briefescape

If this is the car you are referring too I do not know about the paint but the " Turbo S " front chin spoiler was not fitted very well from this picture . I just finish installing a OEM
turbo bumper and S spoiler on my car last week and the fit is way better than I see at the angle of picture . IMHO check if spoiler is aftermarket fiberglass or PU
You can compare the two picture below to see what I`m saying

Cheers Guy

dbrians

I put a paint meter to my car before I bought it last month - all numbers were between 4.5 and 5.5. So I had the seller put the meter to another 993 and many of its panels were also 4.5 - 5.5...except the hood and R front fender...which were 8.5 - 10.0...indicating a respray. With 53,xxx on the clock, my front bumper and hood both show some pitting from rock / debris damage.

relinuca

A few years ago, I sold my 993 coupe to a well known east coast dealer. The sale was dependent on my car being a "no re-paint/no stories" example, and I agreed since I was fully confident my car had never been re-painted anywhere.

A thorough paint meter examination revealed one small area on the passenger door where the thickness jumped to 7-8.0. But there was absolutely no visual indication of re-paint or repair work. I thought the deal might therefore fall through, but it did not.

The highly experienced "inspector" theorized that the car might have been scratched during loading/shipping/unloading at the port of entry (Elizabeth, NJ, in my case) where all the German luxury car companies will "fix" minor damage before shipping out to their dealers.

relinuca

Mike J

So, which paint meters are you guys using (brand, model) and what is the stated accuracy of the devices?

Just curious, might be looking into one.

cheers,

Mike

IXLR8

Mike, I bought the DeFelsko PosiTest DFT Combo that measures paint thickness on all types of metals (ferrous & non-ferrous).

Check the specifications on the link above. The unit comes with calibrated sheets of plastic and a Certificate of Calibration traceable to NIST.

They are pricey so I waited till Autogeek had a 15% sale and free shipping. A bit nuts, but it beats spending money on other vices.

Onami

The good Doc is bang on....

migala4

Hi all,
i am looking at a red Targa right now and the paint looks amazing and is between 3.2 and 4.2. The car has little imperfections through out just like the other 2 porsche at this shop. I used my thumb to rub on it a bit to see if there are actually little imperfections and i ended up scratching it a bit by just rubbing my thumb on it. That sensitive? Because the other 2 Porsche had similar imperfections (i didnt do the thumb rubbing) that were consistent i was thinking that this is just how Porsche paint is. Now i see the carfax and it states "vehicle color noted red" all of a sudden half way through its life. Carfax is no good but now its really concerning me. Ive been looking for a car like this for eever and am just worried to miss my opportunity because of my **** european brain.

Im reading what i just wrote and feel like i just answered my own question..