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Old 04-27-2017, 10:09 AM
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If it we're my car I would choose the satin frozen vanilla, but that's just me. As far as your first choice the gloss flip I've seen a couple of Corvettes wrapped in that color and it's awesome... Definitely stands it in any crowd. Might become an eyesore to live with though.
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Originally Posted by Larry/car
$3,000 is a good chunk of a year's depreciation. A wrap will never be like paint. I would investigate getting another car.
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Old 05-19-2017, 11:09 PM
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Pic sent from the shop. Picking her up tomorrow.
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Looks good
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These colored wraps do look good and intrigue me. However, what do you do when you get a rock chip that punctures the colored wrap and there's black showing underneath?
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Originally Posted by Foosh
These colored wraps do look good and intrigue me. However, what do you do when you get a rock chip that punctures the colored wrap and there's black showing underneath?
i guess you'd have to rewrap the whole panel
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Originally Posted by Foosh
These colored wraps do look good and intrigue me. However, what do you do when you get a rock chip that punctures the colored wrap and there's black showing underneath?
Cover it with a piece of duct tape.
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Yep, that's what I thought.

I've been using the thicker, clear PPFs for over a decade and am a firm believer in their utility having seen them prevent damage on a half dozen vehicles. However, as appealing as a color change is, it was the practicality I was questioning.

You can easily touch up a minor paint chip, you can ignore a small nick in clear film, which doesn't happen often because they are thicker and when they do aren't as visible, but torn color film on a different color underneath would be pretty blatantly visible.

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Originally Posted by Foosh
Yep, that's what I thought.

I've been using the thicker, clear PPFs for over a decade and am a firm believer in their utility having seen them prevent damage on a half dozen vehicles. However, as appealing as a color change is, it was the practicality I was questioning.

You can easily touch up a minor paint chip, you can ignore a small nick in clear film, which doesn't happen often because they are thicker and when they do aren't as visible, but torn color film on a different color underneath would be pretty blatantly visible.
I get you. I just picked it up and it looks amazing.
If it gets nicked, oh well. It's just tin and rubber.
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Originally Posted by Foosh
Yep, that's what I thought.

I've been using the thicker, clear PPFs for over a decade and am a firm believer in their utility having seen them prevent damage on a half dozen vehicles. However, as appealing as a color change is, it was the practicality I was questioning.

You can easily touch up a minor paint chip, you can ignore a small nick in clear film, which doesn't happen often because they are thicker and when they do aren't as visible, but torn color film on a different color underneath would be pretty blatantly visible.
It is a concern, but individual panels can be re wrapped for a lot less than the whole car. I have PPF on the nose and rockers for extra protection though. The wrap material is around 3 mil so not much if any protection.

OP your car looks great!



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