Factory Film Yellowing
03-29-2015, 08:17 PM
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Factory Film Yellowing
Not sure if it is because I have a AW Z51 '14 but it appears the factory rock chip film on the rear quarter is yellowing. Anyone else notice this?
03-29-2015, 08:20 PM
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not surprised 
03-29-2015, 08:21 PM
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This yellowing has been reported before. The factory film is a very low quality 3M PPF.
03-29-2015, 08:27 PM
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03-29-2015, 08:28 PM
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03-29-2015, 08:29 PM
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One of several reasons I had the factory film removed from mine and Xpel Ultimate put on instead.
03-29-2015, 08:42 PM
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03-29-2015, 08:48 PM
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03-29-2015, 08:52 PM
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Do you think that some might have had 10# of 'stuff' hanging on there key chains? I have an HHR and never had a problem. But I only have a car key and a house key on mine. I have seen key rings with enough keys,etc to equal the size of a softball.
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03-29-2015, 09:03 PM
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03-29-2015, 09:09 PM
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There are so many reasons why to take that stock protection off. I removed mine due to constant dirt being caught all around the edge. I redid that whole section with one piece of Xpel ultimate.
03-29-2015, 09:19 PM
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C7Jake, just curious... I've seen you post in two different threads today that GM makes poor quality cars and about the ignition problem... Why did you buy a Corvette if you feel GM makes such a poor quality car? I thought you were very proud of your car being you post 50 pics of it in every thread.
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03-29-2015, 09:30 PM
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C7Jake, just curious... I've seen you post in two different threads today that GM makes poor quality cars and about the ignition problem... Why did you buy a Corvette if you feel GM makes such a poor quality car? I thought you were very proud of your car being you post 50 pics of it in every thread.
03-29-2015, 09:46 PM
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03-29-2015, 10:50 PM
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Just take the factory stuff off and install a better film like Xpel and not worry about the yellowing effect any more.
03-30-2015, 12:29 AM
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03-30-2015, 12:55 AM
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C7Jake, just curious... I've seen you post in two different threads today that GM makes poor quality cars and about the ignition problem... Why did you buy a Corvette if you feel GM makes such a poor quality car? I thought you were very proud of your car being you post 50 pics of it in every thread.
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