I see a zip tie on the wiper! Guess they learned after it happened. Wiper delete was one of my first mods!

 

Its the Cabriolet option

 

I got the plug awhile ago. Very happy and looks much better.

 

Welcome to the club. Tee up $800 or so. Sand, color, clear the whole quarterpanel...rope the rear window, R&R bumper and scoop. Best to remove and reglaze the quarter.

 

My understanding is,the damage is so minor that they can easily feather the color into the reat of the panel and then clear coat the entire panel. The problem is,would clear coat not give a different shade esp of a silver color to the reat of the car ?

 

Personally, I like my rear wiper and I don't want to pull it off the car (for fear that Porsche might charge me more for making the car lighter ). I agree that it was a poor design to allow the blade to rotate so much (what is the purpose of that?). I just did the zip tie modification -- thanks for the tip!

 

I use the rear wiper arm as a paper towel holder while I clean all the other windows.

 

got rid of mine the day i decided to stop driving back wards on the freeways... try rain ex for those pesky days of reverse driving

 

I'm goin out to the garage right now and zip tie my wiper to my work bench that should hold it!!!!!

 

Another option is to use wiper blades that do not have metal frames. Valeo and bosch blades are continuous plastic / rubber - no scratches possible. Personally I couldn't do without the rear wiper, but I live in a snowy area. So snowy in fact, that 3 of our ski areas are opening for 4th of July weekend top to bottom skiing!

 

Your understanding is correct. $800 is my guess as to what a perfect repair will cost!

The clear will not change the color- But here is what has to happen:

Remove the rear tail lights and bumper.
Remove the turbo air inlets.
Cut out the rear quarter window.
"Rope" the rear window rubber- this is a band that holds the rubber up and out of the way. You cannot do this for the quarter window.
Sand/prep the scratch, or paint, color sand, paint, sand. Once you get the metallic perfect, clearcoat the entire panel. Any orangepeel buff off.

Have a glass guy come back and reinstall the quarter- $50 for the urethane kit, one hour of labor.

Reassemble.

I am not a 'paint nut', (ie paint happens, so what) but I am fanatical about the quality of the repair.

 

I daily drive my car and have never used the rear wiper. Even when I lived in Denver. Rain-x the rear and get rid of the rear wiper. It is a piece of cake to remove.

 

zip tied mine moments ago after reading comments above. seeing just how far the unsupported, rotated wiper could travel over the paint, plus feeling the force of the wiper spring, made me jump to protect my beloved polar silver..... may go with a wiper delete if i feel ambitious which would look a lot better and i never use the wiper here in SOCAL.

 

thanks for the recommendation, I zip tied it yesterday

 

Mine was scratched before I bought it. Design flaw...the bolt will loosen when used.

Options - Rear Wiper Delete
or
THread lock (strongest) to hold tightening bolt in.