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F12 Paint Bubbling

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  1. italiafan

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    SAFE4NOW says he has seen 2 on 50 cars and I find that unbelievable.
    I have it on mine, my friend has it on his, I have seen it on numerous F12s at dealership. Tech at dealership says they have seen a bunch and the consensus is the majority of F12s have it. Our simple poll is at ~50%. I'm willing to bet in that poll the majority of the 50% who haven't seen it are low mileage cars, garage queens, dry climates.
    This is a design/manufacturing defect.
    Yes, they'll cover it under warranty...but what about after....current answer is "no."
    So you buy a $400K car, take care of it lovingly, it may have 5K miles on it, and starts corroding in year 4 ( first year out of warranty) and you are SOL?
    I smell trouble brewing....
     
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  2. MatNZ

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    Yes this is my same experience as well! There are 12 F12s in NZ and I have seen 7 that have it already!! The out of warranty excuse cannot exclude a condition that was there from the outset. It has to be automatically covered even if out of warranty. A ticking time bomb!
     
  3. Zedtt

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    No issues on my 2015 which is perfect everywhere I can see. In any case my factory warranty (extended) expires in Nov 2019 so no worries for me, fortunately. I am in Los Angeles and I have not ever washed the car and given my driving and car care habits I see no reason to do so.
     
  4. otakki

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    I believe body/corrosion is covered under a separate warranty. How long is it?
     
  5. MatNZ

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    I thought 3 years??
     
  6. rockitman

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    Is there a separate corrosion warranty period for modern Ferrari's ?
     
  7. SAFE4NOW

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    Paint is covered under 3 year unlimited mileage new car warranty

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  8. PhantomCypher

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    So I think we can establish that the paint has a reaction and corrodes with the mesh area.

    Moisture needs to be present.

    The end.
     
  9. Ferraribodyman

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    I work at the Ferrari body shop in Florida and I've corrected probably about 45 F12s in the last 2 years. They all do it eventually. It is from the grille rubbing against the paint. Once I strip it down to bare metal, and treat it with a special aluminum rust cleaner, it goes to paint. When it comes back, I shim both grilles down so that the grilles no longer touch the car at all. It's an easy fix. It only happens to f12s on those quarter vents. Your hoods normally won't rust.
     
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  10. Ferraribodyman

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    When steel meets aluminum, it instantly corrodes. That's what is happening. The quarter panel is aluminum, and the grille, which is steel, is touching the aluminum quarter.
     
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  11. Eilig

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    It's called galvanic action, and it happens between dissimilar metals. But you usually need an electrolyte (i.e. water) for the reaction to occur full-force. I'd be surprised to see this happen with cars that don't ever get driven in the rain.
     
  12. rockitman

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    washing your car and not keeping water away from the vent area is the same as driving in the rain.
     
  13. nmcclure

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    Ryan, so are you all using a self etching primer after mechanical removal of the corrosion?
     
  14. otakki

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    45 F12s!...A true problem does exist!
     
  15. SAFE4NOW

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    Not doubting your claim of 45 cars in 2 years, but how do you explain the example where there was no contact or rubbing present, and it still happened?

    Also, were all 45 cars covered under warranty or were they customer pay?

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  16. SAFE4NOW

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    FWIW today's spot check of F12's in the shop , none of them have any signs of corrosion:

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  17. Eilig

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    Just spoke to a good friend who owns a dealership. They've not seen a single F12 with this problem. And mind you, they've seen a lot of F12's!
     
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  18. CrazyMD

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    How can we access the grills to shim them down so this doesn’t happen. Want to do it preventatively


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  19. Gullwing

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    Thanks for your message to show that it happens to a lot of cars. I’m surprised you haven’t seen it elsewhere as mine had it on the doors too, even though there’s no secondary metal nearby. It was all sorted under warranty.
     
  20. ScottS

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    Generally speaking how long does it take to happen ?


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  21. Gullwing

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    I guess it varies; mine showed at 18 months.
     
  22. Eilig

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    How often was yours driven in the rain prior to showing the bubbling?
     
  23. Gullwing

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    Extremely rarely (once or twice)
     
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  24. speedbird1000

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    Any Cars with triple layer paint affected ? Mine sees water but no bubbling visible at all, at least now

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  25. Eilig

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    Yes, there was someone with Grigio Titanio triple layer who posted earlier in this thread, who was having this problem.
     

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