundness of the bumper ends is a bit 'too' round - but otherwise it's good.

 

I bet it looks even better in person. Enjoy!

 

I'm a sucker for quad round lights. That's pretty cool.

sjd

 

Really nice effort (and appreciate your video series on the major service!), and I imagine easily reversible if desired, swapping back to a factory bumper cover.

Overall though, it looks off to my eye. In the photos at least, radius of the grille opening on the sides needs a bit different shaping, or treatment to the fog lights, as currently lends a bit of a 'puffy cheeked' look from the relationship between the surface/curvature of the bumper and the grille opening corners/lighting groups.

IMO, the 348 front end is a really well resolved front end in terms of design language and resulting aesthetic (related: the front bumper on the f355 is one gripe of mine, as the proportions/sculpting of the updated softened/rounded turn signals, grille opening, and bumperettes/splitters do not resolve as fully or cleanly into the front end as the 348... looks a bit modified/forced, or tacked-on when focusing attention to details and design harmonization).

In terms of modification, perhaps the only tweak I'd make to the oe design is a secondary intake duct on the air dam on the opposite side, but that's just my taste.

 

Like the twin intakes but the round lights/extended grill make it look from a different time period - not a fan I'm afriad although I admire the handywork

Best modded cosmetics are this one:

https://www.carscoops.com/2017/02/modified-1992-ferrari-348-lm-for-sale/

Particularly like the way they have done the rear lights.

 

Looks great! Keep up the great work!

 

The answer to the question is yes.

 

I'm not sure what you are trying to do here but it doesn't work from a styling aspect. It looks kit carish and cobbled. It doesn't blend well with the side strakes nor with the stock wheels. Makes me think Pinninfarina had a stroke at the drafting table. You mention the the square lights being dated. Are you trying to modernize it? Ferrari did that with the 355 and that too is out of date. Both are "modern classics" Enjoy it for what it is. That said it is yours to enjoy any way you want.
That's my arrow. I hope you catch it and not in the heart. It's just my opinion and I give it since you asked.
Now that I'm done being a bit of a dickhead I have to give you mad props for the effort and craftsmanship. Looks like top notch work and you should be proud of that.

 

Looks pregnant.

 

My photoshop skills are terrible but here's my attempt of what a 348 GTO front might look like.....
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I’m not into modifying Ferraris; but I have to say that looks pretty good. And somebody who has done basic bucket and brush grp work, really good craftsmanship.

For my personal taste I’d have kept the rectangular lights as that ties in with everything else on the car. I wouldn’t go twin rectangular as that just then tries to copy the 288. But angling it and extending the grill to get rid of that piece of body work on the oem bumper, works in my view.

 

I didn't quite like the new look...

 

I’m not a keep it stock kind of guy. I like RWB and Pandem kits on cars. Every car I own is modified in one way or another. Having said that this bumper looks like it has poor fitment at the fender. The gap looks different at the wheel well than at the front. And even if the gap was right it looks flared out more than the fender. For that reason alone I wouldn’t put it on a car I own. Looks too “stuck” on. I know the stock 348 bumper sticks out too but the lines the factory chose hide it well. The changes to the bumper here appear to amplify the difference and not in a good way. Maybe if you have some widebody fenders on it the look would be better?

 

Yes, it is sacrilege, very sacrilege.

 

I'm a purist, but I really like it!!