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I took my Torch Red ‘99 FRC to have the nose and a rocker repainted this week. When I dropped the car off at a (highly reputable) local body shop, I told the guy the car would be getting PPF from the mirrors forward once the paint cured and I asked him about a professional paint correction. He was quick to tell me that I’m not going to be happy with the PPF as it will create a noticeable color difference between the protected and unprotected panels. He also warned that any exposed edges of the film will quickly fill with grime and be noticeable. This is a guy who knows cars and was a C6 owner. I mostly trust his judgement but I wanted to get yalls opinions. He recommended just doing a high quality ceramic because he knows how funny I am about the paint, as is obvious by the fact I’m paying him good money to repaint things that nobody besides me would ever notice. So what’s the word? Noticeable difference in protected and unprotected panels or noticeable line of grime on film edges?
Last edited by VetteHunter79; Feb 22, 2020 at 09:19 PM.
I think he is a bit behind the times. XPEL looks almost invisible. If you can find a local shop that does Ceramic Pro's new Kavaca PPF, you will never even notice it. It has an incredible shine and already has Ceramic in it giving you a bit extra.
If the shop has any clue as to what they are doing, they should be taking out anything where the PPF should go behind and the tucked edges are behind things like headlights and underneath the hood. I have seen installers, cut around headlights or a do wrinkled job around the front end curves, so yes those will peel and show dirt. But a high quality job with someone that knows what they are doing, cannot be beat. While I am a big fan of Ceramics, it does not repel rocks anywhere near what PPF will do.
I had Xpel on the front of my Torch Red ZR1. No issues with the paint looking different on the covered vs. not covered panels. Make sure your installer wraps the edges and you won’t have any problems with grime building up. As said above your guy is behind the times as PPF has come a long way.
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