New Clear Bra from XPEL
04-18-2018, 05:06 PM
#41
Instructor
XPEL by far has the best marketing department in the Paint Protection game and a good product as well. I ended up going with SunTek on the full front and front of the rear quarter panel on my GT350. You really can't go wrong with XPEL or SunTek as long as you find a good installer.
I'll have to check out this new XPEL film when I get a Z06.
I'll have to check out this new XPEL film when I get a Z06.
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XPEL (04-18-2018)
04-18-2018, 05:14 PM
#42
I had XPEL Ultimate on my 14 C7, and my wife has it on her 2017 Infiniti Q60 RS400, both done by the same installer. I'm having the same installer doing the Plus on my '18. It still looked brand new on my '14 when I traded it, with no dings or tears.
The XPEL promo video above is actually very accurate. My wife had a minor altercation with the edge of our house garage door frame in her Q60, and while there was a fender dent and a lot white house paint on the right front passenger fender covered by XPEL Ultimate, the film did not tear, and the paint underneath the XPEL was completely pristine. The house paint also peeled off the XPEL, and it actually still looked good, and completely adhered over the dent.
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XPEL (04-18-2018)
04-24-2018, 09:55 AM
#43
I'm dropping mine today with the installer. They received the new Plus film yesterday. This will be his first Plus install and he was bit cautious on how long it will take to finish the job. He also mentioned that Plus will be slightly costlier.
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04-24-2018, 10:15 AM
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I had my done a few months back love the wk that the shop did on it. Again all in the prep work before putting the stuff onto the car...Robert
04-24-2018, 10:23 AM
#45
I dropped my new C7 off last weekend for installation of the new Plus film and expect it back Friday. I looked at a car he'd just finished with the new Plus film and was very impressed. It is incredibly optically clear, and I really couldn't tell there was film on the car at all. It appears to have a bit less texture than regular Ultimate, which I had on my black C7, but you can only see that under very bright shop lights. In normal sunlight, Ultimate is essentially invisible as well as long as the installer has done an excellent job.
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04-24-2018, 06:42 PM
#46
Melting Slicks
the car will definitely have rock chips that's for sure a given
04-24-2018, 06:48 PM
#47
Melting Slicks
04-24-2018, 06:59 PM
#48
Burning Brakes
I want to put a Jake on my hood. Can it go on top of the XPEL or should it be put on first.
04-24-2018, 07:42 PM
#49
Melting Slicks
Post a review and pic's please
04-24-2018, 07:47 PM
#50
Melting Slicks
Always put it on top never under. Xpel recommends this as well. They want the best possible bond to the naked paint so it adheres the best. Also they don't want any lip or ridge that an air pocket or something could occur by going under
04-27-2018, 12:28 AM
#51
Advanced
Just got a quote in Scottsdale.
Expel ultimate plus. $1500 full front, mirrors and lights. $325 for the rockers. Installer very experienced and using Plus since January.
Expel ultimate plus. $1500 full front, mirrors and lights. $325 for the rockers. Installer very experienced and using Plus since January.
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04-28-2018, 01:15 PM
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04-28-2018, 01:26 PM
#53
Burning Brakes
I've got the XPEL ULTIMATE. It works beautifully. I doubt I'd ever use the film as it's intended. Maybe small rocks/sand. I've seen the result on a 2015 C7 without the bra, it took some damage. I try to avoid those as much as possible. Regardless, of all the clear bras I've tried, Xpel easily wins hands down.
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04-28-2018, 05:52 PM
#54
Heel & Toe
Putting a PPF on top of graphics will create a “bubble” between the graphic and the film. I had to remove the fender stripes and order new. IMy installer brought this to me aytention. I actually saw a white Z06 today where they had installed over the hood stripes. It wasn’t super noticeable on the white Z. But on my black, it would have been horrible. The graphics go over the PPF. The ceramic coat over the graphics. I just picked mine up from PPF (SunTek) and ceramic coat yesterday. Wow! It is amazing.
The last 2 pics aren’t videos. They are still pics of the side door.
Last edited by Dean_Machine; 04-28-2018 at 06:02 PM.
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XPEL (04-30-2018)
05-02-2018, 09:57 AM
#56
Just wanted to lave another feedback on the new plus film, I washed the Z for first time yesterday evening since putting this film on and can confirm, as mentioned earlier elsewhere, that the film is very hydrophobic. Water would bead and run off quickly as if it was a waxed panel! 
05-06-2018, 10:40 PM
#57
Just got done posting some pics and videos here...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...pel-on-gs.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...pel-on-gs.html
05-07-2018, 08:08 AM
#58
Safety Car
I want to put a Jake on my hood. Can it go on top of the XPEL or should it be put on first.
Be aware and tell your installer that the wrap adhesive is much more aggressive adhering to the film vs the adhesion to paint. Once the wrap is down it is difficult to lift the film off the paint with out damaging the wrap material.
...xpel certainly saved the paint.
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