360 Modena - bubbling paint on front wing
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I am on the hunt for a manual 360 Modena with carbon seats. I looked at a car today (my first viewing!) that seemed in pretty good condition apart from some minor bubbling on the driver side front wing above the wheelarch.
Has anyone on here encountered this on their car and how do you get it sorted so that it doesn’t come back? Wondering what it would cost to get sorted in a way that stops it coming back (and what that process is)? I don’t really want to let the dealer sort it only for it to reappear in a year’s time!
(If you’ve experienced this but don’t want to broadcast it, please PM me, I’d be really grateful!)
Has anyone on here encountered this on their car and how do you get it sorted so that it doesn’t come back? Wondering what it would cost to get sorted in a way that stops it coming back (and what that process is)? I don’t really want to let the dealer sort it only for it to reappear in a year’s time!
(If you’ve experienced this but don’t want to broadcast it, please PM me, I’d be really grateful!)
ldnajt said:
I am on the hunt for a manual 360 Modena with carbon seats. I looked at a car today (my first viewing!) that seemed in pretty good condition apart from some minor bubbling on the driver side front wing above the wheelarch.
Has anyone on here encountered this on their car and how do you get it sorted so that it doesn’t come back? Wondering what it would cost to get sorted in a way that stops it coming back (and what that process is)? I don’t really want to let the dealer sort it only for it to reappear in a year’s time!
(If you’ve experienced this but don’t want to broadcast it, please PM me, I’d be really grateful!)
Was it this car? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FERRARI-360-MODENA-6-SP...Has anyone on here encountered this on their car and how do you get it sorted so that it doesn’t come back? Wondering what it would cost to get sorted in a way that stops it coming back (and what that process is)? I don’t really want to let the dealer sort it only for it to reappear in a year’s time!
(If you’ve experienced this but don’t want to broadcast it, please PM me, I’d be really grateful!)
ldnajt said:
blueg33 said:
Poor repair I wonder? Mine is bubble free
Has yours been repaired? That’s my question really, how is this repaired, how does it work? What am i looking at here?I think it very much depends how the car has been stored.
I went to look at an 18K miles one owner 2005 430 Grigio Silverstone coupe that had paint bubbling all over the place. Inside, the red carpets looked like they had been in the not too distant past a bit mouldy and the engine bay was awful (subsequently sold to a well known supercar dealer and sold on as 'immaculate'..!!)
That compared to the 27K mile one that I eventually bought that didn't have a hint of bubbling anywhere. Tiny bit of surface corrosion on the inside lip of front arches picked up on PPI but otherwise sound as a pound. Inside as fresh as the day it was made and engine bay immaculate.
The first car had apparently been kept in a pretty standard garage that fell under the shadow of a big tree in the garden and was almost permanently damp.
I went to look at an 18K miles one owner 2005 430 Grigio Silverstone coupe that had paint bubbling all over the place. Inside, the red carpets looked like they had been in the not too distant past a bit mouldy and the engine bay was awful (subsequently sold to a well known supercar dealer and sold on as 'immaculate'..!!)
That compared to the 27K mile one that I eventually bought that didn't have a hint of bubbling anywhere. Tiny bit of surface corrosion on the inside lip of front arches picked up on PPI but otherwise sound as a pound. Inside as fresh as the day it was made and engine bay immaculate.
The first car had apparently been kept in a pretty standard garage that fell under the shadow of a big tree in the garden and was almost permanently damp.
How big is the paint bubble, and where is it on the wing?
If it's a smallish area, it could be from a stone chip that went unnoticed sometime in the past, allowed moisture in, and was then repaired, but not to the extent it really needed to be repaired ([i]i.e the repair area only dealt with the immediate stone chip, and not the area just beyond the stone chip.
There's a general conception that aluminium cars don't rust - Which is true.
However, they so still corrode if water/moisture gets underneath the paint for any reason.
Any good quality paint shop should be able to repair the bubbling paintwork, as these days, they pretty much all have experience of dealing with aluminium bodied cars.
They'd have to grind back until all the corrosion was gone, and then fill the ground out area (the worst case scenario would be a need to replace the wing section if the corrosion was THAT bad, but I doubt you'd even be looking at the car if that was the case)
Your best bet would be to take some pictures of the bubbling, contact a few body/paint shops that come with great reviews, and see what they quote.
Basically though, I wouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion that the bubbling is from accident damage - It could be due to something a bit more innocent.
If it's a smallish area, it could be from a stone chip that went unnoticed sometime in the past, allowed moisture in, and was then repaired, but not to the extent it really needed to be repaired ([i]i.e the repair area only dealt with the immediate stone chip, and not the area just beyond the stone chip.
There's a general conception that aluminium cars don't rust - Which is true.
However, they so still corrode if water/moisture gets underneath the paint for any reason.
Any good quality paint shop should be able to repair the bubbling paintwork, as these days, they pretty much all have experience of dealing with aluminium bodied cars.
They'd have to grind back until all the corrosion was gone, and then fill the ground out area (the worst case scenario would be a need to replace the wing section if the corrosion was THAT bad, but I doubt you'd even be looking at the car if that was the case)
Your best bet would be to take some pictures of the bubbling, contact a few body/paint shops that come with great reviews, and see what they quote.
Basically though, I wouldn't automatically jump to the conclusion that the bubbling is from accident damage - It could be due to something a bit more innocent.
benbuhagiar said:
Was it this car? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FERRARI-360-MODENA-6-SP...
Unusual ripple on passenger airbag tooIt’s probably from a stone chip and the moisture getting underneath and causing a reaction (Bubbling) and the car being kept outside or put away wet.
The crease in the airbag suggests it may have been kept outside in the sun too long for the leather to shrink. I would check at the base of the windscreen to see if the leather on the dash has come away.
Common time and usage related issues.
The crease in the airbag suggests it may have been kept outside in the sun too long for the leather to shrink. I would check at the base of the windscreen to see if the leather on the dash has come away.
Common time and usage related issues.
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