Ferrari 458 Kit

[paulmufc88]

Hi all,

New to this site, just wanted a bit of advice and as I'm not sure where's best to post this I don't want to be branded a spammer.

I am aware that Ferrari/Lamborghini body kits can be adapted for Toyota MR2. Understandably, I am a little bit in love with the Ferrari 458 Italia and wondered whether there were any similar kits in existence?

I hope someone can point me in the right direction despite this being a potential dignity damager.

Thanks,

Paul

[Durzel]

This is going to be good...

[Petrolhead95]

You should post this in the General Gassing thread, sit back and enjoy

[BelfastBoy]

paulmufc88 said:

Hi all,

New to this site, just wanted a bit of advice and as I'm not sure where's best to post this I don't want to be branded a spammer.

I am aware that Ferrari/Lamborghini body kits can be adapted for Toyota MR2. Understandably, I am a little bit in love with the Ferrari 458 Italia and wondered whether there were any similar kits in existence?

I hope someone can point me in the right direction despite this being a potential dignity damager.

Thanks,

Paul

I'm not going to be rude or personal, but most, if not all, Ferrari-fied MR2s end up looking hideous. Slap a bodykit onto the MR2 by all means - Veilside do some great ones - but don't try to make your car look like something else. That route leads only to humiliation, because the Ferrari-lookalike kits don't stand up to much more than passing scrutiny. If nothing else, despite looking vaguely like a supercar, the bodykitted car doesn't sound or perform like one as, at heart, it'll still be a 20yr old Toyota which is left for dead these days by hot and even warm hatchbacks.

I'd rather aspire to own a 458 and fail than settle for such a weak substitute, sorry but I really don't like this sort of fakery at all. At some point, if you're parked somewhere like a petrol station or carpark, someone will ask if they can see the engine, either because they think it's a real Ferrari, or else because they think you're a d**k and want to make you look stupid. So imagine how you'll feel when, instead of a glorious red and black Ferrari V8, you have to reveal a Toyota engine packing half as many cylinders, a hell of a lot less horses, and zero credibility. I'd never want to find myself in that position.

Edited by BelfastBoy on Thursday 10th November 20:12

[matc]

Spend the £20k odd, on a 348 instead. That way you get to drive a real Ferrari rather than a Toyota....enough said!

[Mario149]

100% agree with Belfast boy, you'd just be setting yourself up for multiple instances of major embarrassment.

For the money you're looking at to create a "good", and I use that word loosely, bodykit replica of an Fcar (say £20k all in), you could get some absolutely stonking motors (Z4M, 996 911, Maserati 4200 - and those are just what I like in that budget) that will have the performance of a late 90s
Fcar and you'll still have change to go and do some driving experience days where you'll get to drive a real 458

[JazzyO]

No need to waste my breath on replicas. But purely from a theoretical perspective, I am wondering how on earth you would recreate the rear glass window over the 458 engine. Well, not how you replicate the glass, but the engine below it. If it is to look convincing, it's going to cost serious money to make.


Onno

[BelfastBoy]

JazzyO said:

No need to waste my breath on replicas. But purely from a theoretical perspective, I am wondering how on earth you would recreate the rear glass window over the 458 engine. Well, not how you replicate the glass, but the engine below it. If it is to look convincing, it's going to cost serious money to make.


Onno

Partial answer to your question here - it can be done (although the photos don't show what you can see through the glass cover!):

http://www.superreplicas.org/f458-ferrari-italia-r...

[JazzyO]

BelfastBoy said:

although the photos don't show what you can see through the glass cover!

I wonder if they do carbonfibre manifolds. LOL.


Onno

[BelfastBoy]

JazzyO said:

I wonder if they do carbonfibre manifolds. LOL.


Onno

That site I linked to I found via google image search; I suspect it isn't entirely legit. But, they promise that, if you so desire, you can have a Ferrari FXX replica built onto the chassis of a donor...Peugeot 406! Words fail me!

[MaxAndRuby]

He's a manc. No taste.

[AliV6]

Brilliant! The 355/360 conversion cost as much as a 355 now a days! Now which would you rather have.

[sa_20v]

matc said:

Spend the £20k odd, on a 348 instead. That way you get to drive a real Ferrari rather than a Toyota....enough said!

Agreed. Alternatively finance something more expensive that won't depreciate (perhaps even appreciate).

As an aside, I am surprised by the sheer number of new members asking about particular kits or replicas in the classifieds - a more questioning mind might conclude that such posts are purely promotional.

[Transmitter Man]

BelfastBoy said:

Partial answer to your question here - it can be done (although the photos don't show what you can see through the glass cover!):

http://www.superreplicas.org/f458-ferrari-italia-r...

That Supereplicas company has issues!

You can do a search about them on the Mad Mechanics kit & replica site: www.madmechanics.com

Phil

[BelfastBoy]

Transmitter Man said:

That Supereplicas company has issues!

You can do a search about them on the Mad Mechanics kit & replica site: www.madmechanics.com

Phil

Yeah, it took about 10secs of searching on that site to realise that SuperReplicas are considered extremely dodgy! Their own website is dubious, it now seems that they steal images from more reputable manufacturers and pass them off as their own, and they're based in Panama. Alarm bells ringing at all?!

[sa_20v]

Transmitter Man said:

www.madmechanics.com

Thanks for the link. There are some incredible replicas on there.

This was an interesting read:
http://www.madmechanics.com/forum/build-diaries/45...

[CIE560]

MaxAndRuby said:

He's a manc. No taste.

Oi. I'm a Manc, I think the F430 is the best looking Ferrari, and you have one...

[kbf1981]

BelfastBoy said:

JazzyO said:

No need to waste my breath on replicas. But purely from a theoretical perspective, I am wondering how on earth you would recreate the rear glass window over the 458 engine. Well, not how you replicate the glass, but the engine below it. If it is to look convincing, it's going to cost serious money to make.


Onno

Partial answer to your question here - it can be done (although the photos don't show what you can see through the glass cover!):

http://www.superreplicas.org/f458-ferrari-italia-r...

That is fking sad. I don't get it. Why advertise the fact you can't afford something. Get a Z4M for £20k and have a posh, stonking motor that'll make your friends jealous.

[AngryApples]

AliV6 said:

Brilliant! The 355/360 conversion cost as much as a 355 now a days! Now which would you rather have.

Really?

Feck me, I'd hate to see the 355 thats up for 25,000 USD!

(and with that comment I am in no way applauding replicas, they make baby jesus cry!)

[Transmitter Man]

Angry,

I'm sure you've seen this site before but just occasionally someone comes up with a replica that's halfway there;

The car: http://www.f40.co.nz/f40/Car.aspx

The video's: http://www.f40.co.nz/f40/Videos.aspx

Phil