Slight Body Damage Question
08-25-2017, 11:52 PM
#16
Banned
A version of this just happened to my 09 Turbo when some fool backed into it, except in the front bumper cover vs the rear.
The insurance paid $1200 to fix it, and will not know the final bill until the bumper cover is pulled off and the stuff underneath inspected (the turbo has radiators there). The front of a 997 turbo is made out of the same flexy stuff the 928 rear bumper cover is made of.
Wasn't as bad of a bill as I thought it would be, but I did not pay it (other guy's insurance).
The insurance paid $1200 to fix it, and will not know the final bill until the bumper cover is pulled off and the stuff underneath inspected (the turbo has radiators there). The front of a 997 turbo is made out of the same flexy stuff the 928 rear bumper cover is made of.
Wasn't as bad of a bill as I thought it would be, but I did not pay it (other guy's insurance).
08-26-2017, 11:01 AM
#17
Team Owner
for others reading this ,
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
08-26-2017, 01:26 PM
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As always, Stan is correct! My '79 petrol blue's rear PU cover has a slight crease to it. My detailer ended up stripping all the paint off and repainted it. Little creases disappeared and has not come back in over a year. Not cheap though...
for others reading this ,
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
08-26-2017, 10:42 PM
#19
Race Car
for others reading this ,
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
to make a satisfactory repair to the PU covers on a 928,
the whole bumper should be stripped and then recoated.
If you buy into the idea of only fixing the damaged area then you will find out in a few months after the repairs are made that the damaged area though fixed, will now be visible at the feathered areas.
NOTE this repair will be more visible with darker colors with black being the most visible.
The best way to remove the coatings on the PU covers is to walnut blast.
The shop i worked at had 3 PU covers repaird a few times with each successive repair expanding on the previous one.
In each case the feathered edges showed up after a few cycles of the painted parts sitting in the sun.
Bottom line consider this information before proceeding.
One other note, dont get talked into blending paint on an original painted car to the fenders or the quarters, this will ruin the original paint for no reason other than aesthetics.
If you wet sand the entire bumper with 400, breaking through the clear or not and make a proper repair in only the paint damaged area only, then wash it as described between steps you will never see signs of this repair.......ever.
On blending, probably 9/10 jobs in a modern production body shop are blended.
Here's the '86 944T I'm restoring for a customer, taken down to factory sealer and all the way to metal in areas for spot repairs. That's a masking paper box sitting on a covered race car (that I built from scratch and my son drove to #2 in N. America PCA points a couple years back - also won best prepared/best presentation at two separate PCA races with over 100 participants) 15 feet away reflecting in the door and 1/4 panel.
So...., you "worked at a shop" that couldn't make a proper damage repair.
DO you have any personal paint/body accomplishments that you did to show...?
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