Paint job by OPC - Page 1 - Porsche General - PistonHeads UK

Your thoughts please on the paint job below - on a 2021 Taycan. Difficult to capture how it looks in the flesh but it’s worse than these photographs indicate.

That’s pretty shocking to be honest. Wouldn’t accept that on my 2005 Boxster, let alone a 2021 Taycan!

Annoying thing is it had a stone chip on wing when I viewed it, salesman mentioned they would respray wing, I said they should get it professionally chip painted, he said no it must be done properly. ‘Done properly’ - must have totally different meaning in OPC talk.

It looks like the masking tape is still attached!

Yes masking line! I’ve never seen a paint job this bad on any value car. OPC salesman told me it’s the best they can do.

It’s a real shame that OPCs don’t like smart repairs. I guess “proper respray” sounds good at face value but we know in reality a good edge and perfect paint match are rare

There’s no way in hell you should accept that! That’s shocking!

TwoManyCars said: Yes masking line! I’ve never seen a paint job this bad on any value car. OPC salesman told me it’s the best they can do. Its the best they are prepared to pay for, is probably a more honest reply

ConnectionError said: TwoManyCars said: Yes masking line! I’ve never seen a paint job this bad on any value car. OPC salesman told me it’s the best they can do. Its the best they are prepared to pay for, is probably a more honest reply I’ve told them I’m not accepting it and that I will go to Porsche GB if I have to. Apparently the Dealer Principal has gone on holiday for a couple of weeks so I can’t escalate any higher within the OPC at the moment.

Was any of the work rectification under warranty? I found my OPC "used car" bodyshop by accident. A smart repairer recommended a company in Leicester just around the corner from the OPC there. So I went to the OPC first and a new receptionist told me they don't have a bodyshop and refer owners to Chartwell. I then went to the recommended bodyshop, https://www.colourkit.co.uk and noticed the car park was full of Porsches. The manager explained they were OPC Leicester's body shop but of course I was sceptical and so later phoned the OPC, spoke to Daisy who deals with paint issues, and she confirmed Chartwell get all new car warranty work and Colourkit deal with the used cars. Hence my opening question. If not Chartwell, who did the repair... OPC in house or an outsourced body shop? Either way it's terrible! My front end refresh was perfect. No adjacent panel blending needed. A perfect colour match. Yes, I was sceptical too but Harry at Colourkit explained how they are able to do this with some Porsche colours (Rhodium here). I can recommend them but they may be too far away for a second opinion on yours. I you can get to them they'd carry weight with your OPC as another OPC uses them.

That is an absolutely shocking job, I would not be surprised if that came out of a Porsche approved bodyshop as they are so variable, being Porsche approved is not a guarantee of good quality just extorionate pricing. You need to work out what you expect the dealer to do for rectification, repaint properly or reject car, etc.

Shocking. By way of balance, OPC Cambridge just repaired some small areas of aluminium corrosion along the top of the door just below the window trim on my wife’s Aston DB9 GT, which involved repainting the whole door and blowing in on the rear quarter and front wing. The colour was Scintilla Silver, which is a metallic with an incredible metallic finish. The job was completed extremely well and to a very high standard. OPC Cambridge Body Shop also do Astons, as they are part of the same group and both Dealerships sit next door to each other.