My F430 to 16manual project

I don't really post cars on here being that its a public forum. But I spent a lot of time on it and I wanted to share it. I have always thought a manual CS or a manual Scud would be the ultimate car. Heres a little back story.. So before Covid I found a factory gated 360 and with this car(because of Trev and Randy) my dream was to wrench on this car and "build" my own gated CS. Then covid hit and I was in the garage wrenching away during lock down, this car took a little over a year to build before I sold it. In the end I wasn't completely happy with the car and someone offered good money for it so I sold it and bought a F430 spider with the intent to do a manual conversion as a first mod.
Heres some pics of the 360.
Factory gated with grey interior with factory Race seats.
oem CS front and rear bumper
oem CS side skirts
oem Challenge rear deck lid with carbon braces
CS wheels
oem Challenge door panels
full alcantara reupholstered interior to red and grey.
carpet strip with black painted floor
and etc.


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Now heres the F430. Basic spec, Rosso on Tan.
As in my past post, I did the EAG conversion back in 2021 and was not satisfied with it at all so I changed it to a Manual Cambio Manuale conversion formally DrS and am way happier with this as it feels like OEM. Im getting all the clicks and clacks of the metal shift gate. Its smooth and just feels like OEM. After that was done, I sent the steering column to get the shift paddle open cover and redone since these were NLA. Had the car for about 4 months after the conversion and thought I wanted to now start modding the look of the car. Next I wanted to do the front and rear 16m bumpers, so I bought the front oem bumper from a member here and found the rear oem bumper locally, with the oem carbon "challenge grill". Sent that off to paint.
As that was going on I ordered some BBS wheels for the car.


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Actually before I bought this car, I was on my way to a dealer to buy a scuderia and while driving down they called and said it was sold. At the time it was sometime in 2021 and was a 25k mile scuderia for 175k. Ended up with this F430 because there was no cars around.
Car was in the shop for about 2 months getting the rear subframe drilled for the redirect of the center exhaust. Front and rear bumper install and Sline put in.
The Sline had to be re piped and came out botched as hell. So I sent the Sline back to sline and had it redone to Scuderia.
At the same time, I had a ex Gintani guy make me a custom Titanium exhaust, he honestly just copied Sline which is what I wanted anyways
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Got the car back and was missing something. The wheels and the side skirts. At the time, I didnt think I wanted the 16m side skirts but it looked off without it. I found some and got them installed
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At this time my Wheels werent ready and I was desperately looking for 16m/Scuderia wheels.
Also the back of the car didnt look right without the 16 constructors badge. I know its not a 16m but the badge is just so right

 

at this time was Ferrari Challenge at Cota
My very close friend drives for Ferrari challenge and got me all access.
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Wheels finally came in at the time
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Some parts accumulation.
I found these PIsta seats, and at the time I had never seen these for sale so I snatched them up for something else. I still havent seen these seats for sale. Still my favorite design till today.
A brand new pair of OEM scuderia mirrors,
Scuderia Dash i just had to have
RH carbon door panels
OE carbon center console for gated cars
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Really want to do this to mine. Loved the feel of that Dr S kit.

 

I love my Dr S.

 

Went on a drive with a very good friend of mine with his GT3 RS
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The Tan carpets were always just dirty and getting dirty. I always wanted black carpets so I changed the carpets to black sometime last year
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found some oem Scuderia and 16m wheels , I like to switch it up sometimes, and use the scuderia when I service the car.
Went to a porsche meet.
And a Ferrari meet.
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installed some carbon mirrors
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More parts,
LH carbon door panel(this took a year to find at a good price)
Oem Carbon Plenum
Oem 16m Carbon roll over bar covers
Oem 16m airbag
Oem 16m carbon engine bay panels,
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Had major service done last year along with the install of the carbon plenum
New variators, valve cover gaskets, o2 sensors, plenum gaskets, refurbished injectors, engine mounts, spark plugs,

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I got tired of the interior so I started the new interior to 16m process. I removed the carpets. Then removed the sound deading in the middle and back, then cleaned it. Sent it out for paint in Grigio corsa #236430. After that I started the install on the 16m floor panel.



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This is too cool

 

Amazing work! Those pista seats, black carpet, and carbon intake plenums are the chef's kiss. This thread makes me realize how much I don't like my tan carpets and seeing yours with the original seats have sold me this is a good look.

 

I could look at these pics all day - incredible!

 

Awesome work! Can’t wait to see the finished product. Super jealous of those roll hoops

 

Both cars are amazing. Thanks for sharing... LOVING the 430. That's a very cool car!!! The BBS wheels are so beautiful and it sits perfectly. Congrats!

 

SICK