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thefunkygibbon

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note that this is a new to me taycan (my2022). came to drive this morning and it has been the first time it's rained since I bought it last week, noticed that all the water droplets on the panoramic roof were a weird orangey red colour.
apparently it had autoglym lifeshine ceramic coating put on it before I bought it, but I've never seen anything like this before. is it the protection which causes it, or the taycan (?!)
or could it be something else

I've had different ceramic coatings in the past on different cars and never seen such a thing.
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Looks like refraction from the surface.

Get a white cloth and wipe them off. I suspect they'll be normal.
 

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I get exactly the same effect, I’ve always been intrigued by what causes that at every time I wash the car or it rains. I see the same color refraction on the roof.
 

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It's due to the coat used by the heat protected glass, which all glass covers have on taycan no matter what glass for the rest of the windows you chose.
 
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ah so it's the taycan roof doing it rather than whatever coating that's been applied!? cool, thanks all
 


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I’m sure it’s the heat reflective glass. Mine does similar.

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I love the effect!
 

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Should be the light-reflection of the metal dampening on the glass surface.
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