348 Skid Plates

02-09-2004, 10:29 PM

A client dropped his 348 off for a service while he is in Europe for a few months and agreed to let his car be the model for the 348 Skid Plates.

I'm not 100% decided at the moment, however I believe 348's will need 4 piece sets to be effective.

First few pics of the begining stages:

I will use a 94 Challenge car for the mods.

Nice umolested spoiler.

Places of concern R/Front

Places of concern L/Front

Unlike the 355/360 Skid Plates the 348's will have to be Cast, rather than Machined.

02-10-2004, 06:29 PM

Looks like 3 piece cast sets will work. Pics later.

JRV

02-10-2004, 09:59 PM

Got the pics from todays design mock-ups loaded"

Due to the flimsy design & construction of the 348 factory spoilers, the plates need to be very large to spread the load across a big enough area. Also due to the many compound curves involved for fitment, I'm opting to design in clay and cast in Aluminum.

02-10-2004, 10:08 PM

Rest of today's series:

02-09-2004, 10:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
JRV Posts: n/a	A client dropped his 348 off f A client dropped his 348 off for a service while he is in Europe for a few months and agreed to let his car be the model for the 348 Skid Plates. I'm not 100% decided at the moment, however I believe 348's will need 4 piece sets to be effective. First few pics of the begining stages: I will use a 94 Challenge car for the mods. Nice umolested spoiler. Places of concern R/Front Places of concern L/Front Unlike the 355/360 Skid Plates the 348's will have to be Cast, rather than Machined.

02-10-2004, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
JRV Posts: n/a	Looks like 3 piece cast sets w Looks like 3 piece cast sets will work. Pics later. JRV

02-10-2004, 09:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
JRV Posts: n/a	Got the pics from todays desig Got the pics from todays design mock-ups loaded" Due to the flimsy design & construction of the 348 factory spoilers, the plates need to be very large to spread the load across a big enough area. Also due to the many compound curves involved for fitment, I'm opting to design in clay and cast in Aluminum.

02-10-2004, 10:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
JRV Posts: n/a	Rest of today's series: Rest of today's series:

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