Hi everyone,
Not new to Porsches but just added a 2021 Cayman GTS to the stable, so this is the first time owning one newer than the wife's 2014 Cayenne. The car has been driven year-round in Norway since new, previous owner lived out in the country and this car spent time on a lot of gravel-covered winter roads. 50,000kms/31,000 miles on the car.
The fender lips, rear arches, and lower wheel arch of the rear bumper all look like they have been sandblasted. Worth noting that most of these areas are plastic body panels, the road rash is all the way into the black substrate in places, otherwise into the filler, showing as white road rash.
None of our other "modern" Porsches have paint that looks like this, even with twice the miles. I'm sure that my only path to repair will be repainting the panels in question, but figured it would be worth a discussion here before making any decisions. It seems to me that this car lived a battered existence and should really have had PPF on it from day one. Or is modern Porsche paint also partly to blame?
A few pics. Here the car is freshly washed and the damaged areas done with clay bar to be sure we're only seeing the paintwork and not something else. Would love some advice:
Just to add... I love this car and intend to keep it long-term, so I'll take my time and get the paint done right when the time comes.
