PPF questions

[Zelek]

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[Atlas1]

Pretty sure that's pre-tax.

Seems a little high from my limited experience. Pretax my xpel install was right at $4000 for all the same coverage you got except no A pillars and no window tint. And ceramic over everything including wheels and calipers. Wouldn’t hurt to shop around but I also would rather pay a little more to have it done by a good crew. One of the shops I got a quote from looked like I had walked into the D block of the state prison. I felt confident they would wrap the car with xpel but it might be sitting on blocks when I went to pick it up lol

 

[Zelek]

Seems a little high from my limited experience. Pretax my xpel install was right at $4000 for all the same coverage you got except no A pillars and no window tint. And ceramic over everything including wheels and calipers. Wouldn’t hurt to shop around but I also would rather pay a little more to have it done by a good crew. One of the shops I got a quote from looked like I had walked into the D block of the state prison. I felt confident they would wrap the car with xpel but it might be sitting on blocks when I went to pick it up lol

Yeah, this is the go-to shop for all high end cars, Ferrari's, Lambos, Mclaren's, you name it, they've done it. 10 year warranty on XPEL film. I might bite the bullet and pay the extra dollar knowing it will be done perfectly and they don't accept less than that. Not to mention they can literally do everything in one go.

Plus side they've already done one Mach 1 just like the one I'm getting so they're familiar.

 

[Atlas1]

Yeah, this is the go-to shop for all high end cars, Ferrari's, Lambos, Mclaren's, you name it, they've done it. 10 year warranty on XPEL film. I might bite the bullet and pay the extra dollar knowing it will be done perfectly and they don't accept less than that. Not to mention they can literally do everything in one go.

Plus side they've already done one Mach 1 just like the one I'm getting so they're familiar.

Does that price for the ceramic include wheels and calipers? That was a big deal for me. It has made washing much easier and the calipers especially really pop after I’m done with very minimal effort.

 

[Zelek]

Does that price for the ceramic include wheels and calipers? That was a big deal for me. It has made washing much easier and the calipers especially really pop after I’m done with very minimal effort.

I think so but I'm asking them. Yeah, I want it done as well due to the brake dust. I know how insane it was on my 17 GT PP. These wheels aren't the easiest to clean either from the looks of them.

 

[Atlas1]

I think so but I'm asking them. Yeah, I want it done as well due to the brake dust. I know how insane it was on my 17 GT PP. These wheels aren't the easiest to clean either from the looks of them.

I’ve got a routine down now and picked up some specialized wheel brushes that make it not too bad. The frustrating thing is there is visible brake dust on the wheels after the first drive. I might do rotors and pads over the winter just to rid myself of this problem. The rest of the car stays really clean but the damn wheels can go from show quality to neglected looking in a couple miles.

 

[Zelek]

I’ve got a routine down now and picked up some specialized wheel brushes that make it not too bad. The frustrating thing is there is visible brake dust on the wheels after the first drive. I might do rotors and pads over the winter just to rid myself of this problem. The rest of the car stays really clean but the damn wheels can go from show quality to neglected looking in a couple miles.

It's a hard Brembo life.

 

[Zelek]

Yeah, I was approaching $5800 with the wheels included. Too much. Even if you are the best shop in the area, I'm not Ferrari rich. I know there's other skilled installers who do great work for less. I feel like I'm paying more for the name/experience than anything.

I'm going for full front PPF including the matte piece on the vinyl decal, rear deck lid, possibly rear quarters/pillars if the price is alright.
Full ceramic and coated calipers and wheels
Ceramic window tint

 

[Atlas1]

Yeah, I was approaching $5800 with the wheels included. Too much. Even if you are the best shop in the area, I'm not Ferrari rich. I know there's other skilled installers who do great work for less. I feel like I'm paying more for the name/experience than anything.

I'm going for full front PPF including the matte piece on the vinyl decal, rear deck lid, possibly rear quarters/pillars if the price is alright.
Full ceramic and coated calipers and wheels
Ceramic window tint

I forgot to mention my instal also included the sides below the stripes. I would absolutely do the area in front of the rear quarters. Take a look at any used gt350 on the lot and that area is trashed. I skipped the A pillars as my guy didn’t think it was necessary. He has enough experience with mustangs not to mention his own gt500 so I trust him. It’s a tough amount of cash all at once to swallow but I’m glad I did it. Maybe next spring I’ll have him do the roof, doors and anything else that wasn’t done in round 1 so the whole car is protected. Much easier on the wallet to do it in two visits.

