Very small, have NO idea how you can get this ON TOP of the rear quarter panel on the side of the trunk… Down to the fiberglass. Stands out.
Will try touch up paint. I literally can’t believe it!

 

That’s sucks, but remember, them rocks will bounce.

 

That will need to first be sanded, paint filled, sanded flat, and then polished...If you can't do this yourself take it to a detail shop...

 

So much for the money spent on PPF protection, as I feel and realize I am in the minority but PPF is a waste of money.

 

Probably would have been much worse without the PPF. The wound is larger on the PPF than the paint. Agree with the bounce theory. It had some altitude before it landed.

 

It’s so small I really don’t think I’m going to spend all the money to completely remove the PPF on that panel and then get the chip repaired and then replace the PPF… will try touch up paint first before I spend what I’m guessing $1000-$1500…. Damn it!

 

The shop that does my paint work could fix that so you would never notice for under $200. As I've said before, you can get a hell of LOT of stone / debris damage repaired for what PPF costs.

 

Absolutely untrue. Its not impregnible but it does protect from a LOT of damage especially on the front end. My PPF literally saved me from having to respray the entire front bumper and blend it into the frunk and fenders 3 months into ownership when an 18 wheeler flatbed dropped a shotgun blast of pea gravel

Of the 20ish impacts visible in the PPF, only ONE made it through to the paint, and barely at that. Tiny less than 1mm ding in the paint so shallow it didnt go through the already thin paint.

PPF on front end of car is a no brainer and cheaper than respraying it every 5 or 10 years, and far easier to replace. Only cost me $800 to replace the bumper and headlight pieces after it happened.

You dont replace the PPF every time you get a single nick in it. You replace it after years' worth of sand and rock impacts from driving in traffic, at which point its cheaper than a respray or what it would have cost to repaire every rock chip as you went along. My scenario above would have been a $3000 repair for the respray and headlight replacement (insurance estimate when they thought the PPF didnt stop the impacts from damaging the paint & headlight, but it did). The PPF was $800 to to replace.

You dont need PPF, until you do. For those who road rash doesnt bother them I can see skipping it. But for the guys that lovingly detail their car 2 or 3 or more times a month, it's 100% worth it.

 

I would use Dr Chip, I don’t have the steadiest hands when it comes to touch up paint and with Dr. chip you don’t need it.

Btw I had a chip on a similar part of my car with my 911 … never understood how it happened but unfortunately these thing occur.

 

I have had PPF on 2 of my Vettes and ponder the value. Take a look at PPF when it gets a few nicks. It tends to bubble and look worse than paint nicks touched up properly. My bodyman smirks at PPF....he will reshoot my bumper for around $500 cash, so for the price of PPF typically one can do (4) reshoots. I have a 2017 Colorado that has had only (2) nicks that PPF would have saved and its front is a billboard. I am 50/50 if I will have my C8 done when pick it up in next day or two. The worst spot on my vehicles has been the mirrors. If I do it I will only do the bumper, mirrors and in front of rear wheels. I found a spot by me that will do that for $950. Covering the whole front end makes little sense to me. I have one friend who did the wholecar....waaaay over kill.

 

I don't know, seems to me it may be an eye sore after touching up and NOT replacing the ppf due the lift or tear etc. I know this is drifting a bit away from OP but for me...I full wrap my rides so that I can sleep well knowing that I'll never hurt my paint w each California dusting, and I use a California duster after every single drive. It also helps me sleep knowing I can wash my car safely each time, never worrying about anything under the ppf. Rock chips protection comes in 3rd for me but I also don't drive a lot, and highway driving is minimal, and I don't get a lot of them.

 

PPF is the biggest ripoff trend to hit the enthusiast market since I don't know what... And the guys who have been bilked out of the thousands will defend it to their death to justify their spend.

 

I believe the need for PPF really comes down to how and where you drive your vehicles. Road rash bothers me a LOT and am one of those guys that lovingly detail their car 2 or 3 or more times a month, but have never found I needed PPF.
My Tacoma below is almost 5 years old and has been driven 42,000 miles and as you can see has no road rash / stone damage.
All I'm saying is that personally I have never been able to justify the cost of PPF and don't care for the look of it on a vehicle. To each their own.

 

Calling it a waste is hardly an fair assessment, though I would agree the value isn't quite there. Full PPF is 5-10% of the cost of the vehicle. That is a lot.

 

That is my sentiment too. I bought a GM paint pen and when I get a rock chip, break out the pen and apply a tiny dab of paint each day for 2-3 days and the chip essentially disappears. Good enough for me

 

When the PPF comes off in 10 years it will look the same as it did off the showroom floor. That being said if I lived in Florida or southern California maybe I wouldn’t get the car wrapped. However I am in oil country in northern Alberta Canada. Wrap is required….

 

Its a total waste of money. Now you cant even touch up the chip.

 

Let it go, the repair you try will look worse, talking from experience

we only see the blemish as being the Grand Canyon

 

How the car looks after PPF is removed depends on the product used and expertise of the tech who installed it.

 

I manage a bodyshop at a GM Dealership and have had to remove PPF from wrecked cars to repair them and many times it takes the paint off the bumper when you remove it. I don’t know who applied it or what brand it was however it’s common for this **** to peel the paint off with it on edges and it leaves behind a giant mess to remove. I hate a wrecked car with PPF
just what I’ve seen first hand.