My Oceanic Blue GTS

Imho it's a matter of keeping on top of it. The wife had similar in a honda some years ago.

The leather wasn't really an issue. The pale carpets were a pain in the ****

If you have dark carpets like mine much less of an issue

markiii said:

oddly I've never been a fan of red calipers, looks a bit like its trying too hard to my eye

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I got your coat for you.

Wow what a beautiful GT and blue is the colour really suits a stylish Coupé.
My 456 was TDF blue and my 360 silver as I too didn't want red.

Just avoid wearing jeans as the dye transfers very easily.

A wipe with a quality leather cleaner and conditioner will keep them looking great; I do this monthly when using the car over summer.

bigbob said:

The delights of Maserati spec! The 4.7 MC GTS came with the paddles your's has and the 4.7 Auto GTS (and 4.2) came with a smaller paddle that I think is more substantial but obviously harder to use when in a corner. Mind I was taught never to change gear with any steering lock on. These are great cars and hugely overlooked by many.

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You obviously dont like getting that tail out occasionally then , thats half the fun

I've always seen this colour called "Blu Oceano" rather than "Oceanic Blue" on the forum and everywhere else really. I'm now trying to decide if it is rather odd for this thread title to translate the official colour name into English, or rather silly for us mostly to use the Italian. Or neither, and people should just do what they like.

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I've always seen this colour called "Blu Oceano" rather than "Oceanic Blue" on the forum and everywhere else really. I'm now trying to decide if it is rather odd for this thread title to translate the official colour name into English, or rather silly for us mostly to use the Italian. Or neither, and people should just do what they like.

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There will be at least two people on here that might care, but for the rest of us it’s a rather lovely blue Maserati

Scaf said:

There will be at least two people on here that might care, but for the rest of us it’s a rather lovely blue Maserati

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Nero Carbonio sounds so much better than, well, black. I bet 'a turd on a blanket' sounds nice in Italian!

Brendan said:

Nero Carbonio sounds so much better than, well, black. I bet 'a turd on a blanket' sounds nice in Italian!

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First Job of the day Change the Wipers

Just replaced my blades

having read this thread I was aware its not necessarily straightforward.

I like the Bosch Aerotwins as I use them on my other cars. However conscious it might not be simple I ordered both those and the Denso Hybrids from Eurocarparts on the basis I'd return the one I didn't like/couldn't fit.

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The Denso are described as a Hybrid, I now see what they mean as they are a traditional blade with a plastic aero screen in front (see pic)

Not too my personal taste so I though I'd persevere with the Bosch.

As per earlier comments in this thread, the 17U on the passenger side is very easy to fit. The drivers wiper need the trick with pushing the clip halfway onto the arm before assembly or the hook won't clear the Bosch clip. However as per Goldsax post above the closing cap does need cutting on one side or it fouls the arm mounting.

I was initially a bit dubious about this but on closer inspection it doesn't affect the locking of the closing cap and in my tests so far there doesn't appear to be any danger of anything coming adrift.

Seems to be a morning for parts arriving.

First up EasyMAS arrived this morning

if the quality of the product is as impressive as the case it comes in I should be well impressed.

I have zero idea what I'm doing with it yet, but I'm in Welwyn Herts if anyone nearby needs any codes pulling!

Second job of the day, fit some pedals

full fitting thread here https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/ultimate-pedals.38533/

Very happy with the end result

markiii said:

Second job of the day, fit some pedals

full fitting thread here https://www.sportsmaserati.com/index.php?threads/ultimate-pedals.38533/

Very happy with the end result

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I rate them very highly indeed!

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