360 Question

[denzil]

Does anyone know how easy it is to change a Challenge rear grille on a 360 for a body coloured one and would it be a very expensive exercise?

[johnnyreggae]

Most people change the other way so there should be lots of standard grilles around - depends on the colour - if its anything like the 355 its about 8 bolts - if you are still in France there's a breaker called Cheval Casse

Edited by johnnyreggae on Thursday 3rd September 09:36

[voicey]

On a difficulty scale of 1 to 10 I would place it at 2 (and only because a couple of the nuts are have to be done blind).

In terms of cost you could probably pick up a second hand solid panel for less than £100 as there are loads knocking around. I'd pay maybe £60 to have it painted but it depends on the body shop.

You could sell the old grill for about £700 so the whole exercise would be cash +ve. However you need to consider the cooling benefits that the grill gives - I would never do the swap this way round.

[TISPKJ]

simple job as voicey says.
I still have a mint carbon dipped one if anyone interested.

[denzil]

Thanks for the replies. Great advice regarding the cooling aspect of the Challenge grille. Was only a minor aesthetic issue for me. Can live with either. I've just arranged to go and see a car in Paris tomorrow which has a Challenge rear and what the ad says are Scuderia split rim alloys. From the photo, not my choice, but the rest of the aspects of the car are all good, so might consider changing them for standard or Challenge Stradale style. Does anyone have any knowledge of whether the Challenge Stradale style wheels easy enough to get hold of? Have seen posts about going up to 19" and wouldn't want to do that, but have always liked the look of them.

[voicey]

The Scuderia didn't come with split rim wheels, although the 360 did.

The Challenge Stradale only came with 19" wheels although you can sometimes source 18" Challenge wheels.

Here's some info I wrote down a while back about the wheels offered on the 360: http://aldousvoice.com/2012/11/21/ferrari-360-whee...

If you want some free advice prior to looking at the car in Paris feel free to contact me: http://aldousvoice.com/contact/

[denzil]

Voicey, have sent you a message via your link. Thanks. Mark

[Pesch]

I'm after a challenge rear Grill for my newly acquired red 360 coupe. Also, looking at upgrading the F1 box with the CS ecu but can't seem to find any for sale.