Porsche Service in Santa Monica, CA

Porsche Service Serving All of Santa Monica, CA

Santa Monica is kind to drivers and less kind to metal. The air near the ocean carries salt, and most mornings the marine layer leaves a film of moisture on anything parked outside. Porsche bodies are galvanized and resist rust well. The parts that suffer are the ones that aren't: brake discs and their hardware, exposed fasteners under the car, exhaust clamps and the electrical connectors tucked into the wheel arches.

What this looks like in the shop is specific. Brake discs on a car that sits outside near the beach build a crust of rust between drives, and if the car is rarely driven hard enough to clean them, the surface pits and the brakes pulse. Fasteners that should come undone in seconds have to be worked free, which adds time to otherwise simple jobs. On a Boxster or a 911 Cabriolet, the drains that carry water away from the roof and the rear of the cabin clog with sand and leaf debris, and the water that should run out ends up inside. Checking those drains is a small job that prevents a much bigger one.

Why Santa Monica Drivers Trust The Werkstatt

Salt air makes small jobs slower and makes surface rust look worse than it often is, so it helps to know which is which. We're an independent shop that works only on Porsches, with more than 30 years of experience on every model line from the 911 and Boxster to the Cayenne and Panamera. We're one shop, at 10527 Santa Monica Blvd in West Los Angeles, straight east of Santa Monica. Bring the car in, we'll evaluate it and give you a quote.

• Brake discs and hardware on cars parked near the ocean corrode faster than the same parts do inland
• Roof drains on Boxster and 911 Cabriolet models collect sand and leaf debris, and a blocked drain lets water into the cabin
• We work only on Porsches, every model line from the 911 and Boxster to the Cayenne and Panamera
• Regular Porsche maintenance is a good moment to have the underside looked at for salt-air corrosion
• Surface rust on a disc or a fastener is often cosmetic; pitting is what makes a brake pulse

Porsche Services for Santa Monica Owners

From oil changes and scheduled maintenance to engine, brake and PDK repair:

About Santa Monica, CA

Santa Monica is its own city on Santa Monica Bay, with the Pacific to the west and the City of Los Angeles on its other sides. It is known for the Santa Monica Pier, the Third Street Promenade, Palisades Park on the bluffs above Pacific Coast Highway, and the shops of Main Street and Montana Avenue. The 10 ends here and turns into PCH through the McClure Tunnel. Much of the housing is apartments, and many cars are parked on the street or in open carports a short walk from the sand. Our shop is straight east along Santa Monica Blvd, a little past the 405.

Neighborhoods we cover in and around Santa Monica

• Ocean Park
• Sunset Park
• Pico District
• Mid-City
• Wilshire-Montana
• North of Montana
• Northeast Santa Monica
• Downtown Santa Monica
• Santa Monica Canyon
• Bergamot