Stickynomore = #1 Refinishing

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Stickynomore did my personal 348 years ago, and it really (no BS) changed the way I felt about driving the car. I used to fret and stew about the heat or sunlight making the sticky bits worse, but after getting the refinished parts back from SNM, the interior felt like new -- and the finish was extremely durable. I did refinish my seat reclining levers myself. It was a disgusting mess of a job, and promptly sent the rest to SNM.

I fully realize that SNM's service often takes money *away* from my ability at Ricambi America to sell new (soon to go sticky again!) interior bits, but I'll be honest, the service they offer is far superior to a Genuine Ferrari replacement part. The coup de grâce, is that sometimes we get new stuff into our inventory from Ferrari which is already sticky! We send those pieces onward to SNM for immediate refinishing before allowing them to be sold onward.

 

SNM service and product has a track record and history now of 6 years. It took time for Ferraris OEM coating to show it's true face and who knows if some new refinishing technique will stand the test of time.

 

One thing to note is that replacement finishes are not rubberized like OEM and that is what leads to the "Sticky" issue. It's not a bad thing to have non-rubberized finishes, but that's why new finishes do not get sticky again.

And yes, to support Daniels post, brand new parts can come sticky and it makes good sense to deal with these even before you install them.

 

"Exact match to factory texture and finish" requires a soft feel as per the original OEM finish of these pieces.

AS far as I know SNM has never said that his finish is an "exact" replica of the OEM feel. Any stripping and refinishing in a manner that is not "soft feel" is just another method to achieve a similar result as what SNM provides.

 

The objective is to remove the sticky coating and refinish with a durable, easy to clean finish that will not get sticky again and that's likely why folks are not using rubberized coatings. I suspect the vast majority of owners are willing to compromise and give up a rubberized coating that may fail again for a finish that will last and matches the OEM finish in color and sheen.

 

Whats the turn around time to get the interior of a 355 done? The typical items on my car are sticky.

 

Robbie has done parts for my customers. There is NO alternative on a lot of Maserati switches which are white underneath. Take time whilst your car is parked for the winter and have SNM fix stickys.

 

I will agree that Robbie is a great resource for this service. I sent him a number of interior parts for my F355 and I was very pleased with the results. They were completed and returned to me very quickly.

There was a shipping mishap which caused some marring of his finish in transit. Robbie shipped the parts back at his expense, fixed the issue and they were back again to me very quickly.

I had him tag-team up with Daniel at Ricambi to have new Pininfarina flags shipped to him to go on my ashtray. Robbie installed those for me so that the whole process was easy and ready to go back in the car.

I agree that this work is essential to enjoying your car. Thank you Robbie and Daniel.

Robb

 

Top notch company to deal with and the quality can't be matched! Don't waste your time trying to fix it yourself, just have it done correctly by Rob the first time.

 

I love great service PERIOD
So many companies today have too many "canned response" excuses it's sickening

 

SNM did my car too, love it!! Great work Robbie not just on the parts but building your business as well.

 

Robbie has done parts for me on the past and has done an awesome job.....
He did a 355 spyder for me about 6 yrs ago.... The car has since gone but the buyer till has it and has not had any issues.

Chas

 

Robbie helped me out a year or so ago by sending me some decals for my refinished vents. Top guy.

However, for those of you who are OCD like me and must have an OEM finish, mine were done in the UK by La Carousel using a rubber paint called Nextel by Mankiewicz from Germany. Apparently Mankiewicz sell it in 25 litre containers that costs around $1500!

NEXTEL®

La Carousel also use it for re-coating NATO's helicopter joysticks!!!!!!! Mine was done 18 months ago and is still good as new. However, being a rubberized finish, it may go sticky again in time. For those of you who must have a guarantee that the stickies won't come back - go use Robbie!!

 

The standard for refinishing seems to be a non rubberized finish like SNM does. It will most likely hold up over time as it doesn't have the movable , soft layer.

There was another thread on here where someone really delved into the soft touch thing and that company you mentioned was discussed.

As many have said it's amazing that they sell
This stuff and Ferrari and many others still use it. I think the short term "luxurious" feel of it is more important than longevity and someone paying 300k for a car with hard plastic bits.

My daughter came home from college the other night , picked up her remote for her tv and said, " why is this sticky". I said," send to Robbie" and she said huh 😜

 

I have yet to snd my stuff to robbie but i will be in the new year. I think as time goes on it can be argued that the resale is maybe not bringing more money yet but it is being mentioned. I myself has seen many adds that say refinished by sticky no more, so people are definately aware and are asking the questions. This being the case as these cars get older it becomes all the more important that they were treated.

This question goes out to robbie but what about giving a certificate of authenticity listing the parts that were refinished and the cars serial number it corresponds to? Maybe this will start to make new owners aware of the value added by such work and would make a nice addition to the turnover package for the new owner.

 

Its what happens when. " design teams" try to make things user friendly and overthink it

Its black plastic , i know its black plastic , i'm fine with the feel of black plastic , it does not need to feel velvety .

I wonder if once in the history of ferrari sales , or lambo ot whatever , anyone ever said " i must have it , i just love the way the air con vents feel so soft "


" serenity now "

 

Ya no **** or maybe they should just tell us the buttons r not an option, they cost 250 grand but we throw the car in for free.

Na after reading above it still makes no sense. Quality is what we call a 20 year old car with original leather,vents and everything else and it still looks and feels, and smells good.

I think from what i have seen mercedes and porsche do it and i think most equate them withquality.

 

Another happy SNM customer here as well. It is funny how fixing an item like the sticky switches and parts can really improve the way I feel about the car. Please keep up the great work Robbie, happy holidays!

 

Hey Robbie maybe talk to the factory the new laFerrari might sell for 110 grand more if they pay you a tenth of that to get a certificate that says the interior is guaranteed for 10'years. Lol