Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 550 Marenello

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

> 3 things involved to do it "right". It's not that hard to do it 
> yourself.Castrol Superclean, fully concentrated and sprayed on the soft 
> touch coating is less messy that the oven cleaner thing. Just soak the 
> parts in a tub with running water, a dangerous amount of super clean and a 
> stiff brush. Cleans them right up. Then prime them with a high quality 
> primer like stuff that says for marine applications. Sand the knicks and 
> scratches out ,reprime them and spray them flat black. I have seen grill 
> paint used and it looks identical to the factory finish but hard and 
> scratch resistant. It's an option anyway. The hard part is getting the 
> white markings back on. I have seen this done and called a "high impact 
> finish" by one or two Ferrari dealers.
>
> Dan Warlick
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry B" <larrybard [at] hotmail.com>
> To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 550 Marenello
>
>
> > I don't even want to guess what replacing every rubber-coated interior 
> > part in a 512TR would cost.
> >
> > > From: dave [at] davehanda.com> To: larrybard [at] hotmail.com> CC: 
> > > ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] 550 Marenello> Date: 
> > > Sat, 6 Oct 2007 15:49:45 -0700> > Yes, and apparently that works...but 
> > > then you have a non-stock plastic> surface, rather than the oem rubber 
> > > coating.> > I prefer to replace the offending parts, then wait for them 
> > > to fail> again...I am a glutton for punishment. ;-)> > Dave> > > 
> > >  > -----Original Message-----> From: Larry B 
> > > [mailto:larrybard [at] hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:44 
> > > PM> To: dave [at] davehanda.com> Cc: The FerrariList> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 
> > > 550 Marenello> > And the "fix" recommended by some people is not for the 
> > > faint-hearted:> remove the residue with caustic oven cleaner.Larry> > > 
> > > From: dave [at] davehanda.com> > Quote (snip) > "The usual "some dummy armor> 
> > > alled it" stickys of the soft touch coated > >>> pieces. > > > The cause 
> > > of> sticky interiors of the rubber coated pieces in modern day> Ferraris 
> > > (346,> TR, 355, 360, 550, etc) is NOT directly caused by application> of 
> > > ArmorAll> (though it may speed the process). There are many, many cases> 
> > > of cars not> receiving any treatment of the parts and still they become> 
> > > melted and> sticky. It appears to be caused by nothing more than a 
> > > crappy> quality> coating, and direct exposure to the sun. More sun and 
> > > heat, the> sooner it> will deteriorate.> > 
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