 

[mustang5o]

So I got a quote of $2800 for full front XPEL done (with the hood matte with a manual cut over that), $900 for the rear quarters\A-pillar, $150 for the deck lid. $1400 for 3-year Ceramic (Feynlab) and $650 for ceramic window tint (XPEL). Man prices are high on this stuff but this is also one of the top shops in the Austin area and have very skilled PPF installers/coaters. Didn't imagine almost spending $5,000 to protect it but I don't think I want to get rid of this car either.

900 was for the two rear quarter panels additionally.

I was trying to point out the difference of $2800 and $1700 for my local shop and meant to say $1100 but must have read the $900 you posted about the rear quarters. Confused myself . Anyway, so for the front end the local shop around here that does most of the high end cars is $1100 less.

I forgot to mention my instal also included the sides below the stripes. I would absolutely do the area in front of the rear quarters. Take a look at any used gt350 on the lot and that area is trashed. I skipped the A pillars as my guy didn’t think it was necessary. He has enough experience with mustangs not to mention his own gt500 so I trust him. It’s a tough amount of cash all at once to swallow but I’m glad I did it. Maybe next spring I’ll have him do the roof, doors and anything else that wasn’t done in round 1 so the whole car is protected. Much easier on the wallet to do it in two visits.

It's true about the rear quarter area. Same issue on my car. That's why I'm considering full vehicle coverage if I get a Mach 1. I wouldn't skip the A pillars. My buddy got a 2020 GT350 Heritage last year and they forgot to do the A pillars for him. Sure enough he got a small rock chip before getting it back in to them. Definitely research your shops.

 

[pappagray]

Mines at AP shield here near Toronto. They are doing a complete front to back wrap, they wrap corners, and is being done with the new Suntek Reaction film. Cost is 5700$ Canadian, which would be about 4500USD. However this film has Sio2 built in, so no ceramic coating cost afterwards. Also AP shield does extremely high end work in our area. I felt the price was reasonable for such a quality product and work,

 

[Charlemagne]

I was at the dealer to see my Velocity Blue car for the first time today and there was FJG right next to it. And as I was observing the hood stripe, the matte texture is very different on both cars as was said here earlier by @Mach1NA . FJG has it rather smooth and almost like with silver metallic in it while VB has it lot rougher and without the metallic sparkles and it looks bit more matte. It seemed like colour sprayed on top of the vinyl in both cases but more in VB stripe. Kinda weird difference in the make of both of them, bot it looks fine from any distance.

I believe the issues that @Mach1NA had will appear for all non-FJG with rougher matte surface and they have only one solution with matte PPF on top of the matte part, like he solved it.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/ppf-questions.161306/post-3348817

 

[Atlas1]

I was at the dealer to see my Velocity Blue car for the first time today and there was FJG right next to it. And as I was observing the hood stripe, the matte texture is very different on both cars as was said here earlier by @Mach1NA . FJG has it rather smooth and almost like with silver metallic in it while VB has it lot rougher and without the metallic sparkles and it looks bit more matte. It seemed like colour sprayed on top of the vinyl in both cases. Kinda weird difference in the make of both.

I believe the issues that @Mach1NA had will appear for all non-FJG with rougher matte surface and they have only one solution with matte PPF on top of the matte part, like he solved it.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/ppf-questions.161306/post-3348817

This would mean that there are 2 different part numbers for the hood stripe right?

 

[Charlemagne]

There should be 3 as there are 3 colour versions (orange, white and red pin stripe). But yeah, different part numbers for sure. FJG is almost smooth on touch, non-FJG has more rough surface. FJG might have more reflections maybe, but I had different light for both of them inside.

Also I had a distinct feeling that the outer edge of the FJG decal is thicker than on VB stripe. Maybe they use different manufacturers for them, LOL.

 

[Charlemagne]

Fun fact that I noticed only now, when doing first wash. If you cover the front vinyl (glossy part) with PPF, the letters Mach 1 almost disappear. The outlines are somewhat visible but mostly it's hidden.

It has to do with how the light is reflected, as it was more visible when sun shined on it before and not much visible when it was cloudy, so when it's covered with PPF, it changes how it reflects or rather it doesn't anymore somehow.

Now I see that @Mach1NA has it similar in the 3rd pic here.

Oh well, it was badly visible from most angles before anyway, I'll put it under cost of protection...

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