fixing big paint spot

[Lobo1186]

hmmm in light of all this im at a crossroads. i really do not have the cash for repainting much of anything. regardless of whether its a porsche or a civic getting a good paint job is never cheap.

i may sound like a heretic but the other day i was surfing and a buddy of mine found the boxster PDE1 with its tri stripe effects... with the location and size of the chip he said if i were to get the vinyls which the PDE1 uses it would cover my scar and cost a mere fraction of a new paint job.

what do you all think of that solution? i have the measurements of the stripes lying around somewhere and i would do something just a shade darker than the arctic silver. obviously the strip would read PORSCHE only and not PORSCHE DESIGN but is this a really bad idea?

[Brucelee]

If it were me, I would cover the spot with another emblem before I put stripes on it. Clearly, we would have to come and take your Box away from you if you did such a horrific thing!

:chicken:

Originally Posted by Brucelee

If it were me, I would cover the spot with another emblem before I put stripes on it. Clearly, we would have to come and take your Box away from you if you did such a horrific thing!

:chicken:

I agree with Brucelee (except the part about taking your Boxster) either put an emblem back on or let an expert deal with it. I've got an arctic silver box that had some smaller than eraser head chips in it and I got lured in by paint pens and tried to fix it myself. Most paint pens are a poor design and having someone in another state trying to match your paint is near impossible. I'm going to pay a pro to fix it when I can afford it as it looks worse now than if I left it alone and I'm $40 poorer.

[Lobo1186]

uggh is so hard... since my buddy had suggested the stripes i fell i love with the stripes but it is just so sensible to put a badge on. i was going for the clean look that is why i took his aftermarket badge off in the first place... along with the boxster script. ill prolly end up doing both but i know i will not repaint it. since i am going to eventually replace all panels with CF then paint it idk a midnight blue or black...