Rock Chip Bummer

[Tom]

Found this yesterday. Must have been a rock or debris on the highway. Mulling options:

--live with it
--see if I can find a replacement sill to bolt on myself
--touch it up
--take it in to have repaired at a body shop
--trade it in on a 992.2

Thoughts? Not even sure how to look up parts on a modern Porsche -- any tips on that?

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[Maruscmn]

I use https://porsche.oempartsonline.com and try to find it there. I would ignore it and mark it down as a battle scar!

Mike
OPS

[blueline]

I second Mike's advice 100%.

As an acceptable 2nd, touch it up. Won't matter nor will it hurt a thing if you eventually do option 2, 4 or 5.

Drive that baby!!

[t36]

I'd touch it up and use the tolecut sander system. My car was peppered when I got it and I spent 2 weeks correcting it. My buddy at the paint shop mixed up some paint with some extra hardener. I dabbed it on proud of the surface, and let it harden up for 2/3 days. Then, I cut it back with the tolecut sanding system (or tiny pieces of 1500-3000 grit. Then polish it up.

It helps having your touch up paint (Base + clear / single stage / or just clear on its own) to have the extra hardener. Touch up paint is usually too soft and when you polish it ends up below the surface.

[Carmagic]

I would just touch it up. If you drive it there will be more after a while.

Maybe get some foil and protect it.

Cheers
Engelbert

[ReidMcT]

Battle scar. I have worse than that in that area, despite PPF.

I haven't gotten plastic surgery for any of my own scars, and I like myself much more than I like my car.