550 upgrade....

[basher]

Well those of you that know me will know that I always like to fiddle with my car pre Le Mans....with the 355 it was the ITO exhaust one year then the Gruppe M upgrade then the brakes ...zzzzz I digress.... anyway now the 550 is in the stable I have been thinking for a while that i have never really liked the standard wheels adn was looking for the 575 modular alloys to put on...however Ferrari must have got my enquiry confused with a diamond encrusted Rolex as the price was just daft for wheels alone..... SO....I finally upgraded them (IMHO i consider them an upgrade) to the ones you can see in the picture....at the same time I was offered to have a handling pack set up which I volunteered for...so the car is now less understeery , does not pitch adn yaw in the corners and feels a lot nimbler (getting used to it feeling 'lighter ' at the rear!!) - it also does not lift or dip under acceleration / braking now and is about 15mm lower than standard - when you switch sport mode on it is tremendous in the twisties....however with new rear tyres I ahve been slowly increasing the cornering speed bit by bit as I do not fancy a Torvill adn Dean routine into the hedges..... it is now sitting on 255x19x35 on the front and 355x19x25 on the rear.....personally I think it looks the nuts but be interested to see what others perception is..... FYI work was carried out in excellent fashion by the boys at Scuderiasystems in a very short space of time in a superb fashion.....will update after Le Mans as to how it is all behaving....

Son likes them !!

[basher]

OK how do I post pics ??

[dazren]

basher said:

OK how do I post pics ??

piccies need to be hosted on the web somewhere.

then:

[pic] www.website/picture.jpg [/pic] without the spaces.

DAZ

Edited by dazren on Thursday 8th June 10:09

[basher]

ok well alternative posts on fchat adn fcars.co.uk with pics as dont have webpage to psot pics

[brendonj]

Basher,

Quick side note, may I ask where you got your ITO exhaust from?

Cheers

[tony h]

here u go m8

http://img131.imageshack.us/slideshow

[basher]

thanks Tony !

ITO exhaust was from Japan thru a mate on ehre called Bernard

[MattOz]

basher,

Saw the pics on FChat. Your car is stunning. Absolutely Stunning. The wheels (Novitecs?) look awesome.

Matt

[basher]

cheers - I am rather fond of her ....

[Mr_C]

very nice!

[ahaughton]

basher said:

355x19x25 on the rear

Jeez!!!! how much did they cost?

[dick dastardly]

A big improvement. Good work!

[basher]

cost enough...but worth it ...and a lot less than just the wheels from ferrari !