Cayman R - Advice on PPF as Parking in London

[andy.yeow]

Hi All,

Bought an R two months ago and love it! was looking for a Cayman for a while as everytime I drove any other car I kept saying its just not a good as a Cayman, finally bought an R in Dec and park it on the streets of Central London.

Issue is after a couple of weeks I had someone reverse very slowly into the front bumper just above the front plate, this left a scuff mark and has rippled the top coat as annoying as this is I knew this would happen at somepoint, was hoping it would be longer than two weeks! worst part is no details left!

Went to the car earlier and can see someone has scuffed the side while trying to park! Ive not looked to see if i can get this one out yet as to be honest the damage was done the first time and will need spraying anyway.

My question is would PPF on the front and rear bumpers be any use to stop this kind of thing? does anyone else on here park on the road and have the same issues? if so have you applied PPF? did it work?

Cheers

Andy

[wellzee]

Interested in this too. Moved to London and have been parking my 911 on the road for about 6 months. Now has 1 scratch down the rear 3/4 about 5cm long and three scuff marks on the rear bumper. So frustrating, never had details left on any occasion! Not to thread hijack at all, but wondering what happens in these instances when you have a wrap on the car? I have a Cayman GTS arriving in April which is going straight in for a wrap and don't want it ruined by some careless idiot.

[fossilfuelled]

Fortunately, my Cayman GTS is wrapped front and rear and after a minor scuff (my neighbour reversed into the front bumper) the PPF did its job and even self healed afterwards. I dread to think how much it would have cost to get it resprayed.
My friend had his 911 wrapped too, in a slightly less advanced film a few years ago and his FIL scuffed his rear bumper and quarter panel whilst parking. The film was really damaged, but again the paint was unblemished. I wouldn't park a nice car on London streets without the film. If anything, it stops people from keying the car too.
Just get it done and you'll have peace of mind!

[andy.yeow]

cheers guys, I posted on a FB group and all i have been getting is nice car, park it in a garage!! i would if i had one!!

I know somewhere that i can get it done for a good price (mates rates), just need to get damaged repaired first

[anonymous-user]

andy.yeow said:

Hi All,

Bought an R two months ago and love it! was looking for a Cayman for a while as everytime I drove any other car I kept saying its just not a good as a Cayman, finally bought an R in Dec and park it on the streets of Central London.

Issue is after a couple of weeks I had someone reverse very slowly into the front bumper just above the front plate, this left a scuff mark and has rippled the top coat as annoying as this is I knew this would happen at somepoint, was hoping it would be longer than two weeks! worst part is no details left!

Went to the car earlier and can see someone has scuffed the side while trying to park! Ive not looked to see if i can get this one out yet as to be honest the damage was done the first time and will need spraying anyway.

My question is would PPF on the front and rear bumpers be any use to stop this kind of thing? does anyone else on here park on the road and have the same issues? if so have you applied PPF? did it work?

Cheers

Andy

I live in Shoreditch and have had an R from new and had PPF on it from day 1. I wouldn't trust leaving the car on street to be honest - for starters, I have a neighbour who would be a disbelief exhibit on 'youparklikeac***.com' and with 26 miles on the last daily driver I had, drove into the back of me pulling out of a bay. She actually reversed into a Yamaha R1 that fell into the back of my car and did some wonderful damage with the handlebars to the rear of the car. I heard the commotion from inside but she just drove off.

I had Paintshield put on which at the time was the best product on the market. I think Xpel is choice du jour now, I have it on my GT4 but I can't say I have noticed a difference between them. I think PPF will help with surface scuffs, lightly warming the PPF with a heat gun will accelerate the process. It won't protect against pressure and will conceal rippling.

Install an accident cam with parking protection would be my other piece of advice.

[Inverted]

I know its 'only a car' but i really dont know how you guys sleep at night leaving a decent car on the street.

[elitedetailer]

Inverted said:

I know its 'only a car' but i really dont know how you guys sleep at night leaving a decent car on the street.

Hi

We end up doing a lot of front ends along with the rear bumper for precisely this reason. It does help quite a bit to a degree and you do have piece of mind as it will take more punishment than regular bare paintwork.

Many thank
G

[wellzee]

Inverted said:

I know its 'only a car' but i really dont know how you guys sleep at night leaving a decent car on the street.

Unfortunately there is no such thing as a driveway or a garage where I live; so it's on the road or get rid of the car - I've thought about it quite a few times... but I just can't do it.

[andy.yeow]

wellzee said:

Unfortunately there is no such thing as a driveway or a garage where I live; so it's on the road or get rid of the car - I've thought about it quite a few times... but I just can't do it.

Same here! Every time it gets hit I'm like hmm should just sell it! Then I get in it and think no way it's worth it

[andy.yeow]

Mutema said:

I live in Shoreditch and have had an R from new and had PPF on it from day 1. I wouldn't trust leaving the car on street to be honest - for starters, I have a neighbour who would be a disbelief exhibit on 'youparklikeac***.com' and with 26 miles on the last daily driver I had, drove into the back of me pulling out of a bay. She actually reversed into a Yamaha R1 that fell into the back of my car and did some wonderful damage with the handlebars to the rear of the car. I heard the commotion from inside but she just drove off.

I had Paintshield put on which at the time was the best product on the market. I think Xpel is choice du jour now, I have it on my GT4 but I can't say I have noticed a difference between them. I think PPF will help with surface scuffs, lightly warming the PPF with a heat gun will accelerate the process. It won't protect against pressure and will conceal rippling.

Install an accident cam with parking protection would be my other piece of advice.

I looked at the cams, as thinking try the PPF first and if that doesn't work then cam and report hit and runs! Though I have just bought race hooks which I will leave in when parked so first thing to get hit will be that, do you go to any Cayman events?

[HokumPokum]

I'm in limehouse and no PPF.

not that fussed about paint maintenance. i must be the only one that likes patina of road rash. same for my RS....
I do like ceramic coatings though as they make washing and cleaning loads easier.


Mutema, we should have a car meet, since we are local and all.

[kingston12]

Inverted said:

I know its 'only a car' but i really dont know how you guys sleep at night leaving a decent car on the street.

I guess you must just get used to it. My car is safely stored in a garage, but so few houses have garages or driveways that I know it would end up on the road if/when I move.

A lot of the cars parked on my road have minor damage from dustcarts, careless parking, pedestrians etc and that is in the outer suburbs. I don't even need a car anyway, so I am convinced that I will sell it when/if I move, but I bet I end up keeping it!