Cleaning the inside of 360 or 550 headlight lens

Yes, sad to say that is the problem.
Even when you get condension in there, Ferrari will give you new headlamp housings if under warranty.

The were rumors of a guy that fixes the headlamps here in the US.

 

I haven't tried a 550, so I'm not sure. But the 360 is supposed to be a permanently sealed unit.

However, with great care, some brute force (prybars and razor blades)and lots of patience, it is possible to get the lens off a 360 lamp.

I've done it a dozen times or more now, and it takes me about 10 hours to remove, split, clean (or send for painting), re-assemble and refit a pair of lens. The first set took double that.

Once I've done it, I re-bond the lens to the lamp with a more user friendly sealant, to expediate removal next time. Save about 2 hours.

 

A bit too late now, but pay close attention to the placement of the vent hose when they are replaced. When I was replacing a lot of the 360 "short eyebrow" lights under warranty, it was found that all of the dirty ones had the vent hose on the wrong side of a support member. This pointed the vent hose forward and offered up a port to ram dirt and dust into. Properly placed, the air flows past the bottom of the vent hose, creating a vacuum in the lamp assy.
Dave

 

Excellent point, davehelms. Amazing oversight on assembly behalf, aye?

 

You won't see anything from the front trunk liner.
You would have to remove the inner fenderwell to gain a good look at it.

 

Interesting

My Stradale is currently in for some fixes – one of them is that the right headlight gets completely fogged up when it is wet / cold

My dealer talked to FNA and they said that this is normal!

When I had my radar detector installed the bumper had to come off – the installer took tons of picture

Guess what - one of the pictures shows that the rubber tube is bend in a 90 degree angle

Many thanks for the input Dave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

What did you do with all the old headlamps Dave?..........I can put them into the race cars to get rammed into concrete walls and competitors.

Yes, good point about the hose. Common oversight.

You need to remove the front bumper to see it, and then the radiator ducting etc to get the lamp out if needed. The hose can be corrected with just the bumper off though.

 

All of the old headlights had to be returned to FNA due to it being a warranty repair. I wanted some for wall art, but that never happened. Usually the problem with the lights was the dirt and fogging, but I had to use the short eyebrow as the means to push the claim. Early on, Ferraris stance was the fogging was normal, but that was later retracted.
Yes the bumper must come off. Readjusting the placement of the hose is quite easy with the bumper off, but that headlamp replacement is a bugger. It was one of those jobs that if you worked like an animal, you could get the job done in slightly over twice the time you would get paid for. It has been a good year since I did a headlamp replacement, but I think one could check and adjust the hose placement through the wheel well.

 

FoS did take the bumper off and straightened / fixed pipe - many thanks again - hopfully that is it

 

Glad it was of use
Dave