Anyone use the drcolorchip... Looks interesting

 

Good to know about the higher quality gauges...

i disagree w/ Slick Rick... although my Cayman S is a daily driver, and has plenty of sand blasting on the front bumper, I always obsess about it. I want it looking as good as new.

I hear good things about Dr. Colorchip and Langka... worth a shot at least. (I went the poor man's route w/ touch up paint and paint thinner on a T shirt... looks 100% better than w/ the light chip marks on my dark car)

 

Avoid Dr. color chip and Langka. I bought Langka and thought it was awful - IMHO. You are better off applying very thin layers (multiple) of touch up paint that matches your car (get it from suncoast or your dealership). If you have a polisher you can then use a fine wetsand paper with your finger to smooth out the paint and then buff out with the polisher. A good scratch and dent guy will do that for you if not (cost around $80-$100 depending on where you live and size of scratch or chip).

 

To each is own. I could not live with a deep scratch. It would drive me crazy every time i got in the car or washed it (which is weekly here in OR )

 

I agree with you all. To each his own. When i got the pcar 2. Yrs back i was like most of you. Wanted to keep that perfect showroom look. I anguished over each scratch the car got after a long drive through the highways. Tried to fix immediately. Have a nice can of touch up paint which was done by paintshop owned by a friend and they gotnthe color exactly right. Well at a point i got over the anguish each scratch gave.now i enjoy my car more and it seems the scratches and chips stopped coming...and the car looks so beautiful. But like everyone says to each his own. Imho, simple touch up paint applied properly is the best way to go about it though it will still show. Dnt think you can totally hide these scratches unless a repaint is done. Especially, you the owner who knows where all these scratches are.

 

+1

I've got one chip in the rear fender and my eye is drawn to it every time I walk up to the car...Can't help myself
and the pisser is that the car was delivered that way and I figured I'd have them take care of it the next time I took the car in..
They closed (Fred Baker Porsche of Bedford Ohio) before I got the car in. and I can't take my eyes off the damn thing...

 

If its small use touch up paint and clear, $23 CDN from Porsche dealer here. I grabbed some for a small nick on my bumper, probably 3-4mm in size.

 

As a driver/owner who keeps everything he owns mint. There is NO down-side to keeping your vehicle in as clean of a condition as possible. No down-side to fixing scratches.

 

Wow! Lots of ideas and advice and I thank you all. Gonna have it touched up, put a clear bra on it and drive it as much as I can. Want to keep it as pretty as I can and still take it out and pull some sideways G's. These cars are a BLAST! Thanks again! Toby

p.s. alot of handrail brothah!

 

I purchased a touch up from P dealer but it's not 100% matched even I gave them my color code. Silver is not easy to match up.

 

You can buy an airbrush on eBay with compressor for very little money, get the Porsche paint match and use a drop in the airbrush and get some colour back in the scratch. Adjust the airbrush to produce a pencil thin line, practise to get the distance right on a piece of paper taped next to your work area. Shake the hell out of the paint for a good 5 mins first, And once you have your drop, act fast.


2-4 coats, 5 mins between will work. Before you do the Porsche practice on something else, even if you have to do under a bit of rubber trim, or on the wife's car :-)

If the scratch is deep, you will need to build it back up and might need a couple more coats.

Then do 5-6 coats of clear. Again if deep, you want to have this built up to the point where it's above the surrounding area. Let to dry for 48hrs at least and then wet sand with 800 then 1000. Then polish, deswirl and wax.

Clean everything first with thinners or acetone, and before each session.

That's basically what a scratch removal guys will do, but they will dry the paint with a heat lamp.

You will feel like a god! All for under $100

 

Good idea. I never thought about an airbrush. I was always told to use a toothpick, which always put on too much paint.