Full PPF wrap and now that...

[BigApple]

PPF to protect. But I think this one is a weak spot for the car.

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[Awaz]

How?
Stone chipping?

 

[BigApple]

That is my assumption. I didn't even see it until a friend pointed it out today. Such a bummer less than 1k miles and already need to replace the light. Not sure if they can just fix the glass in front or is this all "baked" in?

 

[Great_Cookie]

Man that really bites @BigApple… Really sorry to see that.
Just to be clear, you had PPF on the headlights as well? I guess there’s a limit to which PPF can protect (especially glass areas).

Many years back, I had a similar incident with our Merc W204 - car was <6 months old. Fog lamp was only like 5” x “3” in size, but a stone managed to hit it dead-on, breaking the glass. Took it back to the workshop and had to get the entire fog lamp changed because of that and manufacturers generally don’t just supply the glass portion. When I saw the headlights for our Macans, I did have some ‘flashbacks’ and knew i had to try and protect the area somehow - PPF is probably the only thing we can do tbh…

Let us know how it plays out!

 

[BigApple]

Man that really bites @BigApple… Really sorry to see that.
Just to be clear, you had PPF on the headlights as well? I guess there’s a limit to which PPF can protect (especially glass areas).

Many years back, I had a similar incident with our Merc W204 - car was <6 months old. Fog lamp was only like 5” x “3” in size, but a stone managed to hit it dead-on, breaking the glass. Took it back to the workshop and had to get the entire fog lamp changed because of that and manufacturers generally don’t just supply the glass portion. When I saw the headlights for our Macans, I did have some ‘flashbacks’ and knew i had to try and protect the area somehow - PPF is probably the only thing we can do tbh…

Let us know how it plays out!

Unfortunately not ppf wrapped. I was adviced to not wrap the lights. Porsche said it would make them actually weaker or discolor them. Something like that. I wish there would be a way to protect it. Like an additional glass in front of it.

 

[PrudentOcean]

Given the size of the hole there is no PPF that would have stopped whatever hit the glass (plastic?). It must have been a pretty good-sized rock, a lug nut or something with quite a bit of mass.

 

[tmrqs]

Given the size of the hole, my suspicious self went straight to “did someone do this on purpose” - someone hitting the lamp to break it.

It’s no Cybertruck (lol) but jealousy and stupidity are unfortunately all too common. In which case, PPF or not, the damage would be there.

In any case, sorry it happened to you!

 

[sparkhill]

That is my assumption. I didn't even see it until a friend pointed it out today. Such a bummer less than 1k miles and already need to replace the light. Not sure if they can just fix the glass in front or is this all "baked" in?

Sorry to see that, especially on a new car. That is almost certainly an entire light assembly, and will not be cheap. At least it;s better than paint damage, I suppose, but it still hurts.

 

[BigApple]

Sorry to see that, especially on a new car. That is almost certainly an entire light assembly, and will not be cheap. At least it;s better than paint damage, I suppose, but it still hurts.

the 1 headlight and labor i was told by the dealership is around $5K (2.4K Light + $2.5K Labor)

 

[sparkhill]

the 1 headlight and labor i was told by the dealership is around $5K (2.4K Light + $2.5K Labor)

Wow, that is bad news. Sorry that happened.

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