Help !!!

[JKBELISE]

Have come home tonight to find that my wife has been in the garage for some reason and managed to drop a rather heavy travertine tile on the front of my nice new 997 C4S !!!! Not been a good atmosphere in our house this evening to say the least.

It has left a reasonable indentation in the plastic below the lights - deep enough to get your finger nail properly into it and about 2 inches long. Does anyone know if this is the sort of thing someone like Chips Away would sort or should I simply go back to my OPC and let them sort it out ?

Would be grateful for any comments or advice please

[Vr6-er]

If you cant live with it then its down to the OPC for a respray. Chips away etc is very hit and miss on the quality.

Probably £500.

[LanCat]

Look for a local smart repair center. I use http://www.littleknocks.co.uk for the scuffs and bumps my wife inflicts on our daily driver. Better than chipsaway for me anyway.

[sidicks]

Vr6-er said:

If you cant live with it then its down to the OPC for a respray. Chips away etc is very hit and miss on the quality.

Probably £500.

Agree strongly!

Someone left a deepish scratch in the front of my 997 C4S a while back, and having had good experiences with Chipsaway on previous cars (Audi & BMW) I had Chipsaway do the job for circa £150 instead of £500 from the approved body shop.

The job was redone once but the paint is nowhere near the quality of the original Porsche paint, and now there are lots of scratches and chips in this area of the bumper which aren't present on other areas. It's gone beyond the 12 month Chipsaway paint warranty now, so I think I'm just going to leave it and get it done properly before I sell it.

Thr trouble with Chipsaway is that it is very much down to the quality of the individual doing the work, so even if someone else has had a good experience recently, you may not have the same result.

Given my experience I'd either advise getting the job done 'properly' (but contact the bodyshop directly rather than going through the Porsche dealer, as this will probably be cheaper) or leaving it as it is, because unfortunately you will doubtless pick up new chips and scratches all the time!!

Good Luck

Sidicks

[JKBELISE]

Thanks -- think I will take a trip down tomorrow and see what they say

Its not even two weeks old so I want a decent job

[thegoose]

Worth getting a smart repair place (ala Chips Away etc) look at it but make sure they have converted to water based paint (same as factory used to paint your car) - some have updated to this, some haven't yet.

[Vr6-er]

I cant believe this but my 3 week old Boxster has suffered a simillar fate. Someone has scraped the corner of my bumper and put two lines in it. It will definately need paint.

Did you get a price?

[honestfreddie]

sidicks said:

Vr6-er said:

It's gone beyond the 12 month Chipsaway paint warranty now,

Just to let you know you have 2 years warranty period on all repairs

Pete Setchfiled (Chipsaway Poole}

[burriana]

JKBELISE said:

Have come home tonight to find that my wife has been in the garage for some reason and managed to drop a rather heavy travertine tile on the front of my nice new 997 C4S !!!! Not been a good atmosphere in our house this evening to say the least.

Bad luck ... but on the plus side, should be good for a few 'favours'