Porsche Service & Performance
From air-cooled 911 engine-out builds to modern Panamera service — the photos on this page are our bench, this month. Weekend 911s from Millbrook and Rhinebeck, Cayennes from Cold Spring, GT cars from Bedford and Pound Ridge — Porsche owners across Dutchess, Putnam, and northern Westchester treat Hopewell Junction as their service address.
Porsche service done properly
Repair, maintenance, and performance for Porsche — with the diagnostics, parts, and platform knowledge the badge deserves.
- Air-cooled 911 service and engine-out work — reseals, top-end, and full builds
- Modern 911, Cayman, and Boxster service, IMS-era through current
- Panamera, Macan, and Cayenne maintenance and repair
- Factory-level Porsche diagnostics and coding
- Performance: exhaust, suspension, software, and track preparation
What we handle
Repair and performance under one roof.
Air-Cooled
There's a 993 flat-six on our build bench in the gallery right now. That's the resume.
Modern Porsche
Panamera, Macan, Cayenne, and the current sports cars — serviced with factory-level tools.
Performance
Exhaust, suspension, software, and track prep planned around how you drive it.
Common Porsche failures we fix
These aren't scare tactics — they're the patterns we see on our lifts every week. Catch them early and they're maintenance; ignore them and they're major repairs.
IMS Bearing & Rear Main Seal
The known 986/987/996/997.1 risk. We inspect, upgrade, and reseal while the transmission is out — one labor bill, permanent peace of mind.
Bore Scoring (M96/M97)
Cylinder scoring announces itself with a cold-start tick and oil consumption. We borescope and diagnose honestly before you buy or rebuild.
Coolant Pipes & Water Pumps
Cayenne and Panamera plastic coolant pipes and pumps fail with age. Replaced with updated parts before they leave you on the shoulder.
Air-Oil Separator Failures
A failed AOS smokes badly and can hydrolock in the worst case. Quick to diagnose, straightforward to fix — routine work here.
PDK & Tiptronic Services
“Lifetime” fluid isn’t. Fluid and filter services at real intervals keep these gearboxes shifting like new.
Air-Cooled Wear Items
Valve guides, chain tensioners, and oil leaks on the classics. There’s a 993 flat-six on our bench right now — this is home turf.
Three steps. No surprises.
Diagnose & Document
Factory-level scan tools and a real diagnostic process isolate the actual fault — documented with photos of what we found on your car.
You Approve First
You get the diagnosis, the estimate, and the honest recommendation before any work starts. Text updates while it's in the shop.
Repair, Torque, Road-Test
OEM and authorized-dealer parts, installed to spec and documented. Nothing leaves until it's been road-tested and verified.
From the bench to first start
This flat-six came into the shop on a stand and left running the way Stuttgart intended. Turn the sound on.
Porsche maintenance the manual undersells
Porsches want an annual oil service regardless of mileage — track miles or garage time, the oil ages either way. PDK fluid isn’t lifetime. And on the M96/M97 era, oil analysis and a borescope during routine service are cheap early warning for the bore and IMS conversations everyone fears. Owning one of these is affordable when maintenance leads, brutal when it lags — we keep you on the right side of that line.
A Japan Cup 911 lives here
The white #75 GT3 Cup car in our paddock raced in the Japan Cup before finding its way to Hopewell Junction. Cup cars don’t tolerate approximate work — and neither do we, whether it’s slicks and centerlocks or your Cayenne’s brake job.
Common questions
Do you really do air-cooled engine work?
Do you service Macan and Cayenne?
Can you do a pre-purchase inspection on a Porsche?
Window tint, XPEL PPF, ceramic coating, wraps, or detailing?
Prestige Car Wash Tint & Wrap handles the cosmetic side — right next door at 482 All Angels Hill Rd, Hopewell Junction · (845) 765-8300. One property, both sides of your car covered.
Ready to book it?
Open Monday–Saturday, 8 to 6. Tell us the car and the goal.