348 front bumper

I bet anything the front is lowered more than it should be. It also make the driving squirly. I reset my height then lowered it 1" then realigned it. Before that I would scrape my drive way and everywhere else including on roads that dipped.

 

Pictures or it's a lie. Seriously though it's only fibreglass it can be repaired. We've all done so don't beat yourself up over it. You'll train yourself to identify every possible dip or bump in your town and be an expert in no time. Now you have the first battle wound go out and enjoy the heck out of it. I have a 94 Spider with 19,000 miles on it and love it to death. could use another 100 HP but even with out it it's so rewarding to row through the gears in a mostly analog car. These and 355's are the best of the old school in my opinion. Oh, and congratulations on your purchase.

 

Get used to it, its easy to scrape the bumpers even when the ride height is correct. You'll soon learn what you can and cannot negotiate....
Mine is literally millimeters of clearance getting into my garage, if my tyre pressures were a bit low it would probably scrape!!
But its all part of the fun, I was devastated when I first scraped mine, but I'm used to it now....so meh, can always get it fixed, its just like stone chips and so forth, if you drive it, then these things will happen...

Be thankful you dont have a 599 with their huge overhang and even lower front splitter.......I have a friend with a 599 and hes always scraping that!!

 

Welcome to the club! I scraped my bumper on my first day of ownership, too.
Just be aware of your car's limitations.
Avoid speedhumps (plan your route beforehand)
Approach steep driveways at an extreme angle, back out of driveways where possible (turning at the same time to get maximum angle as the front tyres roll off the end).

 

and if you had that then it could still do with another 100hp, there's never enough horsepower....

 

Ohh yes congrats, forgot that. Welcome!

 

Welcome! Scrapping the bumper is part of the experience.

As others have said, best thing you can do is take it to a Ferrari shop and get the ride height and suspension put back to factory settings; then adjust from there for your personal taste. Ride height measurements are actually in the manual, so you can measure it yourself, but as suggested more than likely somebody has dropped the front to a) improve the looks/stance and b) if they know what they are doing change the handling characteristics.

You can get anti skip plates to go under the front bumper; but these are partially self defeating as they in effect lower your bumper by 1/2 inch.

ohh and we need pictures. No pictures didn’t happen!!!

 

It happens all the time with mine. The bumper is lower and it does extend a good distance. FG is easy to have repaired and relatively inexpensive. There are people that get the bumpers repainted every few years for S&Gs.

 

First world problem.
Buy a spare bumper and have it painted and then swap it out when it's all nasty. Rinse and repeat.

I just drive it that way. Life goes on.

 

So glad you are enjoying your new ride and welcome to a great group here on F Chat. Given where you live you might want to check this thread out and they would be able to get that front bumper in order for sure.
https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/fastcars-tour-june-2020.624626/

 

Congrats man, the 348 is a great driving experience for sure....
I would not be believing anything about it having 350hp. Its actually not possible on the standard fuel injectors and the way the standard fuel/ignition map is in these cars.
The maximum you could hope for on the standard injectors is 320hp, and even then it would take some dyno time etc etc....and with the clunky old ECU's these run, you're not on the dyno adjusting the maps in real time, its a chip flash ever time you adjust something........a very time consuming process.
Personally I would not be putting any "chip" in my ECU without it going on the dyno and checking for detonation and making sure its AFR is in the ideal range.

But that aside, who cares, just enjoy the car, they sure are great, I love mine...I have a KSG free flow, no cats exhaust, and an aftermarket air intake system, so it sounds great and feels a little more responsive....mine is a Euro spec.

That's some pretty aggressive damage to the bumper, did you catch it whilst reversing?
Whenever I am moving the car with sketchy ground clearance I am at a crawl so you can feel and hear it make contact, then you are able to stop before the damage happens.

 

Mike take your car over to Craig at Fast Cars. It's in your hood and I guarantee you will not be disappointed. Craig and his facility are top notch all the way.

 

If you look at the manual it's not from the floor of the bumper It's from the floor to various chassis points for ride height


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Fast Cars is your one stop do it all shop. When you visit them and see what they work on and restore you will be put at ease as to how small your issues are and quite easily sorted. It's like going to the Dr. for a pimple and finding out he/she is the worlds top plastic surgeon. You're in good hands.

 

Did you check ride height, many previous owners lowered the front way too low? If so I think you'd find if you reset the ride height then lowered it 1/2 inch it would drive amazing and scrape less. That said I like the idea of what you did though, the big problem with the 348 is the really low chin making lowering an issue and even more so if you switch rime and go tio 2252 tires they are 1/2 shorter on top of that. Post some pics!

 

Those corners under the front bumper are the highest risk areas for sure, but consider putting another skid plate right under the center too.
Keep the Tubi!! The original exhaust weighs a ton and is way too quiet. If you like the snarl now, you will be sorely disappointed with the Camry-like purr from the original system


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