My Fuoco 458 Italia

[BlueIn2Red]

I've recently bought this car, a 2012 model with 7.5k miles, and what an amazing thing it is. I think I'm most impressed at how it can cruise about in auto mode like a luxury GT, and then switch instantly to full mental mode when you want it to!

It was in great condition when I bought it although the paint was quite badly swirled (poor washing technique no doubt), a shame with such lovely paint. I've machine polished the car myself and am delighted with the results. Rosso Fuoco is an amazing colour in reality, although quite hard to photograph well.

 

[Iipboss]

Great looking car and brilliant photos!

 

[tonyh]

Beautiful colour . Car looks fab

 

[GF355]

That's a beautiful car. Congrats :thumbsup:

 

[milkshaker0007]

Nice car
Great photos:thumbsup:

 

[Hud]

Stunner :thumbsup:

 

[F355GTS]

beautiful :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[loga]

Lovely colour combination...

 

[Madmax]

Enjoy !

 

[spice]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...talia-f142-dct-2012/1915913?isexperiment=true
this car same spec , i parked in front of it at Brooklands last year , fantastic colour

 

[BlueIn2Red]

I know this won't be to everybody's taste, but I like it: I never really liked the diamond cut wheels (not specced by me) so had them refinished in a dark grey/anthracite colour. I also had the sills wrapped similar to the factory "sports sills" option (which I think nicely "narrows" the side profile). Very happy with the results which I think suits the Fuoco paint very well:

 

[mon the fish]

I like the changes. Still absolutely adore the colour, best colour on the 458 by far IMO

 

[Hud]

Looks great, had the same on my 458. Subtle detail:thumbsup:

 

[Alang]

Did you change the wheel nuts to titanium ?

 

[BlueIn2Red]

No, too rich for me!

 

[Alang]

Am thinking of it but not really sure if they are worth the money for what the gain is

 

[BlueIn2Red]

Well, you got me thinking about titanium, so as the finishing touches for the wheels I splashed out and bought some titanium wheel bolts (from Hill Engineering, fantastic quality) and some titanium centre caps (the originals were getting tatty anyway).

I was very unsure about doing the centre caps as well, but like the results (I think!). The theory is that the yellow callipers balance the shields already, so yellow centre caps as well was overkill. Interested to hear other people's opinions though

 

[Alang]

Nice, I think I will get some now, are they polished ?

 

[mon the fish]

Much prefer the yellow centre caps TBH, but do like the wheel bolts

 

[BlueIn2Red]

Nice, I think I will get some now, are they polished ?

Not polished, a natural titanium finish I believe.

http://www.hillengineering.co.uk/catalog/v2256720tit80-x10-p-402.html