the varnish is peeling from my front and now the cover of the left mirror! anybody else had this problem?
how can i take out the cover of the mirror?

here is a picture of the mirror cover



Thanks!

 

This is happening between the top of the windows (after the window seal) and the roof (before the roof seal) to me...

 

The mirror should come off as one piece, and a body shop should have no issues respraying the mirrors.

Your clear coat is peeling, could always put on carbon mirrors

 

Do you guys regularly wax and paint seal your cars? Looks like clear coating peeling to me; just like OS stated.

 

Isn't this a typical problem of a repaint?

 

could be from many things,

improper repair paint job (IE cheap Clear or just bad job)

improper care of stock paint

use of too harsh of cleaning chemicals/buffing wheels burning the clear off

and not sealing or protecting the Clear coat


my father had his pickup detailed a few years ago and the kid buffed it so hard that he removed all the clear now it looks like a jaloppy red neck paint job. it used to be a 40k truck now were putting a paint job on it cause its so ugly.

 

I said that because another forum member (on another forum) had a problem with paint peeling off his front bumper when they had the 3M clear bra removed and replaced. When the shop removed the clear bra...paint came with it...

 

It can happen even with bird drops....ask me how I know...

 

I agree that in most cases it happens on repainted parts...but it can happen on the original paint as well.

 

DOH! with what body shops try to charge me for painting bumpers n such id kill someone if the paint just came off like that.

 

to which I referred....

http://www.rs6.com/showthread.php/21...ce...need-help!

 

Most often this type of thing is from a repaint. It's rare that factory paint on a Porsche would react this way unless the years of buffing have worked through the clear. Your example looks like a repaint to me. Yes bird droppings can create problems as well but your example does no appear to be that. A good body shop can evaluate it and determine the cause in most cases. The repair should be very inexpensive.

 

the paint is original, never repainted the car!

i have the car for 3 years and in this time I took care of it, at least one tine per year it goes to detailing (sealant and wax)