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He had all the work done out of pocked and besides some of the panels being replaced so no VINs it looked great.
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See pics, then see video of repair from Porsche Dealership in Syracuse, NY.
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If you're just repairing the same color that's on the sticker - so many of the 996's have been sprayed.
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I have paint chips on my 1999 996. If I repaint the hood and front bumper, will it make the car harder to sell in a couple years? Thoughts welcomed....
If its blended properly it shouldn't be an issue in my eyes. If you choose to paint your car for cosmetic purposes and not an accident it shouldn't come up in a car fax....
As long as you pay someone that really knows what they're doing, shouldn't be a problem. What color is the car? Some are harder to match, and it also depends on how much your paint has been faded by UV over the years.
Pay a pro!
lol, it's a 996 - you could wallpaper it and not affect resale value It's not like anyone is paying a premium for a box stock example such as might be the case for a 959. Just sayin'.
But, as noted above, a good paint job should enhance value or at least help hold it static. I had my 996 resprayed a few years ago to make me happy. resale value never entered my mind, but when it was done the car looked great so I'd suspect it enhanced curb appeal of the car and thus overall value.
If you're just repairing the same color that's on the sticker - so many of the 996's have been sprayed. Mine included. If you're
changing
the color that could make things tricky with resale. Then again - 996 values are what they are.
Find a good detailer to do the rock chips and a wet sand. Then have the whole car buffed and polished. You will be surprised at how good it will look for less than 1/3 the cost of a repaint. No color matching, no overspray, no looking that the car and saying should have repainted the whole thing.
Just a thought.
I've done this a few times with my cars when I didn't feel like painting it. It is a good solution/option to your question. I'm going to do that to mine which I just painted last winter after my first time at the track this past Saturday which really chipped up my front bumper.
After saying that I have to say and please no one take this wrong its just my opinion... why do some worry so much about resale value? for me.. .FOR ME I've never owned a car and spent time worrying about resale. when I buy a car 90% of the time I modify it in some way because my intention is to purely enjoy the car and not care what others say about it.. my current green meany kinda shows that lol Just my opinion... do what you want with your car to enjoy your car. someone will like what ever you do for it and pay what your asking for it and if not.. your driving a car that you put the time/money into that you will enjoy.
One of the hardest colors to match because there are so many variations of white and the clear coat tends to yellow over the years. Ask me how I know? I was having the bumpers and rear deck lid repainted on my 99 996 by a very high end shop in CA. They could not match the color (Glacier White). They even had a Porsche factory rep come by to analyze the paint. Finally it was determined that the clear coat had slightly yellowed. They ended up striping the clear coat and totally reclearing the entire car. Came out amazing and looks great but it was not cheap.. So be careful..
I had little stone chips on various body panels.
See pics, then see video of repair from Porsche Dealership in Syracuse, NY.
They have a 40+ bay body shop with 3 very large high tech paint booths.
Paint techs wear head to toe coverage with air hoses.
They have a glass window viewing area for customers to watch the techs.
It was not cheap, but it came out very nice, IMO.
While at shop
Here is finish.
The Oreint Red Metalic was just touched up and blended with high tech color match and the cleared
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Just repaint it.
It won’t negatively affect the value if done correctly.
My Seal Grey was thought to match, but in the end looks great.
The shop I used took their time to do it right.
I‘ll likely be long gone before any 996 C2 or C4 is a serious collectible.
Mine never will since I’ve modded it.
agreed. glad to hear a common sense approach for once.
I agree with you and completely understand your rationale. However, I've come to realize that cars continue living long past their owners, so despite what you may or may not care about for now, the likelihood that someone else will own your car down the road is fairly high. I've begun to keep that rationale in mind as I'm tinkering with cars nowadays
Agree with all the comments above - front end resprays are common as most stone chips and debris with cover the front.
The only concern is - the chips all just happen again and again... The first one after a repaint hurts the most.
I'm thinking about a repaint and then xpel but then I think... is it really worth it?
Do you have any pics of how bad the chips are? I would probably try touch up first. It's cheap and if it doesn't come out how you want, you can always fall back to plan B.
I'm just about to buy a Dr. colorchip kit - going to give that a shot first. If it makes it 80% better ill be content. My car is already covered in stone chips/stone chip repairs. With my new GT3 wheels and 8.5" fronts its only going to get worse.
You said that you were going to keep it a few years before you were going to sell it, why paint it know you may get more chips. I would do what the other person said, sand with 2000 touch up with factory color (Brush), let it harden up , wet sand again with 2000, compound and then polish. You are the only one looking at the car at this time, when time comes to sell it then have it sprayed by a professional.
I have my C63 bumper sprayed 18mths ago, it now has some chips in the paint. I would not paint unless it was so bad that can not live with it, just touch up and polish.
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John
I also feel that new paint is softer than what you've already got and might be even more prone to stone chipping too?
Just an unsubstantiated thought but paint that's new and soft vs paint that's old and been baking in the sun might be hard - the theory in my head has merit to it.
I put Xpel on full front end/side mirrors after recently buying an 03 c4s but chose to leave a few small blemishes/chips on the front bumper. I plan on driving it year round (already put 3k miles in <2 months) and decided to keep it from getting worse via the Xpel. No complaints to date. Wipes clean with warm wipe.
Xpel would be a good option but then when I think of the cost of protection vs. cost of the repaint it gets very fuzzy in my mind.
My paint is good but its also 14 years old like a lot of other 996s out there - I am becoming more inclined to spend money on performance parts/upgrades than paint as the type of car it is and where its driven attracts stone chips.
Have to pay to play...
IMO the only time repaint is going to hurt the value of the car is if its truly a rare, collectible car that value is dependent on being as original as possible or the paint work is bad and obviously mismatched. This is not one of those examples and as someone who has bought a lot of cars if you have documents and the work looks good it wouldn't bother me at all. I once bought a 95 M3, rare avus blue and hurricane grey interior. The owner was honest and showed me pictures of the fact that it had been slid into a wall at the track. He had all the work done out of pocked and besides some of the panels being replaced so no VINs it looked great.
I had an OEM GT3 bumper put on mine and the shop went through the trouble of utilizing their tech to read and match the paint as well as it can be matched without blending. The first time I drove it to work I got a couple of TINY nicks in the lower center opening, that cannot be seen without being right down on top of it, and decided I wasn't driving it again until I had Xpel put on. A week and $650 later I have a freshly painted, 99.9% perfect GT3 bumper protected with Xpel's "self healing" PPF. Worth it, to me. Granted, most other shops quoted me $899. Shop around 'til the cost makes sense.
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