GH85Carrera |
01-17-2022 07:47 AM |
I always look carefully at the paint as I am drying the car off after a wash. I use old bath towels, and carefully dry every part of the car. Once long ago I noticed a little orange color coming from under the rubber trim of the rear quarter window.
I took it to my favorite body shop that knows old Porsches. He popped out the window and sure enough, there was a pencil eraser size spot of surface rust starting to form. He did the proper cleaning, and proper primer to seal the metal, and painted the area under the window itself. It had not rusted to the point the visible paint was affected. He sealed it all back up, and I was a happy man.
My car had very high quality respray before I bought it. All we can guess if they somehow scratched through the paint at that spot when installing the rear quarter window.
It helps a lot that my car is Grand Prix white. Funny color water runoff was easier to see. If I had ignored it or been oblivious I know it would have never "healed" and only become an expensive problem.
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