Rear badges (308 and quattrovalvole)

I am thinking of replacing the rear badges on my 308 (Euro QV). See attached picture. I've done a quick search on the web and here on f-chat but wonder if anyone here can answer the quick question as to which providers offer up the original metal type 308 badge? I believe the quattrovalvole is plastic, right? I just don't want to downgrade.

The other option is to "restore" these.

Thanks.
-Matt
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I'm also considering replacing the chrome "Ferrari" emblem on the rear decklid. Mine looks fine but one of the legs is almost broken off and the emblem won't stay in place. Superformance has ones that are 200mm and 203mm. The prices are about 14.5 pounds and almost 90 pounds respectively. Are both the same material, and would both fit ok?

Thanks,
-Matt

 

I couldn't find my fourth jackstand. I actually jacked the front up and got underneath to drain coolant from the heater hose, then jacked the rear up higher to drain as much as I could. I didn't get underneath in the back, but as I looked at what appears to be pretty precarious, I leaned on each of the two rear corners and the car was rock solid with that rear jackstand on a cross member and the two up front. But again, no, I didn't get underneath the back.

The car is presently being detailed (Speedfreak Detailing in Chantilly, VA) and the emblems are going to be removed, so I pondered just replacing them, but it might be better (price dependent) to simply restore them. The three choices are replace with new good OEM quality ones, replace with cheap plastic ones (nope), or restore them (maybe).

 

The scariest time I've ever had under a car was under the 308. I actually had it on a lift and was working to replace the shift shaft seals which required removing the shift shaft which required loosening a motor mount and lifting the motor a tiny bit, and when we did that the car started moving. I "caught" the car (or else it would have been messy), we resituated, then reassessed the best way to do that.

That won't happen again!

 

Now that the car is at the detailer I wish I could see it again. Help me out here please....sounds like the 203mm Ferrari emblem from Superformance is the right one (those 'r' letters really do look poor on the 200mm one), but that is $146 (plus shipping). Rutlands has that script (p/n 61025000) at $109 and shipping is likely cheaper domestically (I'm in Virginia). Ricambi has it for $71, I think. Note also that Ricambi lists the clips to secure that Ferrari script for $2.12 each!

Meanwhile, the 308 emblem from Rutlands is $357.45 but from Superformance it is $82. Is this emblem plastic or metal? Is the quality of Superformance's the same as OEM, or are they providing a plastic part to replace a metal part? Ricambi has it for $407!?!

Finally, I'm pretty sure the quattrovalvole script is plastic on my car. $89.06 from Rutlands and $107 from Superformance. Ricambi's price is "call."

 

Scott,

I sure could use a 4 post or 2 post lift for my cars, but you've heard me whine about that before. Let me know if you want to attack the shift shaft seals. I think Verrell sells a new bushing for the point where the rod from the front connects to the shift shaft, and that is a key upgrade (I wish they'd been available when I did my job). That bushing (silentbloc) is prone to fail and it a pain to remove unless you get the shift shaft out (I removed the bushing once with the shift shaft still in the car). When it fails, what I mean is the rubber in the bushing disintegrates, which then makes shifting sloppy.

Doing that job is time-consuming, but it is really neat to see how the shift mechanism in the gearbox works. The most important silly thing to remember is that when you take the gearbox bottom cover off some small springs and balls will drop out -- don't lose them.

-Matt...still looking for rear badges......

 

Mitch,

Thanks for checking, I was going to call down there, although the price on the 308 badge is beyond what I can justify, so I was going to see if that was really really the price. I'm wondering if the Superformance one is a cheap repro and that's why it is less than 25% of the Rutlands price -- do you have any idea?

Someday I'm going to re-engage with you guys -- I've talked with Ted before about options for rebuilding/swapping my motor. I'd like to get new rings for my existing 308 motor but am not sure I have the space/time/expertise to do the rebuild. I want to keep my original Euro motor though -- unless I found a good swap option to put a 328 motor in. I'm still kicking myself for not jumping on the crate motor I negoitated a deal with Malcolm at Ferrari UK for....it was a Euro with all accessories (alt, a/c compressor, starter, heads, etc) for $7700 plus shipping. I didn't "need" it at the time, but boy I wish I'd done that now.

-Matt

 

I just bought the Ferrari script on the rear decklid with four fasteners (good call to get a couple spare). Still looking to get the 308 badge and the quattrovalvole script for the rear. Superformance confirmed that their cheaper 308 badge is a plastic aftermarket. I guess the best idea is to get mine reanodized/restored. Any experience on how you all did that? I wonder if I could just hand paint the shiny metal black and the white inside just temporarily?

 

Thanks for the heads up. I just did a "live chat" with Daniel at Ricambi and he was confused at what I meant by the "funky r." I sent him pictures from the Ricambi and the Superformance websites and asked him which it was -- he said he'd find the box this afternoon, pull it out, and send me a picture. If it is the wrong script, I'll just cancel the order.