Many Porsche owners would say that their vehicle’s eye-catching paint job is one of its best features, so there is no worse feeling than seeing blemishes, in the form of car scratches or car dents, disrupting the form and color of your mahogany metallic Porsche Cayenne. Your Porsche dealer is here to help! Read on to learn about common automotive body issues and how they can be repaired.
Types of Car Scratches
Your car goes through a lot out in the world and sometimes has scars to prove it. Runaway shopping carts, careless pedestrians, and other car doors can sometimes leave their mark as scratches on your paint job.
The gentlest brushes and scrapes may only leave a clear-coat scratch. Clear-coat scratches can be identified as thin, white lines. If you see a gray color underneath a scratch or scrape, the damage has gone deeper, into the primer. Under the most severe type of scratch, a paint scratch, the bare sheet metal will be visible where the clear coat and primer have been cut through.
Types of Car Dents
Your Porsche’s clear coat, primer, and paint may not be the only victims of a mishap on the road or parking lot. Dents are damage that misshapes the actual body of your car. Minor dents, often the result of a rock or other small object, are called dings. These are the smallest and most common types of car dents. Dings are generally defined as dents that are up to half an inch long.
A round dent, that may resemble the shape of a funnel, could be the result of an errant ball, hail stone, or another round projectile. Crease-shaped dents usually result when the colliding object or your car remains in motion after the initial impact. This causes the object creating the dent to be dragged across your car’s body, resulting in further damage.
How Scratches and Dents Are Repaired by Your Porsche Dealer
Different remedies are available depending on severity. Surface-level scratches can sometimes be repaired with only rubbing compound, a microfiber cloth, and lots of patience. Some scratches can also be repaired using buffing pads and a purpose-made scratch remover solution.
Deeper and more serious scratches or dents will need a professional touch. The car will need to be thoroughly cleaned and any remaining paint from the damaged area will need to be sanded off. Then, with a clear view, expert eyes can diagnose the characteristics of the scratch or dent and repair it with the best tools for the job. A body repair specialist may choose from anything from various grits of sandpaper to specially designed suction cups to stud welders to get the job done right.
Damage to the surface of your car can occur in many different ways and you won’t regret making sure that it gets repaired in the best way. If you need help with scratches or dents, and for all of your automobile needs, stop by Porsche Monmouth today!
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