Sticky Plastics Bits

I had a 348 which was OK until one day I cleaned all the surfaces with armoral. Within a week it had dissolved all the rubber coating and it was coming off on your hands like black tar. I contacted Armarol who sent me a letter advising that it could have affected my rubber finish. I asked them if it would be OK to publish their letter in the Australia Ferrari club magazine but they refused to reply to my letter. I rang Armoral but the writer of the letter would not return my calls. KEEP AWAY FROM ARMORAL with your Ferrari's interior. I now have a 355 and it was sticky when I bought it. I found that the rubberised finished can be removed of all the surfaces with thinners. I also found the best thing to repaint these pieces with is a black satin vinyl paint you can get from the local auto shop. Its really easy to use and hard to get a run. Cheers

 

Porsche has the same problem on rocker switches on early 987 Boxsters and 997 911s. On the Porsches, it is even more obvious because the underlying plastic is white. Mine were even worse than the ones in the photo. Robbie fixed them for me.

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Terry Phillips
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I advise that everyone keep away from Armor-All, period.

With ALL cars. It smells like vomit, and it ruined one of my Saab's interiors many years ago, as well.

Useful information and great advice. Thanks.