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Thanks all who have contributed. Will be trying the NVO board fix soon. Mine is supposed to arrive 3/4 from the AliExpress source mentioned above.

I’ll work to contribute some technical guidance as I gain experience. So far other than knowing parts are expensive, this car doesn’t look like it’s any harder to work on than any of my Corvettes. Just have to be careful not to damage anything while disassembling but overall access to components looks better with removable panels.



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I love the spec of this car but the milage is out of control

 

Respectfully disagree. 14 year old car, about 40k miles, averages out to less than 3k miles per year. That's 60 miles a weekend.

 

In the grand scheme of things, you are 100% right. It just feels irresponsible (for lack of a better term at the moment) to go with a 40k option when sub 20k options are for sale also. I’ve noticed all the super low mileage 458s are red with tan interior, haha. The black on black is always high mileage.

 

To me, this is what this forum is all about. A dream fulfilled. Congratulations!

 

Count me in on the camp that says 40k miles is out of control on a 458.
Not low by any means but a good drivers car miles.

 

70.000 kms and stil driving my '12 Italia as it was made for

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Beautiful representation, my man.

 

Never seen a black 458 engine cover before. Anyone else have?
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I don't find it in Alie ....1005004402633422

 

Maybe someone tried to have it look like a Speciale ... but failed ...

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yeah, could be that. It looks wrong…. I wonder how much to get back to red?

 

Strange. That’s how I found it but now it doesn’t come up. Mine is allegedly arriving Monday 3/4.

 

Try this link:
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804216318670.html?spm=a2g0n.order_detail.order_detail_item.3.ce05f19c47nBzf&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa

 

YES ! looks good ... are there any for 458 ?

 

That works for the 458 per the description, no? Click the last one that is the board instead of a model name

 

Well boys, I finally got my first Ferrari. A 2014 458. I will make a thread about it when I pick I get it in a few days. Really cant believe I am typing this

 

Well mine finally arrived today. Wasn’t impressed with the packaging but if it works out I guess it’s good enough. Will let you all know.

 

Well I have just completed my NVO PCB board replacement in the steering wheel as my turn signal actuators were not working and the start button was intermittent. Things were pretty straight forward following the two threads below and the relevant sections of the workshop manual.
458 - replaced my steering wheel PCB with a bootleg | FerrariChat
458 - NVO board replacement; dealer alternative | FerrariChat
The posted instructions, as well as the WSM are slightly unclear, but the air bag module basically came straight off, no prying necessary once the two rear side bolts (T30 security bit) were removed. Getting the T30 security bit onto the bolts is a blind aim, so just had to adjust the angle of the driver until I could feel the bit securely seated in the bolt head.
The airbag connectors have secondary locks on the top, a small flat-blade screwdriver gently pulled the tabs out and then the same flat-blade can be used to gently pry the connectors straight up and out of the airbag module.
Also it was unclear how to remove the buttons control module, but it turns out gently pushing the back side of it from the area behind the manettino and behind the start / suspension button area will coax the 3 rubber push plugs free from their receivers inside the wheel.
Further disassembly of the controls module was straightforward, just be gentle and patient with all the little harness connectors that go into the NVO board.
Perhaps the trickiest part of the whole job was when snapping the control module back into place on the steering wheel, ensuring all the wiring was routed properly so as not to interfere with getting the three rubber nubs back into their receptacles. I had interference behind the lower nub that took a second to get sorted.
You also have to pay attention to the wiring as you slide the airbag module back in place so that the airbag module metal legs/extensions with the threaded hole slide exactly into place. Basically just don't force anything, if it isn't going easy pull it out and adjust wiring as needed.
I followed the battery re-connect procedure, although I'll caution you need to read the whole WSM section on this as all the things you should do are not spelled out in chronological order or even on the same page.
Altogether the project was a success, taking approximately 90 minutes but could easily be done in less than an hour next time now that I have done it once.
My turn signal actuators are fully working again and thus far the start button has not had any intermittent issues like before, although it will take some more use of the car to confirm that the new NVO board fixed that issue also. Since the momentary switch is on the same board, I do suspect it is resolved.
In studying the original NVO PCB I cannot readily see where it has failed by any visual indicators, but glad this new part from aliexpress got it fixed and saved me $$ thousands!

 

Hi!
Can anyone tell me what size/kind screws I need for this? There is also one in the upper right I forgot to circle which seems to be smaller. Got the car and it didn’t have any and don’t want this piece just hanging down.


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Is there anything behind that could be damaged if the screw is too large?

 

Also, am I missing fabric?

 

Can’t wait for this thread


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LOL. Can’t tell if you don’t care about the thread, are making a joke about the time of there not being a thread yet, both, or being serious (doubtful)