You asked that question with perfect timing as it is a great lead-in to what I was just about to write here, which is my subwoofer update. The problem with all of the late model hi-fi cars is that the subwoofers are in the doors, so you really don't get to hear much music in front of you. All of the speakers that actually send out vocals, guitars, brass, etc. are either in the dash or behind you. Horrible stereo imaging. Replacing the subs in the doors with nice 6 1/2" midranges solves all that. But once you do that, you no longer have any bass. At this point you need a subwoofer behind you. Now I have access to a 296 GTB for the purposes of designing a nice subwoofer to sit against the firewall. Where I'm stuck right now is how to mount it. Unlike the 488 and the F8, there is no cargo net stretched across the firewall with a vertical bracket running up the center (which I can leverage to bolt the sub to the firewall in place of the vertical bracket) so there is no way to bolt the sub to the firewall. Now the 458 has four rivnuts anchored to the floor right in front of the firewall in the center (underneath the carpet), and I fabricate stainless steel mounting brackets to bolt the 458 sub down without touching the firewall. What I need is for someone to lift up the carpet on the floor right at the center of the firewall on their 296 to see if there are any rivnuts or any other fixture I can leverage to bolt a bracket down to hold the subwoofer enclosure. The 296 I currently have access to, I cannot do this. And there are no 296's at the exotic auto wreckers, so that's out. Designing the enclosure is easy. However, I am so buried with orders right now that I'm not going to commit to designing a 296 box until I have a viable plan to mount it safely and securely in the car.
For the lo-fi cars without the premium stereo, the base model Focal kit will be $999, the high-end Kevlar Focal driver kit will be $1299. This includes the two way speakers, my 3D printed midrange adapter fixtures (they are $500/pair by themselves) and my OEM style 3D printed electrical connectors kit (so you don't have to cut off the stock door speaker connectors). Totally plug and play. This kit is not recommended for the hi-fi cars for reasons I just mentioned above.
thanks for this info. Stumbled upon it/you after my 458 door speaker started crackling. Is there a way to order this kit and do you have recommended installers in Honolulu? Thx
Yes, I just placed this new kit on my website earlier today (apologies for the delay): https://scuderiaaudio.com/product/ferrari-296-lofi-component-upgrade/ Look in the Italia/458 Spider section for comparable kits for your 458. I have a customer in Honolulu who purchased a complete system for his F8 a while back. I'll look up who did the install.
Having finally received the correct electrical pins this morning, I have completed most of the 296 amplifier harness. All I need to do is solder some wires to each other. However, I cannot finish it until I obtain a bit more information. I know which pins go to which speaker in the car, but there is no documentation showing the position of each pin in the NIT connector. Put another way, which pin in the connector is pin 1? The upper left pin? The upper right pin? The lower left pin? Until I have that, I have nothing. I do have a customer who purchased a system from me in Tenerife for his 296. I sent a note out to the installer (super nice people) who I know for a fact ringed out all of the NIT wires. If he responds with this information, I'll have everything I need to start cranking these out. FYI this same harness will work for the 296, the Roma and the SF90 (not the Purosangue). Image Unavailable, Please Login
FYI the premium version of the 296 door speakers kit will be up on the website tomorrow. I'll post something here as soon as that happens.
Here is the premium version of the 296 speaker upgrade kit (https://scuderiaaudio.com/product/ferrari-296-lo-fi-premium-component-upgrade/), with the base model version below. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Okay this is what a completed 296/Roma/SF90 amplifier harness looks like. The pinout information I needed came straight from the official Ferrari documentation portal out of Maranello. The green connectors plug into the NIT and the factory harness (that plugs into the NIT). The connectors on the other end adhere to the European ISO car stereo wiring standard. The harness is completely modular. If at any time you want to revert back to stock, either unplug the amplifier side harnesses from this harness and plug this harness into itself or just remove this harness altogether. Plugging this harness (actually all of my harnesses) into themselves is a way to prove that the harness is indeed a valid, complete, factory correct amp circuit path. It basically becomes an extension cord. I always encourage the Ferrari dealers and the high-end car audio installation outfits to do this first thing after installing the harness (plug it into itself and turn the stereo on so they can see that it works perfectly) so that they can prove to themselves that the harness wiring is correct. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
