Paintwork Problems

[Ian Gilmour]

While zymoling my 6 month old Boxster S after less than a week' s ownership (I' m the 2nd owner), I discovered some strange marks under the paintwork on the bonnet just below the badge. The marks look like water marks in a £5 note and cannot be removed by normal polishing.

The local OPC where I bought the car from have agreed to try to rectify the problem but what worries me is that they say they will use some form of heat treatment to remove the marks. Failing this, the whole bonnet will need to be resprayed ( which I want to avoid if at all possible).

Have any other owners had similar problems and if so were they satisafctorily rectified? The OPC staff suggested that similar marks had been found on Lapis Blue cars but I' m not sure whether it is only dark coloured cars that are affected (mine is Basalt Black).

I have also discovered that some of the paint on the very bottom of the nearside rear wheelarch has started to peel off. Again the OPC has agreed to sort it under warranty, but the paintwork problems have somewhat taken the edge off the pleasure of owning what is almost a new car. If these are examples of Porsche' s legendary build quality, I' ll have myAudi S3 (which was better built and equipped) back, together with the extra £23k I had to stump up for the Boxster!

Any other owners had problems with peeling paint?

 

[Guest]

It may not be Porsche at fault. Is the paint original?

 

[Ian Gilmour]

As far as I know all the paint is original. The car was registered in October 2002 and there is no indication that it has had any paintwork since then.

 

[JCB..]

Ian

There always exceptions so it' s important to remain objective. All work carried out by OPC' s or their body shops is guaranteed and it will be as good as new. From my own experience you may end up taking the car back a couple of times to get things finished to your satisfaction. As it' s being done under warranty you should have nothing to worry about.

Take the opportunity to get some miles on it before it goes in - then you' ll get some stone chips repaired for free!

JCB..

 

[Ian Gilmour]

Thanks for the advice, John. It is difficult to be objective when your pride and joy turns out to be less than perfect but lets hope it will be OK in the end. If it isn' t I' ll let everyone know!

 

[daro911]

[]Well Ian you never let us polishing shinny car nuts know DID IT TURN OUT OK IN THE END?

Or is the end still not in sight yet [8D] Spill the beans ....

 

[Ian Gilmour]

Despite my thinking that the world was about to end because my Boxster' s paintwork was less than perfect, JCT 600 sorted it out without any drama. Paint is now as good as new although it has picked up the odd stone chip (on the bonnet as well as the front PU) and to my horror I added a scratch to it last week when using my flexi-blade after washing it [&o] (must have picked up some grit underneath the blade). Almost polished out now thanks to Maguiar' s " Scratch X" [].