So pissed.

On my way to Xpel installer to schedule for tomorrow and drove down a pretty beat up road behind a Ford F150.

Pulled into shop and was looking at car. Noticed stone chips in lower part of front bumper cover and another at the back of the passenger side wheel well on the other bumper cover.

I know they are inevitable, but I hate them.

Now I won't bother getting Xpel done because the chips are already there.

 

The 1 in the back of rear wheel well is actually a pretty obvious scratch about the size of a dime.



Rock must have been thrown from rear tire.

 

Sucks.

Get this:

https://www.drcolorchip.com

And get the PPF

Better than the additional chips that will be there without PPF. Once the chips are touched up, and once the film is over them, it will barely be noticeable. Don't stress it. The first ones are the toughest.

Avoid ****ty roads and tailing ANY cars.

 

Dr Color Chip is really good. Practice on wife's car. She will see your sensitive side.

 

Does the color chip stuff really work? I feel like the newer cars chip SO MUCH EASIER. A standard 991 with no clear bra and 10k miles looks like most older racecars I'm seeing. Anyone else noticing this?

 

Yes and yes. The second yes is unfortunate.

 

Ugh, hate to see that this is a trend, especially from Porsche...reaffirms why I ALWAYS spend the money for a bra the day I pick up almost any car. Bleh.

 

These new "enviro friendly" water based paints and clear coats suck. Porsche paint chips and scratches VERY easily.

Wish more manufacturers would use and expand upon ceramic clear coats. From my understanding, those are VERY hard to polish down though. Rock hard. They'd have to respray any imperfections at the factory though. Don't know a lot about them.

 

I think these are the 3 major root causes:

1) H2O solvent based paints

2) 991 is low and wide

3) Too much road construction and trucks don't clean off, secure, nor cover their loads.

 

I just handed my 2 year 991 lease back to the dealer. The car was an absolute mess. Black car didn't help. The front bumper and nose of the hood had so many rock chips it was unbelievable. I wax the car often and make sure to not drive behind big trucks. The rear quarter panel clear guard took a pounding as well. The car only had 14k miles and it was really bad. If you own the car get a clear bra for sure.

 

I would HAPPILY pay an extra 3 grand to have this done at the factory. The water based paints SUCK MISERABLY. I've been saying this to friends who say "nah I don't notice anything" and then when they go look at their cars and they are like "what the hell". My Huracan (and R8...same exact paint) are EXCELLENT when it comes to that. Even my 2010 Gt3 RS was pretty damn great. But the 991s are just ridiculous (not to mention Panameras).

 

Like mentioned, the low design of the car doesn't help. ****ty roads and dumb dump trucks that barely ever cover their loads, not to mention no mudflaps.

Try not to tailgate too. If it gets driven daily, it's part of the price to pay. PPF is the BEST option. Even that gets beat up, and no big deal to replace when you need a refresh. Repaints are more of a pain in the ***.

Then you have windshield chips!! Another conversation. Ha ha.

 

Don't fret. I have some pretty good chips through my xpel.

The plastic film might slow them down but it's inevitable.

 

None of these things are even remotely new. What's new is the awful quality of the factory paint nowadays.

 

Ummmm... You're right!