OKB

obviously put on by somebody that didnt know how to do it. probably not a porsche experienced body shop or dealer. Who knows what or why, but its not factory, and obvious red flag even that the dealer wouldnt try to correct it

pdutta2000

Most likely a re-spray. I bought my car from Herb Chambers and my Carrera is a little off. When getting the PPI it looked like they took off the badge, re-sprayed it and then tried to apply a new badge. I plan on removing mine this weekend.

Jack F

Did herb let you know it was resprayed?

Gus_Smedstad

I'd like to know that as well, since it speaks to the dealership. I assume we're talking Herb Chambers Boston rather than Herb Chambers Burlington.

pdutta2000

good question. They did not. The car was a CPO so I wasn't too concerned on damage and the carfax/autochecks came back clean. This was for Chambers Boston.

Gus_Smedstad

It occurs to me that a car can need a re-spray without an accident, due to damage from rock chips and the like. Though needing it in the rear is unusual.

911boy

Probably was model delete from factory. Dealer should have a template. They re-did mine in black and its perfect.

chuckbdc

Any factory certified body shop repairing a bumper cap will install new Porsche part model designation numeral and script. They won't use the old parts. The parts come from Porsche with a template and they install perfectly. That looks like dealer DYI to avoid the cost.

STG

Post courtesy of "Plenum"

Example of what it looks like:

Mountain_Smith

Any car that has spent time in a bigger city, such as Boston, is also a good candidate for a rear bumper re-spray. I've accepted a few marks on my bumper as a fact of life if I want to continue to drive my car around in San Francisco. I am very picky on the spot I'll leave my car in, and will pass up many spots in SF until I am comfortable with the spot (something that's painful to do in an already hard to park in city) but still end up with a few marks.

Unless I pick up a good ding, I won't respray my bumper (as I know someone will park by brail with my fresh bumper as soon as I drive at again ) but, would likely do it before I sell the car. I guess pre-paint pictures might help calm an anxious buyer here.

worf928

Yup. Not factory. And not a good re-application.

fast1

LOL Was he sober? OTH maybe they are all taught to say that when a customer complains about anything.

fast1

Actually it's not that hard to get it done perfectly, assuming of course that the tech is sober when doing the job. I'd love to see how the front plate was mounted. Wouldn't be surprised if it's cockeyed.

jennifer911

This doesn’t have to be as dramatic as an unreported accident or even a panel repaint. The Porsche 911 is built to very high standards, except where it isn’t. Check out the emblems and letters on a humble little Kia, rock solid, perfect attachment to the shape and curves of the body work. Now examine the Carrera script and letters on the back of a 911. You can see how the extremities of the letters and numbers will wiggle around because they are not well attached, usually, the rubber medium is firmly attached to the car, but the metal letters are not well adhered to the rubber. A quick or careless swipe with a wooly or microfiber wash mitt will catch under this exposed edge, breaking off a letter.

This happens to a lot of new owners, who are surprised every type of script is in stock (big money maker for the dealer), but overestimate their talents to stick a new set on.

OKB

its very common to get alot of rock chips on the rear deck lid, but its more common to get *** ended and have a cheapo body shop fix it and screw up the simplest procedure of putting the lettering back on