My 612

I would find myself another dealer if possible. When setting ride height on a 612 or other Ferrari, a 75 kg/165 lb weight is put in the driver's and passenger's seat to account for driver and passenger weight. Front ride height is set at 130.5 mm measured from the inside of a chassis hole near the front suspension and 129.5 mm in the rear from another chassis hole near the rear suspension. Unfortunately my early WSM does not have an illustration of those holes but they should be easy to spot. Ride height is adjusted by turning the spring perch on the shock absorber body.

Sounds like your ride height needs to be adjusted and your current dealer should be able to do it or recommend the shop they use for alignments. That shop will need to have a selection of shims used for adjusting the camber on 612 suspension because both camber and toe front and rear will need to be adjusted after a ride height adjustment. Rapid tire wear and funny handling can result from out of alignment suspension settings.

Since regular suspension setting checks are part of Ferrari routine maintenance, hard to believe any Ferrari shop does not have the capability to do this or have it done.

On the F1 system, first thing to do would be to change and bleed the F1 fluid, which should be done at least every three years. Yours has probably never been done because Ferrari did not recommend regular F1 fluid changes until the 599 came out. They can do further diagnostics when doing that job.

 

Welcome to the forum and sorry your having some initial issues. Did you get a PPI before purchasing that car? That should have detected the issue.

Regardless, we're all fortunate to have knowledgeable and extraordinary people, such as Taz, for solid advice & recommendations.

 

Taz- Always with the most informative responses- Can't beat him

 

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I am not so sure there is anything wrong with your ride height. You have 4 fingers in driver side, and 3 fingers in passenger side, but there is also more space between your fingers and fender on passenger side. With weight in the driver seat, it may be correct. I think what the dealer meant is that they wouldn't usually mess with the ride height setting, so with high likelihood, yours is as it was set at the factory. Maybe they just saved you $ instead of saying, "yes sir, we will re-do your suspension settings" and collect your $. Finally, technically, the fender is not the correct reference point for suspension height setting.

Edit: Also, you hand on the driver side is pretty level, while your hand on the passenger side is angled up... further "misleading" the "picture".

 

There is no compensation for driver weight alone in the suspension settings or ride height on any Ferrari except possibly a racing one. That is why a 75 kg weight is used in both seats.

If your friend needs the suspension settings, let me know and I can post them. The dealer can order some shims for him if needed and we can give you the parts numbers for those, too. Tolerances on ride height are normally about plus or minus 5 mm. Measuring distance between the tire and fender is not a reliable way to determine ride height, but your 0.5 cm is 5 mm, within tolearance.