Planet 9

The previous owner of my CS appears to have backed it into something stationary (wall, fence, etc.) at low speed. While there's no real scrapes or damage to speak of, if you look closely (less than 3 feet or so) you can see the paint was stressed, and spidered out in several directions. I'd say the affected area is smaller than a credit card.

My question: is there an easy way to fix this? My father believes it will fade over time and with buffing and waxing will eventually become unnoticeable. It's no big deal, but if i could get rid of it without repainting the entire rear bumper, it would be nice. I've never had much luck with scratch removers.

Also, if someone could point me in the right direction to find instructions on removing the front lip spoilers I'd appreciate it as well. They have some road rash on them, and it's been recommended I paint them black, then the scrapes they accumulate will be less noticeable.

My CS is in Arctic Silver Metallic.

Try searching in the Articles section. Tons of information is readily available.

Here is the one specific to removing the front lips that you inquired about:

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Cliff
2007 Cayman S- GONE, but not forgotten!

Mo,

thanks for the link on the front lip spoilers, looks very do-able.

I am not having much luck finding anything on paint stress repair tho. Lots of stuff for chip fixing, and road rash, but I'd imagine this is a bit different.

The article section is great, of course now i have to buy stainless steel door sills...

Glad I could help with the link....

Maybe you can shoot ChrisNJ (a member and sponsor on here) a message and depending on how bad the damage is he could probably give you some tips on repairing the paint stress. He was a HUGE help to me with some really bad hazing and spider-webbing I had. I got it corrected and the car paint looks brand new now.

As you stated, this is very different but it might be worth a shot......

Good Luck.
Cliff

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Cliff
2007 Cayman S- GONE, but not forgotten!

My spoiler lips are scraped up, and I used Meguiar's NXT Tech Protect "exterior protectant" on them after cleaning. This is something that restores the deep black and it does wonders - no need to take anything off, really easy.

thanks for the tip, I'll give it a shot. I think since my problem is beneath the clear coat I might have to remove it first... which means a complete repaint of the back end.

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2006 Cayman S [Arctic Silver/ Full Leather in Cocoa]
Sport Chrono Plus, PCM 2.1, Heated Seats, Bose
30,010 miles (2/05/2009)