Stonechips!
I have had my C2S now for a while and it has 12000km on the clock (7500 miles)... The thing is that I have really got A LOT of stonechips on the bonnet and in the front in general.. No stonechips in the front window which I find wierd. I cant remember that i've driven behind a lorry or something that has released a lot of gravel or similar.. Anyway I do have many small small stone-chips.
My car is solid black and I recently had it on a top-coating treatment. The car is in really excellent condition but but the guy who helped me polished it (professional) told me that the paint was somehow not as resistant to stone-chips and similar as other car-brands. He told me that they tend to use another paint on all 997 compared to 996 and he did really find the paint "different" and hard to work with when applying the paintsealing.
Anyone else in here that have experienced similar? Any differences between the paint for non-metallic and metallic? Could this perhaps be something under guarantee that I can ask my dealer to paint the bonnet?
It really is not visible from distance and I dont' bother that much on a daily basis, but after I've washed the car and the stonchips are really noticable in the "wrong" sunlight...
I live in a country where they REALLY like to spread salt and gravel on the road during the winter when its below freezingpoint... But I've looked at other cars and none seem to have this much small stonechips
Any thoughts re this?? Anyone with similar experiences and have any info about the "paint quality"?
Thanks!
/Lukas
My car is solid black and I recently had it on a top-coating treatment. The car is in really excellent condition but but the guy who helped me polished it (professional) told me that the paint was somehow not as resistant to stone-chips and similar as other car-brands. He told me that they tend to use another paint on all 997 compared to 996 and he did really find the paint "different" and hard to work with when applying the paintsealing.
Anyone else in here that have experienced similar? Any differences between the paint for non-metallic and metallic? Could this perhaps be something under guarantee that I can ask my dealer to paint the bonnet?
It really is not visible from distance and I dont' bother that much on a daily basis, but after I've washed the car and the stonchips are really noticable in the "wrong" sunlight...
I live in a country where they REALLY like to spread salt and gravel on the road during the winter when its below freezingpoint... But I've looked at other cars and none seem to have this much small stonechips
Any thoughts re this?? Anyone with similar experiences and have any info about the "paint quality"?
Thanks!
/Lukas
Some nice reading in that article about if german car paint is on a different level... Seems like its more soft and less resistant to small small stones that "attacks" the hood.
