German
Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari tuner Inden Design has focused its
attention on the latter's F430 Coupé following a tried and
trusted path beaten by many tuners in developing an
all-round package that includes more power, lowered
suspension and aesthetic changes both inside and out for
Ferrari's key selling V8 model.
On the outside the
F430 gets a unique profile thanks to a subtle restyling kit
that has been added to the original Ferrari design Inden
Design. At the front a pronounced flat horizontal lip has
been attached underneath the front spoiler which blends into
the original component through two rising sections attached
at the outer corners of the centre spoiler section and then
wraps up round the spoiler as the new section chases round
to the front wheels. At the side a short kit section in
front of the rear wheels wraps up round the original side
skirts below the air intakes for the rear brakes while this
lower rim lip theme is continued onto the rear spoiler
corners and up to the splitter, with the changes wrought by
Inden Design at the back completed by a new carbon-fibre
colour coded section running through the base of the
standard splitter.
Through a new
engine remap the F430's power is raised by 35 bhp, from the
Maranello-standard 490 bhp to 425 bhp, while a new stainless
steel exhaust unit has a damper control that opens
automatically in full acceleration situations but can also
be manually overridden to allow the driver to adjust the
exhaust sound.
Inden Design, which
started tuning Ferrari's sports cars with the 348 and has
since created styling and tuning parts for the 355, 456, 360
Modena, 550 Maranello, 575 M and 612 Scaglietti, has tweaked
the suspension of the F430 with a lowering kit that reduces
ride height by 36 mm which squeezes the coupés wheelarches
around the new multi-spoked 20-inch three-part, modular
structure, special schmiede alloy wheels that feature a
lacquer finish of the star section in silver metallic while
the interior dish is plastic-coated and the external dish is
highly polished without coating, the format being drawn from
the wheels used on the Porsche Carrera Cup racers. The
wheels can be fitted with a shim set to widen each axle by
30 mm. Inside Inden Design has increased the use of
sumptuous leather, focusing on every surface that it can
rework, while carbon-fibre inserts can also be added to the
package.