I always thought of myself as a purist, but now I have these voices in my head - and I can't get them to stop!!! It all started when I was shopping for stereo/speakers for my tesatrossa...then I saw these neat neon lights... For 100$ you get these cool lights, that get brighter as engine rpm rises...COOL. Putting these under the hood grill on a testarossa would look fantastic at night...Nice blue hue coming through the hood at night... What do you think? Has anyone added BLING to their cars? I figure it would be pretty easy to undo, if I got sick of it...its not like I'm covering the seats in ostrich leather... Comments and insults welcome...figured it might be fun... Was also thinking of chrome plating the horsey insignia on the back grill - flat black just doesn't do it for me... Make the voices stop! Make the voices stop!
Aw, come on, you guys just aren't very supportive . I also bought 3 fake cell phone antennas to post on the back, one of them is crescent shaped like on a limo... I'm also gold triming my wheels, and getting dice stalk covers... Then, the airbladders go in - you ain't seen a testarossa until its rolling down the street lop-sided, with me hanging out one arm and my bandanna laden head out the window -yellin WHASSUP! As the chicks walk buy, the front of the car starts bouncing, just as Enzo envisioned... Then, the coup the grace, the back trunk lids lifts off ans starts spinning! Awesome...this is where the neon kicks in... At this point all of the ricers chicks (who always appear flat chested for some reason) lunge at me...Get off me baby! As I'm trying to manipulate the air controls... Suddenly the car starts to shake, as 10 billion watts of juice flow through the original blaupunkt radio and Kmart speakers...the car shakes, vibrates, and then fire shoots out the rear exhaust... Lookin at my groupies I know I'm golden...they are all jumpin around clappin, and jumpin, and bouncin... I turn my baseball cap back to the side, pull my jeans off my lower ass, and bow.... But some guy in a camaro isnt impressed... "Oh yeah , but how fast is that italian piece of cr*p" Faster than yo momma, I reply (The girls grin, and touch me...) "Lets race" ------- We line up at the end of the block. But what he doesn't know about my testarossa is going to hurt him. It may look all original subtle, but its been modified - low key style... Its sportin a Mack truck 12 liter diesel, modified to spin at 10,000rpm all day long, puttin out 14,000hp through a stock gearbox. Thats before the nitrous and the cold air intake. I also got the K&N airfilter - good for 500hp more. But it looks subtle, other than the big ramair scoop on the top of my car - you can't tell. I also have a capristo muffler, just so my ferrari homies respect me... The count down starts, and I have the 3 girls in the car with me, just for giggles. They are naked now. Every ounce counts when you are talkin acceleartion. I flip the cap toward the other side, so the additional air drag on it doesn't hold me down. We punch it, my diesel puts out a primal scream as it spins to redline, the torque of the motor lifting the left two tires off the ground...The stock gearbock holds up fine, and shifts like butter (I put a special additive in there for $14.95 - works great. PM me for details)... The rear tires really hold their ground, as I do the quarter mile in 2 seconds...I give the girls some time to finish up, and catch their breath... Don't mess with my testarossa. Yo Homes!
I just want to make sure I get respect from all of my friends. You know, the hotrod guys, the ricers, the ferrari guys... You know, its just a car! And I can get all of the aforementioned parts frm the JEGS catalogue for less than the price of a major! I still have to save money for the candyapple/chameleon color shifting paintjob. But I have a guy who can hook me up, and has a killer setup in his garage. You guys spending 10k$ on paint jobs are nuts. All you need is some 2000 grit and some krylon. The key is to get the plastic handle grip to smooth it all out. Electrical tape helps to give you sharp lines... Sh*t, I can get a concours apint job for $48 dollars from my homey! And he even windexes the whole car so its streak free. For an extra ten clams he bakes the paint on with a hairdryer - that takes an extra ten minutes, though. Well worth it! Oh D*mn,. I forgot about the curb feelers, dont want to scratch my rims... And, I put cameras into the front seat headrests - bling bling baby. Thats so folks driving behind me can watch...and I have a sony playstation playing grand turismo located between the radiators. The tvs pop-up where the head lights used to be. SWEET! You know you are jealous!
lol Actually - Most of the TR's I see already have the chrome horsey on the back. Seems like most of the owners didn't prefer the flat, black one either.
Would this classify as "Bling", and get me laughed off the board? I tried to stay original and keep it stock. Additions to my TR: Satin Anti-Slip Ultimate Pedals (gas, brake, clutch & footrest) Polished 512TR gas cap w "Ferrari" Script Ferrari logo valve stem caps Chrome Horse on rear grille Sheilds on front fenders I know that all of these additions will deduct points at a concours, but are they tacky as well? Opinions? Alex
All fairly common nice additions in my mind. 1) Pedals done to my old 328, not my TR 2) Had the polished gas cap for both cars 3) Had valve stems on both cars, but no longer have them on TR (They didn't look right on new rims) 4) Chrome horse on rear grill 5) I've never had shields - New owner did put them on my 328
Probably the usual suspects - FerrariUK, Sodocoms, Ebay The ones that are chromed are usually sculpted - Not just the flat ones chromed.
Black Bart's has great prices on Ferrari emblems. $48 for what you need. http://www.blackbartsemporium.com I like the chrome ones better than the flat black ones on TRs too.
At Monterey this year their was a early Black TR driving all over with Gold plated accents everywhere, the badges, wheels, single lug nuts. covers and grills, it looked really bad.
that means you are buying that black 512tr spider that was on ebay (and may have belonged to mike tyson)....am i right? if so, then wise move to remove the ostrich skin seats, they are just awful..... but otherwise i think you are making a wise choice. the only thing non-stock on my car is an aluminum shifter knob instead of the original black plastic one (which i still have in case i ever do enter a concours).
I believe that the car in question is actually a 512M spider. There is a video called "The Ferrari Experience" that shows that very car in the basement of the Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles. The Ostrich interior is a bit much, but the 512M looks amazing sans roof. I did not know about the Mike Tyson connection to the 512M spider, but it sounds dead right, as I know Tyson owned a black late 80s Testarossa spider with gold accents everywhere, and boxing gloves stitched into the seats. Alex
You can remove the knob on the shifter, and replace it one shaped like dice. It can match the ones hanging off the rear view mirror, showing that you're a PLAYA!!!!!
Psst. Hey, guys! The Testarossa came from the factory loaded with bling. That's why it was used in "Miami Vice"! It looked great with pastel T-shirts under expensive blazers with the sleeves rolled up!
