458 red paint comes off engine cover?

I use a master blaster to blow the dust off the engine. I do use griots waterless car wash on a micro towel to clean engine bay panels, lightly wipe red intake manifold after master blasting. No red comes off.

 

The outside or the inside finish? When it's clean, give it a couple coats of wax.

 

Can you please post some photos?

 

I clean mine with water and haven't had an issues with the red paint.

 

When you say engine cover are you speaking about the exterior engine hatch? Or are you speaking of the intake manifolds in the photo that are painted red?

That will help a lot!

 

the intake manifolds......thats odd that the color is transferring from a wipe down

 

I clean it every few month. If you really want it clean, use a little soapy water with a paint brush and then dry with towel. You may be wiping it too much

 

Good to know it's normal and the dealer eased your mind!

Thanks for posting up the follow up info!

 

+1

 

I use a leaf blower to dry mine

 

I have not had any loss of red paint from wiping the red plenum covers on my 458. In any event, I now use a Dyson vacuum to get the dust out of the plenum covers and I find it works better than wiping them down.

 

This is likely because there is no clear coat on there, it's single-stage red paint. When you polish the exterior of your car you are removing a little bit of the clear coat every time. On a single stage paintjob, your polish cloths (or buffer pads) will turn the color of the paint.

 

My paint is starting to peel off the engine mainfold ... this red paint is special ... any idea what kind of paint it is ? Is there better paint to use ?

 

Paint will come off single-stage paint if you polish it with something mildly abrasive like a cleaner wax, but unless the OP is rubbing it really hard, single-stage paint should not come off at all from just wiping it with a a damp microfiber cloth. Even cheap rattle can single stage paint won't come off from just a damp microfiber. Apparently it's not unique to that individual car, given that the dealer replicated it with another car, but the paint Ferrari used is clearly sub-par.

I would ask the dealer to repaint it on the basis that it is defective paint.

 

If your technique is removing paint, then you have to change your technique. I have had two 458s. I did not wipe down the red plennums. Instead, I used a handheld Dyson vacuum to get the dirt off them. It worked fine and did no damage.

 

The work shop guy told me he use a special Sonax Products i think a wax or Creams or some kind of liquid to apply on the Ferrari Red Color Engine and it protects and Restore the Car Engine Color ....