Has your 987/997 ever had rust appear in the bodywork?

[Patrick Bateman]

After a few years of dealing with rusty BMW's I thought I was safe with a 987 but alas, not to be! Is it not practically unheard of?

Just noticed this in the offside rear arch-

[Patrick Bateman]

Maybe it's been damaged before. If it's isolated then at least it's easier to manage.

[ATM]

I'd your car has been damaged and had a panel replaced you can tell if you run a finger along the inside of the arch. The small lip should feel rippled with thick protective paint. If it feels smooth then it's not original.

[Patrick Bateman]

Doesn't look to have been damaged.

Bodyshop I was at for a quote said he's seen a few Porsches (although not sure if he meant 996/986) due to the lip on the rear arch that accumulates crap.

[Markbarry1977]

Leading edge of sill, 2006 987.

[Tydeides]

I've the same with my 997, unfortunately they're at the age where this is going to start becoming common.

[dave87]

No rust, but that lip under the wheel arch did accumulate a significant amount of muck which I try to keep on top of. I wouldn't be surprised if that traps the moisture and means rust appears - not great design from Porsche!

[Patrick Bateman]

My BMW's had the same lip, a bit of a bks.

[Patrick Bateman]

Had this removed shortly after posting and I expected it to come back eventually but not within 6 months!

Are there actually bodyshops that will cut out sections of arches and weld in new metal as opposed to replacing the entire panel?

A new panel (with a big discount from Porsche) would cost about £990, then the labour on top.

If there's not a cheaper, good option then it's reluctantly getting punted next year.

[bgunn]

anonymous said:

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You wouldn’t be able to press a stainless panel in such a shape without problems, it work hardens far too much. As Porsche say it’ll be a high carbon steel.

[Buggyjam]

987.I've the normal 'dissimilar metal' corrosion on my front bonnet inside where the latch sits. Also have a small area of surface corrosion on leading edge of sill where the stone chips have gone through the galvanising. The corrosion showed up within 2 weeks of the chip. Having it treated and touched up this week. Both areas are due a poor design by Porsche in my book.

I have real OCD about corrosion. Porsche nuts and bolts don't do much for my OCD as swear they must have been painted brown at the factory. Must be nice having an aluminium body or composit car and not having to worry about rust. Mind you Alu corrodes :-)

Edited by Buggyjam on Tuesday 3rd October 15:12

[Patrick Bateman]

Plastic wings make things easy.

[T1547]

Buggyjam said:

987. Having it treated and touched up this week.

Edited by Buggyjam on Tuesday 3rd October 15:12

Where are you going to get this done if you don't mind me asking? I have a similar thing and was thinking whether Body shop or mobile smart repair or diy would be best option.

[Buggyjam]

T1547 said:

Where are you going to get this done if you don't mind me asking? I have a similar thing and was thinking whether Body shop or mobile smart repair or diy would be best option.

Was planned to be done by now but had other things cropped up. I'm in NI. It's booked in with Blairs in Doagh. Had two different companies with different approaches to the stone chips. Agnew wanted £500 plus for spraying the arch and sill chips and also to do the bonnet latch. Seemed an ok price but their approach was to spray and blow in. I was up for this until I spoke to Blairs at Doagh.

Chap at Blairs was quite honest and said that in all honesty spraying and blowing it would risk leaving it look obvious and end up chasing it around the panel as yellow can be a real hassle to blend sufficiently that it doesn't look obvious under different light conditions. He said best best would be to take it back to metal at the sill end and lower arch, etch prime and touch up in the areas. To be be honest, where it is people won't see it unless looking and I'd rather have as much original paint as possible rather than a localised respray that extends to the outer panel. I'm far far more concerned with corrosion protection so hoping the touch up works. It's got two small patches of paint off on the sill and one on the lower arch. Each about 1cm. (same both sides). There's just a small amount of surface rust showing now and that's been the results of 4 weeks.

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[Marlowe]

• Edit to apologise for the necropost, just returned to forums and saw the thread when searching.*

Just spent the afternoon treating front sill rust on my 38k 2005 987s - mild surface rust caused by the same stone rash as mentioned before.

Also had the corrosion caused by the reaction of the Porsche Badge to the bonnet. Had that professionally dealt with. Seems all good for a car of this age - though I am saying this having kept old Japanese cars as weekend and / or dailies as a comparison.