Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 550 Marenello

[Charles Perry (charles]

My 355 parts have also gone to pot. I chose to order carbon fiber
replacements from Valence USA. Sent them a deposit a year ago and have
yet to see the first part. They do communicate and Fchat people who
eventually receive them say they're very nice quality, but the wait is
aggravating. Their headquarters is in the same city as Susie's family,
so maybe I need to make a visit... :-)

-- charles



-----Original Message-----
From: Larry B [mailto:larrybard [at] hotmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:32 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 550 Marenello

Dave,
That's a pleasant surprise.  I wonder if similar pieces for the 512TR
would be as reasonably (for Ferrari parts) priced.  Could you tell me
your source?
 
(And if anyone else has suggestions for sources for such parts, I would
greatly appreciate hearing about them.) Larry
 
P.S. Apologies to readers for the automatic reformatting of prior
messages that are attached; I'm not sure why Hotmail does that and how
to avoid it.



> From: dave [at] davehanda.com> > For the F355 the interior pieces are not 
> all that bad. I have found the> interior door handles for $60 each, 
> the window switch surrounds are $15> each, and a new steering column 
> cover (both pieces) was $147. The pricey> part is the A/C console 
> control, which can only be purchased as an assembly> with the actually

> controller and knobs...around $1500 or so. Individual> switches are 
> pricey too, they vary from $100 to $200 each.> > So far, I have only 
> replaced the worst pieces, which fortunately for me,> were the less 
> expensive ones.> > > -----Original Message-----> From: Larry B 
> [mailto:larrybard [at] hotmail.com] > > 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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