Expel cost

 

What can I expect to pay , in genetal, to cover the front of my new C7?.

 

Call your local expel installers and have them quote you. There are too many package variables. "Front" means different thing to different people. As such, you can see ranges from $1400-2300.

 

Where I live you can get the front half way up just past the bonnet vent and the mirrors for $750. Also the door cups. I did that and don't have any chips on the paint past the bonnet vent. I have about 118,000 miles on mine so that's a pretty good test.
Pricing varies all over the place depending on where you live and how many competitors there are.

 

Don't do halfway; the line will drive you nuts.

 

Had my Z07 “front” covered at Xpel Hq in San Antonio for around $650. They also did my window tint for around $350.

By front I mean Bumper, stage 3 splitter, head lights and mirrors

Have the GM front/back splashguards and Cleartastic on rear quarters.

Most important is not the product or cost but the installer...shop wisely.

 

Full front is a must IMO. The rest; mirrors, lower rockers, rear quarters, etc...based on your level of concern.

 

On my car I had the following covered in Xpel: front fascia. headlights, driver/passenger front fender, full hood, mirrors, rocker panels and part way up the door, sill area, and behind the rear wheels. Total cost was approximately $1700. Glad I did all of those areas and the film sure protects the car from chips/bugs.

 

With the 4 Corvettes I have owned, (1968, 1982, 2002, and now my beautiful 2019 AW GS, and traveling to 28 states with the C5, and 24 or 25 states with the 1982 C3 CE, I have only sustained chips to my front fascia on the C3, and one chip to a headlight shell, and several chips to lower front fascia on the C5. Perhaps I am lucky. I don't follow trucks, I travel a lot very, very early in the morning when doing long distances, and will occasionally add the bra to the car just for the long hauls. (They are too ugly otherwise, and can actually damage your paint long term.)

So, to answer your question... With the brand new 2019 Grand Sport, I had my detail guy and authorized XPEL installer, JJ's Detailing out of Orland Park, IL, do just the front "Bumper/Fascia", and the headlight shells. Reason? -I had the dealer install the ACS wider splash guards, front and rear, before I picked up the car, AND, the GS has the wide rocker panels for more side body panel protection. I have already received the ACS front splitter and rocker panels for installation, and I think they will protect the side of the car pretty well when installed. Total cost for this XPEL coverage was $450.00, but I am a long time customer, he has detailed all 4 of my Corvettes, my BMW, Cadillac, my 3 children's cars, and my Wife's cars too.

I drove the car home from Les Stanford in Dearborn, MI, to Tinley Park, IL, through snow, slush, and salt, staying WAY behind any trucks, and sustained no damage to my paint. I think the ACS splash guards helped. And then again, Jeff did a fabulous job as usual cleaning the undercarriage, engine bay, brake rotors, calipers, and removing the wheels and cleaning and ceramic coating them, and perfecting the paint before clay barring and sealing it with Zaino-

When my body shop installs the ACS Splitter and Rockers, I will probably have Jeff XPEL the splitter, and possibly the door sills too.

I think, all in all, the level of XPEL or other film protection level you need is personal and depends on your driving style and risk assessment.

Good Luck with your Corvette!

-Ray

P.S. Here's my GS after Jeff "cleaned her up" after the drive through the snow and slush, Dearborn, MI, to Tinley Park, IL:

 

Here is a quote I recently got these prices are in Canadian dollars so adjust as necessary

 

I own a 2019 black grand sport. I had bumper to bumper SunTek installed with ceramic clear coat on top of the Sun Tek. Cost was 5500 otd.

 

Fasten your seatbelts on total costs. To do it right, it's going to cost coin.

 

Had the Expel done on my 2019 Grand Sport - Great job, best investment you can make!

 

You are right ! Next best update will be getting rid of the poverty splitter. I had the new splitter wrapped too.

 

Long term however you can and will end up with this. The edges, even though mm's in thickness end up acting in certain areas like catch all's for dirt.

 

It can really show up on lighter colors, but I have prevented that by using alcohol with as soft brush periodically to clean the edges. Works great! I have a white ford with PPF on it and you can't see a line unless you know where the lines are. My C7 is a darker color so the lines don't show up anyway.

 

The line on my black C6 drove me nuts and I finally removed it (bikini cut hood mostly). The line on my Watkins Glen Gray not at all. I can barely see it.

IMO, depends on the color.

 

PPF install cost varies wildly depending on region and quality of the install, so it's hard to give an estimate without knowing where you live, at which point people in your area could give you a vague idea what you might find. Keep in mind that cheaper installs will most likely use the cut files from Xpel which means that most panels will have edges that pick up dirt rather than wrapping and tucking. If you want all the edges wrapped and tucked to minimize visible seams then the installers start pulling parts off the car and it gets really expensive quickly.

 

I had Xpel installed on my C7 last summer. It was installed on the entire front bumper, the headlight covers and the front of the rear-view mirrors. It cost me $495.00 plus tax. I was very pleased with the installers work. The guy that installed it has worked at the dealership for 11 years, and all he does is Xpel and window tint. Where are you located? In fact, the dealership told me that they have Xpel customers coming from as far away as 250 miles because of the installers reputation. When I called to make an appointment, I had to wait about 3 weeks, but it was worth it.

 

Great price. Add the two front quarter panels and two front pillars and I paid $2,000.