Repaired: Image Unavailable, Please Login old skins used a s patterns: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Retrimmed parts arrive - stitching color for the leather is slightly darker red Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
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Rear speakers rubbers were rotten away too: Image Unavailable, Please Login Old surround cleaned up and new items ready: Image Unavailable, Please Login repaired: Image Unavailable, Please Login Door panel parts restored and ready Image Unavailable, Please Login refitted Image Unavailable, Please Login Done Image Unavailable, Please Login Glove box lettering restoration - old paint removed Image Unavailable, Please Login refilled Image Unavailable, Please Login cleaned up Image Unavailable, Please Login
punching holes into the new leather... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login finished rear speaker panels: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login The cabin air intake rain protection below the wiper finishers looks pretty bad and was cracked in various places: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login All old paint was removed and the cracks and gasket support repaired to guarantee its continuity on the cowl, without which it would leak in to the HVAC, then repainted: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Done: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login There is a plastic cover below the carpet on the front door entrance. It covers the AC hoses: Image Unavailable, Please Login It did need a cleanup too Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Now - the left side was missing - and the one sold by Ferrari didn't fit (it was for the right side). I decided to reproduce the part based on an optical scan of the lh side: Image Unavailable, Please Login The scan looked useable: Image Unavailable, Please Login So it was used to create the 3D data for printing: Image Unavailable, Please Login Here the 2 prints before assembly: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Since the lh side panel is covering the wiring loom, brake booster vacuum hose and heater hose, it needed some modifications to allow all passages. Those were done by hand, cutting away offending areas and re-fitting them with the appropriate clearances. Image Unavailable, Please Login It finally looked like that: Image Unavailable, Please Login And it works Image Unavailable, Please Login Since it will be covered in carpet and was quite strong despite the cutting and glueing I didn't re-scan, reconstruct and re-print but used the part directly. rh side in position Image Unavailable, Please Login
Interior Fan power transistor replacement: Image Unavailable, Please Login markings Image Unavailable, Please Login removed Image Unavailable, Please Login new parts Image Unavailable, Please Login fitted Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login I also replaced the pop-riveted mounting of the bracket with 2 bolts so the transistor could easily be removed again: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login easy vs a pain once installed behind the dash: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Door window & body trim - painted, and not only once: Image Unavailable, Please Login stripped - beautiful 3d shapes with complex hidden structures for attachments Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login wrapped Image Unavailable, Please Login trunk entry finishers stripped Image Unavailable, Please Login prepped Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login wrapped and much more resistent to chipping while loading/unloading the trunk
One of the passengers foot well rubber mats had hardened and broke: Image Unavailable, Please Login As these are not readily available for a RHD car, we reproduced them (3d data, milled, silicon mold, vacuum casting) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login One of the vacuum tank brackets on the rh air intake was missing too - it needed to be reproduced as well. It was replaced with a bolt... Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
All this work, this fast! Must be an army of people helping out! what are you going to do with your molds? You should consider reproducing parts. Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat.com mobile app
Ron, all this happened over a longer period - most of which was spent waiting for... people to do what they said they would but finally didn't. I had the mechanical, body, painting and trim work done outside, since I lack the skills, equipment and space for it. The rest was done by me, bit by bit. Most of the molds have been discarded for lack of space, which is a premium here.
That was the mold Image Unavailable, Please Login made from this data Image Unavailable, Please Login Another part I couldn't source was the grommets in the front wheel arch where the gutter drain passes through. They were brittle hard and broken, and no part number available: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Again, measurements, 3d data, silicon mold and vacuum casting: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another missing and nla part was the battery cover. I had taken its measurements from another car previously: Image Unavailable, Please Login Data: Image Unavailable, Please Login milled: Image Unavailable, Please Login painted: Image Unavailable, Please Login
Original carpet rests behind newer carpet - that indicated the exact color: Image Unavailable, Please Login Original silver paint showed up in some areas below the many respray coats: Image Unavailable, Please Login
LH intake as removed from car Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login RH air intake as removed Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login disassembled Image Unavailable, Please Login
Repairs needed: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login painted Image Unavailable, Please Login all parts ready, incl. replated frame Image Unavailable, Please Login reassembled Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
same here - repair around the drain close to the oil cooler: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login parts ready, replated frame and cleaned up mesh, with their openings directional... the lh would sort of block the air if fitted to the rh. One bracket original, second one reproduced: Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Glovebox restoration - as removed: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login preparation for the integration of a hidden USB charger port: Image Unavailable, Please Login wiring change for it - only functional with ignition ON to prevent battery drainage Image Unavailable, Please Login restored parts Image Unavailable, Please Login with a spare piece of leather I made an insert, which should stop things from rattling. Image Unavailable, Please Login reassembly Image Unavailable, Please Login USB Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Done Image Unavailable, Please Login
Glovebox lid inside repair - internal trim mounting hole stripped: Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login And the other side needed repairing too Image Unavailable, Please Login Done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Instruments restoration - dusty when removed Image Unavailable, Please Login disassembled and cleaned - speedo Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login tach Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Aux instrument pack as removed Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login cleaned up Image Unavailable, Please Login refitted with a thin layer of plastic grease to stop the "noise" Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Switch stack at removed Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login some wires need attention Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login That's the bridge bypassing the instrument dimmer so I get full power illumination: Image Unavailable, Please Login Time to do this nicely: Image Unavailable, Please Login and repair the damaged wires Image Unavailable, Please Login done Image Unavailable, Please Login
Warning lights stack Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login cleaned up Image Unavailable, Please Login and reconnected Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Fuel level sender Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login working alright but... Image Unavailable, Please Login deep de-corroded and masked for painting Image Unavailable, Please Login zinc-paint and a new gasket Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
