Reply To: 4200 Spyder sticky switches

[paul-hill_1]

Hi John, I’ve had a similar issue with the air vents but my switches are in good shape.

I understand the chrome flaking off the vent rings is a common problem, replacement is possible but a cheap DIY alternative is to buy a chrome pen from Amazon (2mm nib is best), remove the vent, the surrounds and then remove the existing chrome with fine emery cloth before re-chroming using the pen, not quite OEM finish but good to most eyes. Whilst the vents are our remove the coating using “Goo gone” or similar (takes about an hour per vent) and then spray with Plasti Dip, the finish is as good as OEM and will last. Again i was lucky as my side vents were affected, these remove easily, the centre dashboard vents are much harder to remove, i would not attempt personally for fear of damage.

re the buttons i know there are a couple of companies in Europe who will refinish the buttons if they are removed from the car, packaged and sent via a courier such as UPS, I believe the service to be IRO £700 for a Coupe set to be refinished.