She's here! Now a wheel question...

Looks perfect don’t touch a thing.

 

The stock or CS wheels look great on an F430...or maybe Scud or 16M wheels would look great also....

 

Here's a pic of my old spider with Challenge wheels.....
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Look at the parts section here and buy a set of challenge wheels. Looks and performance both.

 

Here's my 2004 360 F1 Spider that originally had 18" wheels but came to me with 2008 430 19" wheels. I like them much better than original wheels but beauty, as always, is in the eye of the beholder!
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I’m not a big fan of black wheels. Add in the rubbing, the rough ride and you say your wife won’t like it. I’d go back to stock.

 

OEM silver in whichever form would look sooo much better than black.


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Only my opinion but I would ditch the black wheels and go for the silver challenge wheels. They just look so good on the 430 and 360 for that matter. Otherwise beautiful car! Congratulations

 

Looks outstanding......

 

congrats! my first ferrari ride was in a 430 spider. instantly hooked!

 

Beautiful Ferrari! I like the wheel design you currently have. If not damaged they could be refinished in the color of your choice for short money.
Just bought a set of 19" CS/Challenge Wheels with new 0 mile tires for short money. Low mile take offs. Not a good market out there!
Good friend just installed Scud wheels on his 430 spider. Look great!

 

oem 19 in silver all day.

 

I don't see a reason for changing the wheels, your Spider looks perfect with the black ones!

 

Fender rubbing is obviously not good. It’s at the very least annoying, and if you drive the car like it’s meant to be driven, it can be dangerous. You definitely do not want fender rubbing to occur when anywhere near the handling limit, upsetting the car’s balance In a turn.

Using spacers or raising the car is a band-aid fix that only works so long as you don’t drive hard, and it looks bad and makes the car handle worse. I would first look into whether rolling the fenders would give you enough clearance. If not, then going back to OEM or OEM size/offset wheels is probably the best choice. The car’s ride and handling will likely improve, and plenty of modern tires come in OEM sizes. On resale (I know you just got the car, so that’s a long time into the future, and congrats, btw!), your car will likely be worth more with OEM wheels.


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Don’t worry. What’s the worst thing that could happen? She going to leave?

 

I have OEM Scuderia Wheels in Gray if you decide on those.

 

So true but freedom doesn’t come cheaply Ask me how I know

 

Yep, all day every day.

 

Look again, wow.

 

And op calipers will pop also with silver wheels