How would you spec your 355?

Berlinetta
Rosso Corsa/tan
M2.7 (always manual)
Airbags
Fiorano kit
No power steering
Tubistyle headers!

 

GTS, painted roof
5.2
Fender badges
Rosso Corsa/tan
Regular seats
Airbags
Challenge Grill
Red Calipers w/cross drilled rotors
F1

 

ok all you red tan people need to be flogged. haha.

 

The only change I would make to my 98 F1 GTS is OEM shields and (maybe, just maybe) black carpets

 

Having given this a bit of thought over the years::

Berlinetta, 2.7, Corsa Rossa, Airbags, manual, no badges.

For the interior: Black alcantara instrument pod, A dark chocolate brown dash extending onto the doors, naturalé under-dash trim, Standard seats two tone, naturalé around the outsides, tan seats, backs, and headrest, quilted stitching, black piping with red stitching. Alcantara headliner trim, std headliner, naturalé rear window trim, beige carpeting.

 

I like the black carpet idea. One to add would be leather headliner, wish they all came like that. Was a factory option, right?

 

It was - my GTS has a leather headliner option and it was dirty cheap
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Find a local leather shop and have the headliner done in matching leather. I got mine done for only a couple hundred bucks when I was redoing a significant part of the interior. Love it so much more than the ratty ass fabric that was OEM on mine. Would post a pic, but I'm not where my pic archive is at the moment.

 

95 Berlinetta
Bianco Avus
Black interior
Carbon seats
Challenge grill (not available in 95) so I guess I'd have to add it

Pretty sure those were the only options in 95, so I guess that would have to be it!

 

GTB
2.7
Race buckets
Carbon kevlar bumpers
Carbon Kevlar doors
Scuderia shields
Rosso Corsa on nero
Side strakes
1994

 

Berlinetta
2.7
Blue Mirabeau metallic
Over Cuoio leather with black contrast stitching
F1 Transmission from the Scud... lol I know, I know
Challenge Grill and solid painted grill
Fender shields
Rear Roll Cage with harness in Couio leather
CF Challenge seats covered in Couio leather
Challenge Brakes with parking brake over scaled 19" OEM F355 wheels...
Yellow calipers
'95 Challenge Suspension - '98 is too hard for street...
Challenge Steering Rack
Challenge Oil coolers
Clock delete - add temp gauge
Black Alcantara upper Dash and pod
Lower Couio leather dash
Alcantara headliner
Black carpets
Black three-spoke Steering wheel - no airbags
CF center tunnel
Large CF paddles
Lexan rear glass
CF body panels
CF door panels with Couio handles and rests
Black Alcantara sun visors
Yellow tach and speedometer
5 piece set of luggage in Alcantara and technical fabric
5 piece set of luggage in Cuoio
Clear lights without US side markers
CF sills
Non-sticky plastics
Tubi headers
Capristo Sound 2/3 exhaust
Fire extinguisher in Couio case
Glove box delete
Car covers
Tool case in Cuoio
Michelin tires
Silver special edition striping nose to tail
Air freight delivery

Yes I realize I cheated a little.

Robb

 

Using today's colors and materials or only what was available then?

 

There definitely shouldve been more 355s w/ cuiou interiors

 

But if I am not allowed to cheat a little using today's tailor-made program

I'd just order a

1995 F355 challenge in

Azurro California over black interior.

Easy. Done. Where do I send the check?

Robb

 

I can see a 355 challenge in Azurro Dino... Ferrari's Mexico Blue
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I love my current spec, but if I could spec another when new it would be an early 1995 Berlinetta pre airbag 3 spoke steering wheel, rosso barchetta on cuiou interior with carbon seats.

 

I guess we can always fantasize.

Exterior:

Bianco Italia (White)
Matte Black Or Gunmetal Challenge centerlock wheels
Red Calipers
Challenge Rear Grille
Challenge door grilles
Embossed Fenders w/ shields and amber side indicators
Challenge front and rear bumpers. Euro-spec. No side reflectors. Wider rear license plate box.
Clear front turn signals
Carbon Fiber mirrors

Interior:

Carbon seats with Red Alcantara. Perforated red alcantara center. No shoulder patch pattern. White contrast stitching. White cavalino.
full Black leather dash with red contrast stitching.
Black carpets. Original 1st gen floor mats in black.
Carbon center console tunnel
Carbon shift knob
Carbon radio surround
Carbon gauge cluster surround
Serie Fiorano carbon door sills
Carbon door card inserts
Carbon e-brake surround/cover
Rest of interior is black leather w/ red contrast stitching
Tri spoke non-airbag steering wheel
Non-airbag passenger dash

Other stuff:

Manual steering rack
Serie Fiorano handling package
Challenge brakes
Challenge rear diffuser
Challenge brake duct work
Challenge front and rear sway bars.
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Latest possible build date F1 GTS.

Red / Tan (or black)
Fiorano spec suspension, steering, ECU etc, plus Challenge wheels and brakes
Tubi headers, Hyperflow cats, Capristo exhaust.

Fantasyland:

Gearbox from a 458

 

As an aside, I've wondered what a 355 would look like in the blue 488 launch colour.

Would a wrap produce a good enough result or would it not be deep / shiny enough?
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1999
Berlinetta
F1
Shields
Carbon seats
Carbon interior
Challenge grill

Probably a blue with cuiuo interior and black carpets / upper dash and door cards

 

it'd be a special order:

2.7 GTB, nero
manual
red interior color like below, but with carbon seats
no airbags ('94 steering wheel)
no power steering
Challenge suspension and brakes
Yellow Calipers
Challenge wheels in white + 10mm spacers
Challenge grill
Euro spec bumpers and indicators
+Schumacher edition upgrades and 10k RPM limiter
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