Christian K

Hi all

When I had my wind screen removed, I find there is something going on under the paint where the rubberlist used to be placed. It is a very small area 1-1.5" long and 0.5" just ahead of the steering wheel, which is slightly raised, barely visible to the eye. There are absolutely no sign of scratches in the area of this, allthough there are some in the canal in other areas. I'll have a Porsche body repair shop that will look into this. Has anyone else experienced this? I thought this type of things happened on daily drivers etc. but was a bit surpriced to find it on my low-milage-garage queen-only driven in summer-always garaged car.

cheers

Christian 1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

mattinmatsuyama

mine has too, its getting complied to be able to be driven here in NZ (after being in Japan) and they are REALLY strict about any rust. My rust is about 15mm long on the RHS and about 5mm just under the rubber seal.
Anybody had any joy in fixing it in this posistion?
Cheers
Matthew

Gavin

If you speak to anyone in the bodyshop trade who specialises in Porsches of this age, this is quite common. I had mine repaired whilst changeing the windscreen. If you let it go on too long, it can be difficult to rectify for the long term.

Christian K

Looks like they're going to scrape the area down, remove wipers, nozzles etc. and then repaint the whole panel and merge the new paint to the old half way up on the window pillars. A 5000-7000 SEK job (app. US$ 625-875) they say. The good news is that Indish Rot, according to the painter, is easy to match and it will be impossible to tell it was resprayed.

Christian

1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

Wachuko

Depending on the year (depending on when you bought your 1992-on car) this known and common problem in our cars is covered under warranty by Porsche (Under the 10 year warranty for rust). I had mine repaired when they replaced the windscreen due to a rock chip.

Flatsixer

I have the same thing on my 90' C4. I have a couple of small spots on the right side of the cowl, just under the rubber windshield seal. My bodyshop is going to pull my windshield out to fix the rust properly. This apparently has happened on some 993's as well. I think water just collects in these locations. The problem can be aggrevated if you have a new windshield installed improperly.

JoeW

If you are looking at a car for purchase, is this visible by simply raising the weatherseal? Or does it require the windshield (for some other reason presumably) to be out to be visible? Thankx, J

Flatsixer

Not necessarily. Mine is visible to the naked eye. You can feel, as well as see the bump under the seal of my car. This seems to plague alot of 911's of various vintages, even cars that are seldom driven.

warmfuzzies

If they have told you that Guards Red is easy to match, let me tell you it isn't. Red is the devil of all colours to match, and with Indishrot (Guards Red) there were at least 4 differing shades. I know I've been there, that allied with the bloom that flat reds suffer from means that under sodium lights or similar you WILL be able to tell the difference.
Not trying to put you on a downer at all, but give you a reality check and prepare you for anything that may/maynot be visible.

Kevin

Irishdriver

Been there - done that - got the t-shirt or whatever

At least I had to pay the bill !!!

Christian K

It's a 1990 car, so the 10-year warranty is


However I checked with the OPC here in Stockholm (who sold the car when new) and they wasn't interested in investigating this and said I had to pay for it myself. I guess they are only interested in selling 996:es these days, not wanting annyoing people with old cars bothering them.

Christian

1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

Christian K

I was worried, and I asked specificly about matching the new paint to the old. To use the exact words of the painter when he looked at my car (translated into english): "it will be a 100% match". So that's what I'm expecting. I know red is very hard to keep good looking as it easily fades. Then it must be virtually impossible to match, but the paint on my car is in exceptional shape. To give you an idea, the technichal director of Porsche Club Sweden thought that it would stand a pretty good chance in the Concour d'elegance this spring, if I chooze to enter it.

cheers

Christian

1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera