Thread: Daddy's Ferrari Scuderia AE Edition

After we completed Mommy’s Ferrari, Daddy aka Diko from Giovanna Wheels contacted me again and was jealous to say the least! His wife’s audio system sounded better than the one in his Ferrari. We had to do something about that!

Normally that really would not be a challenge for us. We have worked on over two dozen F430’s over the past few years but this car is not your standard F430. It is a light weight race car that has no interior sound deadening, no carpet and the exhaust on this Scuderia is unlike anything that you have ever heard!

While most enthusiasts would say that the engine sound is an orchestra of beautiful tones and that you do not need to even need to turn on the radio this owner likes to enjoy his iPod and wanted a sound system that would compliment the car without ruining it. Here comes one of our toughest challenges of my career. How do you install a great car audio system in a Ferrari that came with two lousy 3″ speakers mounted under the dash and the since the rest of the car is all carbon fiber no one in their right mind would cut into for speakers?

Here is what Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood CA. did to create this custom AE Edition Ferrari Scuderia.

The factory radio was replaced with a Kenwood eXcelon KVT-614 motorized 6.95″ flip out touch screen radio with the KNA-G510 Garmin based navigation unit. The Kenwood KCAIP-301V allows you to control all your iPod audio and video content from the touch screen.

The factory leather kick panels were removed and new ones were custom created and molded using red carbon fiber. We wrapped the outer portion in Ferrari black leather and stitched it in red to match the interior of the car. No legroom was lost and the factory kick panels can go back into the car to factory spec since no cutting was done. Kenwood eXcelon slim XR-S17P component 6.5″ speakers were used.

Behind the seats we custom created a subwoofer enclosure for two 12″ shallow Kenwood eXcelon KFC-XW1200F woofers made with carbon fiber. The enclosure rests on the factory rear ledge and the seats still move all the way back with no loss of space. The enclosure was wrapped in Ferrari black leather, matching red stitching with red and black carbon fiber. Plexiglass was used to create an additional visual layer and to highlight the carbon fiber.

Under the front bonnet we were inspired by the shape of the front of the car and especially the famous Scuderia stripes. If you look closely you will notice that we shaped the frames of the Kenwood eXcelon amplifiers XR-1S and XR-4S to look like the front of the car and used red carbon fiber to replicate the hood stripes. The amplifiers total over 1600 watts of power and really give the speakers the clean power that they need to properly perform.

For show purposes the car has been outfitted with two different styles of 20″ 3-piece GFG forged wheels by Giovanna. One the drivers side are Scudetria finished in matte black a gun metal grey for sporty aggressive look. On the passenger side are Messina with a classic gloss black center and chrome outer lip. Pirelli P-Zero Nero 235/30/20 front and 325/45/20 rear.

This is what makes this Ferrari F430 Scuderia an AE Edition.

For more information and images please go to Al & Ed’s Autosound West Hollywood Store Blog Archive Ferrari F430 Scuderia AE Edition for Daddy?

wOw you GUYS, that is REALLY amazing (design/install)
well played!

Lets do yours with black and orange carbon fiber! L4P Edition!

Well done, wow. Love the attention to detail. That Scudy is pure sex.

Awesome! The layout is perfect!

it sounds awesome!!! Elie's and his crew at AE did an awesome job,and it sounds better than my lp-640....I LOVE IT !! I feel like a teenager bumping the sounds !!!!My wife is jealous now !!!!

Very Very Impressive!

WOW right when you think Elie has gone to the top, he takes it passed your wildest dreams. STRAIGHT TO THE NEXT LEVEL!!

Elie is the og doodooroorooo

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