A word of warning for those with PPF?

[fiveoboy01]

maybe those sections that the paint came off was a respray? Along that bottom piece is a high likely spot to be damaged. I mean he points outs he over paid for the car, LOL.

That is also the "rock guard area" where it's purposefully textured. The bond of the paint may be different in that area, making it more susceptible to pulling.

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[lo-fi]

That is also the "rock guard area" where it's purposefully textured. The bond of the paint may be different in that area, making it more susceptible to pulling.

This is likely. It's the same for our mustangs in spots. The area around the license plate is extremely susceptible to peeling. Removing my vinyl stripes removed paint in that one spot and no where else. When it came off I could easily tell that it wasn't anything I did. The paint just doesn't adhere there very well.

The other issue with full PPF on a mass production relatively inexpensive car is sunk cost. If you're not DIYing its typically quite expensive to have a professional fully PPF a car, to the point that to me it makes zero sense. Besides, its the undercarriage that sees the worst of it. Bottom line, you're not getting that money back. Its going to be thousands. However, for arguments sake lets say you do a full PPF because you're going to keep the car for a long time. Well, at some point, you're going to have to pay all those thousands again and that point will depend on weather, exposure, etc. How long are you going to leave it on after all? There is a tipping point where it gets really difficult to remove.

 

[CrazyHippie]

I have to respectfully disagree with this statement, 5.0Boy. IMHO, film does not hide paint imperfections and since every vehicle produced in the last thirty plus years all need paint correction from the factory, it makes sense to me to fix those issues before applying film since once it's on, the show is over.

Been there, done that but will never have any film applied to one of my vehicles again. If it was a true Star Trek "shield" I'd be the first to duit but because in reality it's not much protection, I believe it's not only a waste of money but a PITA to boot.

Also, why bother with dedicated ceramic on film? If it's just to make the vehicle easier to wash, any number of spray topcoats will accomplish that.

In fact, there was a factory defect in the paint on my hood that wasn't noticeable until the PPF was installed. My installer pulled the ppf, tried to address the defect, and re-installed the ppf and the defect showed up again. PPF isn't always the perfect answer. Prep is everything.

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