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  1. Marty305

    Marty305 Karting

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    #1 Marty305, May 14, 2024
    Does anyone know of a good place to get calipers power coated or painted.
    Looking for a turn key job
    Thank you
     
  2. Marty305

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    #2 Marty305, Jun 23, 2024
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  3. bmilam

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    #3 bmilam, Jun 23, 2024
    Did you change the color ? Or just had them redone ? My F8 calipers are black and I'm not a big fan of black. They look great.
     
  4. Marty305

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    #4 Marty305, Jun 24, 2024
    Changed the color. I had black ones on my car.
     
  5. mdrums

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    #5 mdrums, Jun 24, 2024
    @Marty305 is you F8 on Novitec springs or lowered on stock springs? Spacers on the stock wheels? Your ride height and/or spacers really brings out the looks of the stock wheels and they look deeper and so much better.

    I had Novitec springs on my 488 with 20" oem sized but better offset wheels. I loved the looks. I am not eager to do Novitec again on my F8 but it sits too high. Needs about a 10-15mm drop is all.

    Both are Rosa Cross...see what camera lens and processing does! LOL
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    #6 mdrums, Jun 24, 2024
    @Marty305 never mind I see the yellow springs in you 1st photo….again car looks awesome!
     
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  7. Marty305

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    #7 Marty305, Jun 25, 2024
    So what I did is I got someone to make a set of wheels that look similar to OEM with more concave and with a lower offset. There is a lot of adjustment room on the OEM springs and sleeves in the rear but in the front if you have front lift you can only lower it by a few mm that is why you have to go with springs.
    Are you in Texas?
     
  8. mdrums

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    #8 mdrums, Jun 25, 2024
    I am in Tampa Florida. My 488 did not have front lift but my F8 does. I have not yet taken the wheels off to look at the threads on the F8 coilovers. My 488 had a lot of adjustment room front and rear but last minute when I was having it lowered and corner balanced the shop and I decided to go with the Novitec springs. My local Ferrari dealer will no long install after market parts like this. There is a local exotic shop but I have no experience with them.
     
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    #9 Marty305, Jun 25, 2024
    Yes on the front you will only have 3 to 4 fine threads. The rear sleeves have course threads.
    488 and F8 share the same Novitec kit.
     
  10. DocJLS

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    #10 DocJLS, Jun 25, 2024
    I'm in Tampa and so is my son who owns an F8. He had Certified Motors in Tampa put in a full Novitec exhaust system and lower his car. Looks amazing and Joe, the owner, does AMAZING work
     
  11. mdrums

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    #11 mdrums, Jun 25, 2024
    thanks... Certified from word around and someone I know of sold some fake Ryft exhaust Chinese knock off exhaust to some exotic owners last year, got in a bunch of trouble. I hear good things about European Exotic Center on Dale Mabry and also Vortex Motorsports has been doing some exotic car work the last year. I know Vortex pretty well as they did a lot of my Porsche track car work over the years. The exotic place I was talking about in my other post was about European Exotic Center...but again I have not been there. Thanks though...1st good thing I;ve heard about Certified in a while.
     
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    #12 DocJLS, Jun 25, 2024
    havent heard that one. Seems out of character

    re European… personally not a fan. Can’t speak for the service side but the sales floor team not to friendly. Walked in to look at a $200k vehicle awhile back and couldn’t get anyone to even say hello. Decided to spend my $ someplace else
     
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