Fender Stone Chip Guards
01-25-2019, 12:38 PM
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Fender Stone Chip Guards
I’m having PPF installed on my 991.1. next week. The installer is someone I have worked with before and I trust him. He recommends putting the OEM fender stone guards on top of the PPF. I hate the look of the stone guards and was hoping to go with just the base film. Any thoughts on the need for the stone guards on top of the film? They are cheap so that is not the issue.
01-25-2019, 12:43 PM
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What color is your car?
I had my factory guards removed after about 2 years, because they "yellow" against my white car. I had them removed and replaced with PPF, and a much-much larger custom cut coverage area. I'm pleased with it.
I had my factory guards removed after about 2 years, because they "yellow" against my white car. I had them removed and replaced with PPF, and a much-much larger custom cut coverage area. I'm pleased with it.
01-25-2019, 12:55 PM
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That's such a high traffic area, that whatever PPF you have there will get beat up and look like **** over time. Having the stone guards over the film means you can replace just the stone guards not the whole fender PPF. I'd do it.
01-25-2019, 12:57 PM
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My car is black. I don’t want the fender film to be an annual replacement piece as it’s about $800 per side. Also, not sure if the rock guards can be removed and replaced from the film if they get cut up. My guess is no but I will confirm that with the installer.
01-25-2019, 01:03 PM
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Yeah, your Turbo is a little wider than my C2S. So, something to think about there too. GL. Trust your installer.
01-25-2019, 01:13 PM
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in place of the stock 3m stone guards that either yellow or take a beating why not PPF the fender and duplicate the shape and size of the original stone guard with another piece of the same PPF . the cost will be less and you have the same material which will blend much better . whatever you do when it's completed post some pics
01-25-2019, 03:19 PM
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01-25-2019, 07:21 PM
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I took the stock ones off, they look terrible on a white car as soon as they get brake dust on them. I did the entire car in PPF. I hated some joins at the rear of the car, whn the dust got in them, So I removed it from the back of the car and the doors. There was a thick seam under the door handles that would catch my finger nails. I can assure you that when they heat it up to get it off, everything is coming off. There is no way they could remove just something on top, whether it is a 2nd layer of ppf or the original. So may as well just run a single layer of ppf and when that is trashed, replace that whole panel.
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01-25-2019, 09:05 PM
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01-26-2019, 12:36 AM
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Ditch the OEM stone guards. My installer recommended it and said no one ever wanted him to put them back after PPF since as he said, they are not needed. If you really want to put extra protection there have the PPF in that area applied as a separate piece so if it gets beat up it will be much easier to replace it vice the larger area (I did not since that area will be fine with PPF).
01-26-2019, 08:55 AM
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I had the original stone guards removed when I had full PPF done. There are now maybe a half dozen small nicks in the PPF on each side where the stone guards would be (Texas uses tarmacadam - gravel in tar - too much on non-primary roads!) .
The nicks aren't terrible, but I find myself wondering if I should have considered sticking OEM guards back over the PPF there. Having replaced them on two prior 911s due to yellowing, I know they are tougher and hold up to impacts a bit better... but then again they yellow and need replacement on lighter cars due to that. So eventually the PPF and/or the OEM guard back there will need to be replaced either way. In the case of a full PFF that will mean a fair expense to redo the whole panel, which stretches up the A-pillar to the back edge of the hips and down below the doors.
It's a bit of a coin toss. Overall I still think the car looks cleaner with just the PPF... I went to a lot of expense to get rid of unnecessary lines as it was and PPF with wrapped edges looks pretty damned clean. I write the nicks off as just the expense of having fun with the car on some nice Hill Country back roads. I only notice them when I wash the car anyway. At least the paint underneath is unscathed and new PPF will allow a full reset eventually.
The nicks aren't terrible, but I find myself wondering if I should have considered sticking OEM guards back over the PPF there. Having replaced them on two prior 911s due to yellowing, I know they are tougher and hold up to impacts a bit better... but then again they yellow and need replacement on lighter cars due to that. So eventually the PPF and/or the OEM guard back there will need to be replaced either way. In the case of a full PFF that will mean a fair expense to redo the whole panel, which stretches up the A-pillar to the back edge of the hips and down below the doors.
It's a bit of a coin toss. Overall I still think the car looks cleaner with just the PPF... I went to a lot of expense to get rid of unnecessary lines as it was and PPF with wrapped edges looks pretty damned clean. I write the nicks off as just the expense of having fun with the car on some nice Hill Country back roads. I only notice them when I wash the car anyway. At least the paint underneath is unscathed and new PPF will allow a full reset eventually.
01-26-2019, 11:41 AM
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