seajamn

Buying a new car and considering having the film installed to protect the paint... Looking for comments yes or no

budgreen3564

Yes. I've done it on about 8-9 cars. Works great; no problems

Foosh

There dozens and dozens of threads on this. A simple search on XPEL, SunTek, PPF, or any similar term will give you hours and hours and hours of reading opinions all over the map.

You're likely to not get many responses here, because there are about 3 new threads already running here now, several of which are still on the first page.

mountainears

L1FRDOG

Yes...


BUT depends on your area... I live in NE USA (Virginia/Maryland... Lots of pot holes, salt, rocks, etc..... Absolutely needed... If I lived in Florida I would have skipped it because the roads are generally so good.


My 2017 GS in Full Xpel Ultimate minus rear hatch and end.



L1FRDOG

Foosh

Gorgeous!

SilverGhost

Florida has bugs with acid in their exoskeletons. Not often, but when they swarm early in the year even the Florida Dept of Highways puts out buckets of water and brushes along the curbs in the rest stops so folks can wash that paint-eating goo off soonest. Leave the bug splat on too long and see etched discolored paint when you finally wash them off. Take a drive in the Everglades at dusk...well, no motorcyclists smile in the Everglades, at least not after their first ride there.

And lucky is the traveler on I95 between Florida and the rest of the states who doesn't catch a rock on their journey.

OTOH, leave the film on for a decade and hope you put it on a yellow car.

capecodvette

Add Premier Ultimate PPF to the list.

mountainears

Xpel is warranted against yellowing. Granted, I'd hate to have to make that claim, but it is warranted for it (10 years).

I think on some cars it may be difficult to tell, but ask me in 10 years.

The other thing, my bet is most people on this forum won't own the car in 10 years :-)