Sticky Buttons Removal

Dealer is doing mine, previous owner agreed to cover it as part of the transaction. 17K job!

 

Yeah it’s wild bud!

I’ve used one of the sticky companies in the past with great results DIY.

But ya just don’t turn down when you wrap it into the deal.

I understand privacy and such - but I’d love to thank the past owner for being such a great guy. Freed up some money to get a replacement seat back leather to replace the worn bolster.

Stand up person.

 

honestly make up remover wipes worked REALLY well on my stickies. there's many posts about this issue, but i was shocked at how well maybeline make up remover wipes worked.

 

They did, starting with the Lusso/812/488/Portofino. Then they moved to the haptic BS.

 

Removal of lower dash, instrument binnacle, Ito get to the backside of the sticky buttons is time consuming but doable. $17k is ridiculous.

 

Dealer pricing. Again - I didn’t pay for it, so I’m not complaining

 

Good for you.

 

Some people say this doesnt work but I am willing to give this a shot.

 

In my opinion removing the goo is not the biggest issue. Any strong solvent usually work. The thing is that doing only this gives a shiny, very plasticky look to the buttons. It can probably be mitigated by applying a coat of matte clear coat. You can see what I mean on the advert pics of some cars, where the owner clearly tried to have a quick fix to the sticky buttons.

 

This is what I am talking about... Picture #66.

2013 Ferrari FF for sale on BaT Auctions - closed on March 20, 2024 (Lot #140,288) | Bring a Trailer

 

The neutrogena will remove the matte finish as well? There is no safe way to get the matte finish on these without removal of the pieces from the car...

 

I dont know about neutrogena, but I believe that removing the goo will make it shiny, as the goo is actually the matte finish (soft touch). And indeed, I dont see how this can be properly fixed without getting the piece out of the car.

 

I just want the goo off at the moment so I can use my buttons in piece. I’ll deal with the shiny problem later (lesser of 2 evils)

As of now, you touch a button and it sticks to your finger and you don’t want to touch the wheel or your clothes after.

 

Have Angel at Stallion motors in Orange County fix it.

 

Can you post some pics of their work? When i click on the IG link at their website it brings up something completely different.

 

I will add Purple Power mix, it gets rid of the sticky buttons. It is pretty mild stuff to use.

 

Dunlop 65 Lemon Oil for guitar fretboards. I got this tip, bought it, and am very grateful for someone sharing this tip. Fixed my Maserati buttons really well!

Jim Dunlop 6554 Dunlop Ultimate Lemon Oil, 4 oz.

$9 on Amazon

 

Does it leave them shiny?

 

I ended up getting every single button in the car replaced as they were all sticky. Not a cheap venture, but needed to be done.

 

No, not really, still have a somewhat matte look about them. Now I have to do the air vents on the dash, they turned sticky too. Maybe use a Q-Tip

 

Posting this again because over the years this has been one of the most asked questions of Ferrari owners. No one in this thread answered it. The two big companies that do the re-painting also do not tell you how to remove the pieces. It remains a mystery that never gets posted.

The OP wants to know where are there instructions or videos of the complete disassembly of the plastic components in an F12 that will all ultimately need reconditioning. This sounds like quite the intimidating job. No one wants to damage their car or get raped by overcharging. Personally, interior work is the worst part of maintenance. Who has the knowledge?

 

So I spoke with Dave of Sticky RX regarding this. Sticky RX does not remove the parts from the cars, the parts are shipped to their facility without the cars. So, they are not holding back any information or videos, they simply do not have them nor the access to every model to make the videos. Also, even if they did, it would take quite a bit of resources to create a massive video library.