Dash leather lifting

Ferrari interiors frequently use concave surfaces. It has been my experience in Southern California that Ferrari interior leather has a tendency for slow shrinkage which can contribute to separation in concave regions from the underlying surface to which it was adhered. This happens on my 2016 Cali T presently, and has happened on other Ferraris I've had over the years. There also can be bubbling at the top horizontal upholstery central surface between the explosive rollbar elements.

For another observation, my 2015 Porsche had headliner collapse this year. Apparently Porsche is known for this feature and it is a failure in the adhesive after 7 years.

 

My 2014 Cali lived in Newport Beach, CA before I bought it about a month ago. It was very well cared for but having a similar issue and will be something I will have addressed in the future but it is a big job to pull the upper dash out to re-leather it. Unfortunately, no matter how well it is cared for and stored, the glue tends to fail in time allowing the leather to lift.

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My 2013 has lifted in exactly that spot. I don’t really notice it so unless it gets much worse I’ll just leave it alone.

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The problem as I understand it, is Ferrari uses only glue on the leather instead of stapling the ends, so heat and time will loosen it eventually. If the repair is stapled as well, it should be one and done.

 

Would applying steady pressure and heat over these areas "reactivate" the adhesive and get the leather to reattach to surface? Possible placing something between the leather an an iron pressed for 30 seconds (so the iron isn't touching the leather directly)

 

That’s correct. I found this problem last year while I had the turtle back off to address a different issue. I didn’t think about stapling at the time because the problem only showed up at the edges underneath so I just used a very high quality adhesive.

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man thats crazy that this is a consistent issue. I thought this problem was solved a decade ago. I've had porsches, audis, bmws, land rovers, jeeps, all with leather dashes that I street park in the sun and never had leather issues on the dash. Thought it was a thing of the past.

 

It's my impression that Ferrari uses more concave surfaces than other car makers on interior bits covered in leather. A concave surface stapled at extremities will not hold its concavity against "pulling" by leather shrinkage. "Pulling" in the curves seems as common as sticky buttons on Ferraris. Ferrari uses Poltrona Frau leather, does any other car manufacturer use same? Maybe there are differences in leather performance and adhesives over time. Bubbling in Ferrari leather seems more likely related to adhesives giving up the adhesion, so maybe a combination of adhesive and inner surface of leather finishing method leading to degradation in grip with changing chemistry?

 

But I’ve seen it happen just as frequently on convex surfaces.

 

Are there any good dash repair shops in SoCal?
Happening on my Vanquish


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I have had success with leather lifting by usinf a hot hair dryer on the leather until I can push the leather back down and it resticks no guarantee .. but it worked. For me a couple of times ..
Cost nothing and took only a few minutes i used a plastic putty knive or trim tool and got it to restick..using a cloth to wrap the tool to avoid scratching ..