Stephane, PM sent.
Poor deluded chap. No issue with the former poster refering to the 348 as ugly. He's wrong, obviously, but no snags at all, his opinion. It's not generally what people say when they see my car, maybe they're just being kind Regarding this 'mod', sorry not for me at all. If I'm being perfectly honest it looks like the grill fell off. We didn't get SS models here in the UK - we got GTSs and GTBs at the end of the production run, so the look isn't something we'd be used to seeing. Probably why it just looks all wrong to me.
I understand that. Here is what I figured out. I've owned 4 Testarossas and 5 348's, so this may explain why I am so tired of seeing the rear slats. Aside from needing counseling, I love the new change and it feels great to me.
Some more for the mix - personally I like the 355 lights if someone could find a way of making them not stick out so far - or better stil go under the grill. I actually think its the square lights I font like not the grill. BTW Last one is a kit car but same principle applys Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
More from the "idle hands do the devil's work" files: Last year made the mesh grille, this year tried a spoiler. Haven't made my mind up on the spoiler part yet Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
oh my god - you are going to destroy one of the most beautiful cars! the spoiler is terrible and if you like the 355 looks better, why dont you buy a 355? i will never understand people doing things like that. its like painting a mustache on the mona lisa!
settle down chief. Its his car, he can paint it bright pink with orange wheels and a baby blue interior if he wants it that way. Perhaps what he did is what the ferrari should have been TO HIM. In other words, do whatever you want (or not) to your car and mind your business.
That's all fine and good but when terms like "how it should have been" are used the poster is clearly going beyond his personal taste objective. Maybe "how I like it" is a more appropriate term. "How it should have been" is a lot more arrogant. Kai
Guys, settle down Look some like it, I personally hate it (there again, I've got no taste). The guy posted up a mod and said "what do you think?" If we all mind our own business it'd be an awful lonely thread I'm actually with Jeff who posted earlier. Not a great fan of the lights, grill's not so bad so this mod was never going to be up my street. But who cares? He likes it. P.S. Who told you about my upcoming paint job?!?
Please, no one get their knickers in a knot just yet. Not sure if the spoiler will stay or go myself... it was an exercise in working with fiberglass and aluminum and improving my painting skills. Besides, if I wasn't adventurous, you wouldn't have my videos on timing belt replacement, homemade exhausts etc to laugh at. I will throw a bit of gas in the fire: I don't claim that most of my projects have improved on Pininfarina's excellent work, but IMHO the air inlet added under the starboard side fog light really is an improvement. But hey, each to his own!
Regarding the extra inlet - not really required because Pininfarina meant it to have black sills and the single one doesn't show that much. Regarding the spoiler, cosmetic or functional? If functional, rather than adding downforce to the rear you could try killing lift instead by using an arch spoiler similar to the ones on 328s. That said, I'd think pushing the rear down on a 348 is a bad idea at high speed; if anything some go light on the nose and that really isn't going to help. I think some just take exception at the "this is how a 348 should look" angle. It's not a bad looking car overall, I really like them myself. I'm not sure I've ever seen an exterior mod I really like. But then I'm clearly a hypocrite as my interior is a bit 'blinged up' and not that standard. Each to their own, I say.
Thanks for the input everyone. Keep the comments coming. I agree that I went a little too far on my "should have been" comment. Call it occupational hazard, as I design parts for Ferrari model cars full time. I would never question the work of Pininfarina, ever, or I would not be on my 29th Ferrari. Aside from that, my initial idea was to remove the grille with one main objective which was to see the polished exhaust. Once this is done I will post photos, hopefully I will be happy with the end result. One of the things I loved about my Testarossas was the ability to see the polished exhaust muffler through the rear slats and that was so sexy. As for the other mods posted, I like them and individuality isn't always bad, afterall, it is still a Ferrari. Michael Platzer, there is only one Mona Lisa, and it will remain in the Louvre, untouched. Not too far from you is Koenig. They did some serious mods on a lot of Ferraris, and like some of us, they wanted to express their work and in their eyes improve upon already beautiful artwork. They did very well. To each his own.
Interesting. I like it, but I'd drop the stock wheels. To me they do not do justice to your modifications. I think the 360 wheels would look better on your car, even than the 355 ones.
I think the HRE 505 would look really good on a 348. They have that 288gto/Testarossa look. A 348 with 355 wheels is really close to a 512TR, they're almost hard to tell apart in pictures if you can't see the rear of the car. That's not a bad thing at all, imo. For some reason I'm not big on the 360 wheels on 348, maybe it's the sticking out of the rear wheel well 'hot rod' look that just doesn't work for me.
Since we're on the wheels subject, here are a couple of my favorite samples I recently had. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I've always thought a sort of 'one generation up' rule works pretty well when it come to Ferrari wheels. A 348 looks pretty good with 355 wheels, 360 wheels on a 348 look a bit much to me. 355 can get away with 360 wheels but to my eye anything more looks a bit over done. 360 looks pretty good with 430 wheels and so on. Clearly just to my eye but that's how I see it.
I agree that the standard 360 wheels can look a little over done, however the 360 CS wheels seem pretty cohesive with the side strakes. All the best, Andrew.
Thanks for the input. Yeah, I was never a big fan of the stock wheels, but for some strange reason I really like them in the gold tone. Image Unavailable, Please Login
