Corsa9000

The black paint on button that opens the glove compartment(below the lock) is flaking off.

Besides changing the whole unit which includes the button and lock ($250), do you have any suggestions as to how cure this minor issue?

Thanks.

Quadcammer

do a search on ferrarichat.com in the 355 section for "sticky". They seem to know of a spray on material that somewhat closely resembles the rubberized coating.

Corsa9000

Thanks Oliver but I could not find anything on this at FerrariChat.

Jud Chapin

Corsa, if you are referring to the stickiness of the button, take some alcohol and apply it to the button, keeping the solution off the leather. It takes some rubbing but it cleans up nicely. When done, apply a little Armor All to the button. I did mine and it came out better than new. Now I've got to do the steering wheel buttons.

Corsa9000

No, not stickiness Jud, the black paint on the button is flaking off and exposing the white plastic underneath. An accidental scratch by a key must have removed a little paint thus more is flaking off now.

Of course there is no functional harm just cosmetically bothersome for an otherwise perfect car. I will probably just buy the part and replace it myself, the lock gets taken out of the old unit and inserted into the new one, so I don't have to change keys for glove compartment.

tusabes

$3 can of interior/vinyl spray paint is cheaper than a $250 new button

ShangoAshe

samething happened to mine, and well i still haven't fixed it... mine actually *bubbled* from the inside and i haven't came to a sense of spending 250 dollars on a button..

still trying to find ways of fixing it!