991RS Review thread
05-28-2015, 09:58 PM
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Manifold, very sorry to hear about your split front bumper. Totally gutting experience as there is simply nothing you could have done to avoid this! Hope it gets sorted soon. Luckily the front PU isn't made of exotic unobtanium!
05-28-2015, 10:01 PM
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05-28-2015, 10:31 PM
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No worries, it'll get sorted. Nothing compared to what you and your community have been through recently. Glad to have you back in the forum!
05-28-2015, 11:21 PM
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Ugh, don't remind me. Yesterday, while driving the GT3, a big chunk of tire (retread?) flew off a minivan in front of me on the highway and hit my front bumper cover. Cracked it significantly and bent the mesh in on one side. This stuff seems a bit fragile, hitting things isn't desirable. Waiting to see repair vs replacement cost. 
OK breathe, "it's just a car, it's just a car, it's just a car ..."
OK breathe, "it's just a car, it's just a car, it's just a car ..."However, fascia structurally sound/repairable, at approximately $700 including primer application. Do the repair and keep the fascia/spoiler as spare for future use or resale.
Life goes on ... these cars are meant to be driven.
Photos show new installed front fascia/mesh/spoiler, on left in picture, and cracked fascia prior to repair/primer on right.
05-29-2015, 12:33 AM
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05-29-2015, 04:34 AM
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05-29-2015, 05:58 AM
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http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-revi...0#.VWgpdofLQXg
Magnesium sheet wide enough to make the roof is made in only one country in the world, South Korea. The metal is then stamped to shape in Canada and primed for painting in the US, before being shipped to Germany.
Other weight-saving parts, including carbon-fibre for the front guards, luggage compartment lid and rear wing, and plastic for the rear window and fixed side windows, come from a 500km radius around Porsche's factory at Zuffenhausen, near Stuttgart.
"This makes me very happy," says bodywork project manager Christoph Bauernfeind.
Magnesium sheet wide enough to make the roof is made in only one country in the world, South Korea. The metal is then stamped to shape in Canada and primed for painting in the US, before being shipped to Germany.
Other weight-saving parts, including carbon-fibre for the front guards, luggage compartment lid and rear wing, and plastic for the rear window and fixed side windows, come from a 500km radius around Porsche's factory at Zuffenhausen, near Stuttgart.
"This makes me very happy," says bodywork project manager Christoph Bauernfeind.
05-29-2015, 08:09 AM
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Sorry to hear that. I was in similar predicament last August with my 2014 GT3 ... small animal bounced off the front fascia resulting in two limited cracks and bent grill mesh. Spoiler had minimal scuff mark. Insurance paid for new OEM parts: fascia ($6,421), Grille mesh ($490.77), spoiler ($219.68) ... add labor/misc and bill was $9,101.
However, fascia structurally sound/repairable, at approximately $700 including primer application. Do the repair and keep the fascia/spoiler as spare for future use or resale.
Life goes on ... these cars are meant to be driven.
Photos show new installed front fascia/mesh/spoiler, on left in picture, and cracked fascia prior to repair/primer on right.
However, fascia structurally sound/repairable, at approximately $700 including primer application. Do the repair and keep the fascia/spoiler as spare for future use or resale.
Life goes on ... these cars are meant to be driven.
Photos show new installed front fascia/mesh/spoiler, on left in picture, and cracked fascia prior to repair/primer on right.
05-29-2015, 05:46 PM
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05-29-2015, 05:46 PM
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evo weighs in on the RS
05-29-2015, 05:57 PM
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I was really on the fence about that decision, but with number of track days I plan to do, and the amount of rock kicked up at a couple of the tracks, I feel more at ease letting the clear bra take the beating instead of the paint.