PPF - your cost and type ?

[keamoro]

Exactly, and @twraps did a test of half the windshield. I have it on video, the ceramic side was dirtier than the play WPF side. He also had a conversation with someone at the wrap vendor or a chemical engineer or something, who said what you said. It's already fully sealed.

I did have to get my ceramic removed from the paint, the PPF was not sticking.

That's good information. If I get the full XPEL wrap, I'm skipping the ceramic coating!

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[SwampNut]

This is my truck, video time is keyed to the ceramic discussion.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Going to the top rated PPF and ceramic shop in my state, also an XPEL dealer by chance too.

$1,098 - entire front bumper/frontal area and headlights PPF, no hood or mirrors but I could add them for $1,699 total but don’t want to. Saving some $$$.

$399 - entire gloss black rear bumper PPF

$1,099 - XPEL fusion full car ceramic, 4 year warranty (all glass, paint, plastics, etc)

$199 - front side windows tint

 

[Qamera]

I'm a complete PPF newbie. I have driven a silver ID4 for 4 years, 70k miles, about 80% of which is on road trips of over 3k miles each. I don't have a single scratch anywhere on the car (at least that I can see), and it gets washed at least once every two weeks. I am, of course, a heavy user of bug and tar remover. And I've had to replace the windshield once because of a crack that came from a truck in front of me.

Am I missing something? Or am I just lucky?

 

[kelr316]

Anyone have any experience with this product? https://nanoproceramic.com/products/nanopro-liquid-ppf-lpf-accelerate™

 

[keamoro]

I'm a complete PPF newbie. I have driven a silver ID4 for 4 years, 70k miles, about 80% of which is on road trips of over 3k miles each. I don't have a single scratch anywhere on the car (at least that I can see), and it gets washed at least once every two weeks. I am, of course, a heavy user of bug and tar remover. And I've had to replace the windshield once because of a crack that came from a truck in front of me.

Am I missing something? Or am I just lucky?

Probably both. Also silver is very hard to see small tiny marks. If I had a silver car, I probably wouldn't get PPF.

 

[ahassab]

Im very new to this ppf discussion, but essentially why pay for a color upgrade like catalina cove if getting stealth pff. Cant you just just take the base silver color, and add any stealth pff, and save the 2K for color choice?

 

[keamoro]

Im very new to this ppf discussion, but essentially why pay for a color upgrade like catalina cove if getting stealth pff. Cant you just just take the base silver color, and add any stealth pff, and save the 2K for color choice?

OK, so PPF is normally clear or semi transparent (for stealth matte looks). The higher quality ones offer more clarity and sometimes better "shine" as it makes things more even, less orange peel, and all that. So essentially you keep the special car color underneath a transparent protective layer.

You *can* get a color changing PPF that is opaque as well. But I don't think it looks the same as a base paint + clear PPF, so it's up to you. Also, many don't get a full PPF wrap, just some of the more problematic areas (front, bumpers, rocker panels) so you save a lot of money just getting some of it done invisibly.

 

[rfkxyz]

If anyone gives this a try, please share impressions...?

https://globalhitechfilms.com/ppf/sunroof-heatshield

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