OPC Sales Prep , in paint

[avaF1]

Neighbour is chopping his MY22 Cayenne in for a MY24 Macan..............

Unprompted , OPC is respraying bumper during ' sales preparation ' to meet their own ' strict Porsche refurbishment standards '


Should he kick up a fuss or will they color match and match orange peel well.................. ??

[Cheib]

It’s quite common on AUC cars…the OPC I use used to PPF it’s demo’s to try and avoid the need to do it.

[scrounger73]

As above. It's standard practice as Porsche require used cars to be presented as close to new as possible. It is worth checking the paint match but if it's a front bumper it would stand out a mile away if there are any issues.

[bennno]

avaF1 said:

Neighbour is chopping his MY22 Cayenne in for a MY24 Macan..............

Unprompted , OPC is respraying bumper during ' sales preparation ' to meet their own ' strict Porsche refurbishment standards '

Should he kick up a fuss or will they color match and match orange peel well.................. ??

Standard practice, if its on a remote part it'll just be a blend and a full lacquer of the bumper, if its close to another panel then it'll involve the adjacent panels being blended and lacquered. Bodyshops do this for a living. Porsche approved bodyshops will do it to a higher standard than the eye will determine to be any different - its why they are approved.

[andyman_2006]

As others have said it’s basically standard practice for an OPC selling a used approved porsche.

My friend actually runs the paint shop for a OPC and he also does the painting and his work is superb. Their setup is amazing (had a tour of the workshops when they first opened it) but nearly all the cars going on sale are put through their bodyshop, everything from a Boxster to GT3RS.

Your friend has nothing to kick up a fuss about, only to be grateful they are prepping cars to such a high standard!

Obviously if he’s not happy when the car is presented he can reject it and ask for the work to be done again, I’d be amazed if there were issues though.

[SV_WDC]

They will use the Porsche approved bodyshop too which should be good, and if this is for an Approved Used car he's buying there will be a guarantee.

I had to get part of my rear spoiler painted as part of a sale. The quality of the work was excellent, and two years on it looks great

[Cheib]

SV_WDC said:

They will use the Porsche approved bodyshop too which should be good, and if this is for an Approved Used car he's buying there will be a guarantee.

I had to get part of my rear spoiler painted as part of a sale. The quality of the work was excellent, and two years on it looks great

They don’t use the word “Approved” any more…it is now“Recommended”. Not all OPC’s that have body shop’s are on that list…bit odd !

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...

[Discombobulate]

bennno said:

Standard practice, if its on a remote part it'll just be a blend and a full lacquer of the bumper, if its close to another panel then it'll involve the adjacent panels being blended and lacquered. Bodyshops do this for a living. Porsche approved bodyshops will do it to a higher standard than the eye will determine to be any different - its why they are approved.

This made me smile. The last approved Porsche I bought was 9 months old and had done 8000 miles and - as part of the hallowed Porsche Approved preparation - had the rear bumper resprayed by a blind man in a tent in the car park. It was awful. I refused to take the car until they had it sprayed properly.
The same bloke - who was there most weeks - was doing quite a few "smart repairs" on wheels too. God only knows how long they lasted before everything peeled off.

[avaF1]

tks for all responses , have printed out to show him
btw , it will go to road & race Porsche Approved for FULL bumper respray but NO blend to adjacent panels , concerning ................?

bennno said:

Standard practice, if its on a remote part it'll just be a blend and a full lacquer of the bumper, if its close to another panel then it'll involve the adjacent panels being blended and lacquered. Bodyshops do this for a living. Porsche approved bodyshops will do it to a higher standard than the eye will determine to be any different - its why they are approved.

[bennno]

avaF1 said:

tks for all responses , have printed out to show him
btw , it will go to road & race Porsche Approved for FULL bumper respray but NO blend to adjacent panels , concerning ................?

bennno said:

Standard practice, if its on a remote part it'll just be a blend and a full lacquer of the bumper, if its close to another panel then it'll involve the adjacent panels being blended and lacquered. Bodyshops do this for a living. Porsche approved bodyshops will do it to a higher standard than the eye will determine to be any different - its why they are approved.

That means full lacquer, unlikely to mean full repaint.

I had a 2p sized chip on about 6cm in from the the leading edge of my bonnet, OPC approved bodyshop wanted to blend bonnet, both wings, front bumper at a cost of £3k. Local bodyshop did a partial repaint of bonnet and full lacquer and it was as new with a perfect paint match.

Any decent bodyshops can use a spectrometer once they've flatted the paint to match it pretty much perfectly.

[andygo]

avaF1 said:

tks for all responses , have printed out to show him
btw , it will go to road & race Porsche Approved for FULL bumper respray but NO blend to adjacent panels , concerning ................?

bennno said:

Standard practice, if its on a remote part it'll just be a blend and a full lacquer of the bumper, if its close to another panel then it'll involve the adjacent panels being blended and lacquered. Bodyshops do this for a living. Porsche approved bodyshops will do it to a higher standard than the eye will determine to be any different - its why they are approved.

Road and Race are probably the best company to do the repair, they repair all the Porsche press cars etc. They are top notch restoration experts as well - their attention to detail is fantatsic..

You will be fine.

[SV_WDC]

Cheib said:

SV_WDC said:

They will use the Porsche approved bodyshop too which should be good, and if this is for an Approved Used car he's buying there will be a guarantee.

I had to get part of my rear spoiler painted as part of a sale. The quality of the work was excellent, and two years on it looks great

They don’t use the word “Approved” any more…it is now“Recommended”. Not all OPC’s that have body shop’s are on that list…bit odd !

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...

Good to know they now list all the bodyshops, that info was hard to come by previously! Although was referring to 'Approved' on the marketing of the car i.e. 'Approved Used'.

[PRO5T]

andygo said:

Road and Race are probably the best company to do the repair, they repair all the Porsche press cars etc. They are top notch restoration experts as well - their attention to detail is fantatsic..

You will be fine.

Did they do the GT4 Frosted Berry press car?

[Armitage.Shanks]

PRO5T said:

andygo said:

Road and Race are probably the best company to do the repair, they repair all the Porsche press cars etc. They are top notch restoration experts as well - their attention to detail is fantatsic..

You will be fine.

Did they do the GT4 Frosted Berry press car?

I lost track of that car, I presume it was repainted so everything matched and sold on?

[Whistle]

My 7000 mile Cayman GTS had the front bumper re sprayed by Porsche Leeds as it had more than 5 stone chips before I picked it up.

Looks like a perfect job as I would have never noticed if they hadn’t told me.

[PRO5T]

Armitage.Shanks said:

PRO5T said:

andygo said:

Road and Race are probably the best company to do the repair, they repair all the Porsche press cars etc. They are top notch restoration experts as well - their attention to detail is fantatsic..

You will be fine.

Did they do the GT4 Frosted Berry press car?

I lost track of that car, I presume it was repainted so everything matched and sold on?

No, I bailed on it and rather unbelievably it ended up being sold to an ex car painter who lives up round my way!

He was happy enough with it and then it was sold onto South Lakes still with the same paint.

If anything, I found the wheel repaint worse but that was an easy fix.