Fake shields, what's up with that?

I don't mind "fake" sheilds on a ferrari but when people put it on regular cars.

Few weeks ago i saw a white trans am with the Sheilds on the fenders.

Picture from phone

I only wish i was in our ferrari when i saw him i would have just looked over pointed and laughed!
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Alot of it has to do with the price of authentic shields and the labor involved in the as oppsoed to magnetic ones or ones that stick on.

Regards,
Kevin

 

interesting.

 

I once saw a red Trans Am with yellow and black "screaming chicken" decals on the front fenders. At first glance I thought it was some idiot who slapped Ferrari badges on his car, but when I realized it was actually the flaming bird emblem with "Trans Am" in small type above it, I decided that I liked it. They were obviously professionally done and actually looked pretty neat.

Now, for the dill-weed in your picture, he obviously needs a swift kick in the balls!

 

i dont think theres anything wrong with putting shields on any ferrari . it shows your pride in your car . and i have one on the side of my rear window of my audi(obviously not trying to pretend its a ferrari)

 

Scuderia shields were for competition cars campaigned by the factory. Privateer cars may or may not wear the shields.

 

I think the plastic decal and puffed plastic shields look hideous. It is even worse when you find the placement of the shield 10 inches too low.

Factory Ceramic or Ceramic knock-offs are fine with me. I just like them if the right location.

IMHO - of couse

Mairo

 

Gee....Thanks.
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I can sort of accept them if they were on option on the car but they really belong on comp. cars only. I think they are out of place whether plastic or enamal. In fact all of the competion cars I have seen in years past had the decal style, not enamal(cloisonne), propably because the cars were bumped around alot on the tract and it would have been a waste of money to use enamal sheilds. The enamel sheilds only came about as a fancy option on the later road cars. Regards, Vern

 

Sorry to be so up front. Guaranteed you wouldn't find that part from Modena would you?

 

Hey Idiot,

If one has a Testarossa, one can put what one what on one’s car. Oh, I am sorry. You live where someone tells one what is correct about whatever. There are no fake shields on a Ferrari.


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I am so glad these shields never really turn me on plus they cost too much for fake ones, and cost so ridiculus for the real ones and cost so so much to do it right......... for something that give very little to the overall shape of the car. What make Ferrari Testarossa so sexy is the overall shape of it, not shileds.........

 

Nice introduction into Ferrari chat. You are a rookie with 11 posts and you blast in with Hey Idiot !!!

I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt, you need it. You are entitled to your opinion and so am I.

HOWEVER, MYSELF AND THE REST OF THIS BOARD WOULD APPRECIATE YOU NOT BEING A TRUE - male mule/a s s - IN THIS CASE YOU DO NOT NEED TO LIVE UP TO YOUR NAME.

Much appreciated.

Mario

 

LOL!

 

Word such " Idiot " should not be usual in this respectful public forum... Very sorry to see it.

 

I don't think a red Ferrari is ever going to be too starved for attention, so IMO the shields aren't something I'd add if it wasn't a competition car. How many cavallino rampante emblems do we actually need on a car?

That said, Colby's F355 looks great with them (photo above). They look odd on the 308/328, because of the tighter fender curve. The 348/355 and 360 seem to wear them better. IMO the Testarossa has enough going on without adding shields - it's not like side of the car is dull to start with. Overall I'm not a shield fan because of originality, but some cars wear them better.

I guess the obviously cheap stickers would be "fake shields" while the factory option would be "real"?

 

My car came with the "cheezy" magnetic shields. When one mysteriously disappeared, I removed the other one.

Quite honestly, the car seemed to be missing something. I found a vendor that sold both the "cheezy" shields and a better-quality one that has some depth to it--visually--without actually being thicker, and at a price only slightly higher. They could be bent to conform to the shape of the fenders.

I've had them on the car ever since and, to me, they look just as good as the metal/resin shields at a fraction of the price. And since they're magnetic, I can remove them for washing/waxing.
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yours look like the edges are beveled. this is nice!

 

A couple of things in his posts make me think that our new rookie "Male Mule" is our old friend (and seemingly often times drinking buddy) Bart.

At any rate, I am spec'ing the shields on the F430 but I never wanted to put them on a Ferrari that never came with them.

I do own a set though, and one day I hope to have a 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV which I can put them on. What do you think about that?

 

that would be cool. is yours red?

 

I'm used to the idea of the shields on all cars that come with the option of having them. For me a Ferrari car that can be optioned with them but doesn't have the shields, well, then it would be like staring at a pair of perfect tits but missing the nipples.

 

Forget when the last service was done, cambelts, oil, history check. The most important thing to ask is 'are the sheilds real?'.

 

Take a look at "Ferrari" by Hans Tanner with Doug Nye, fifth edition, page 446.
The shields are clearly visible on the Dino. Note there are no vent windows. This is the first production Dino, apparently owned by Pininfarina back then. If they're good enough for the designer.................

 

Here's a 328 on the showroom floor at Ferrari of Atlanta. Take a look at the front fender......
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