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Serious paint damage during detail . . . ugh.

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YOUR RESEARCHSerious paint damage during detail . . . ugh.

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The repair may not look perfect, but will probably be imperceptible to anyone but yourself, and will likely be better than painting the entire bonnet (feeling a bit British this evening).

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The repair may not look perfect, but will probably be imperceptible to anyone but yourself, and will likely be better than painting the entire bonnet (feeling a bit British this evening).

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

While detailing my (formerly perfect) '02 C4 Cab this morning, I opened the front hood while the windshield wipers were up. During their violent trip back to the windshield, each of the wipers managed to scape a couple inches of paint from the edge of the hood and somehow put three large (and obvious) holes on the top. Right down to the metal. Huge bonehead move.

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I feel your pain! I hate it when I do things like that 'cause I don't even get to blame them on anyone else! Talk to your Porsche dealer to see if there's any detail/refurbish guys around that they use and/or and trust. The repair may not look perfect, but will probably be imperceptible to anyone but yourself, and will likely be better than painting the entire bonnet (feeling a bit British this evening). Seriously, some of these guys can do amazing things these days. Good luck, -DT

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Dirk is right -- they can do amazing things. A chunk of concrete fell off a truck, bounced off the road and hit my hood. No dents, but a couple of huge scratches. I did not want to go the body shop approach which was to repaint the whole hood. We built it up with the standard Porsche touch up paint, and let it cure for a couple of days. Then the detail guy hit it with wet sanding, followed by a high speed buffer and it is gone. looks great. Good luck!

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Thanks for the suggestions. I'm feeling better already.

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Doesn't that suck!! I did this with my 944 Cab I once owned. One bit of good news, you most likely will never do it again.

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