I'm over here staring at my 2013 with unknown age PPF all over the front half with disdain. Someone touched up paint ON TOP of the film it appears, plus all the edges are showing.
Will be removing it; wish me luck!

 

Let’s all step back from the 100% statements. Death and taxes are the only 100% things, as the saying goes.

It helps to understand percentages.

- Older and/or poor quality PPPf: likely to take paint
- Newer good quality PPF: unlikely to take paint
- Repaint: more likely to come off with PPF
- Good quality factory paint: unlikely to come off with PPF.

Even Porsche has a bad day at the factory. It’s rare and unlikely that any one person has a factory bumper that will peel with good PPF but it’s a non-zero possibility. Call it <5% chance.

Even a bad paint job can stay intact with PPF removal. I won’t guess the odds but’s let’s say it’s at least 50/50 and probably a lot less.

Bottom line is that most modern paint jobs (<10 years old) and modern PPF (<7 years old) and a good installer who uses steam and heat to remove, I would guess the odds of a good ppf removal is >80%.

But there is no such thing as 100%. PPF serves a great benefit in protecting paint. Repaints are also not 100%. Even million dollar restorations sometimes have paint fail.

This is all about which risks you want to take, just do it intelligently.

 

Same year and situation here - factory silver with yellowing PPF makes for an interesting combination

 

Ace Tint Signs PPF

Lake Park, FL - Northern Palm Beach County, just south of Palm Beach Gardens. Ask for Jameel. He’s the man.

 

I recently redid my clear bra PPF on my front end... hood, fenders, and rear quarter area and some lower rear bumper. However I left the front bumper as my installer told me that with all the bends and shaping it is quite common for PPF removal to cause paint issues. I may yet have it done as I dislike the look delta...but otoh its still just gonna continue to get beat up anyhow. But apparently bumper + ppf removal + paint issues is a known thing. Or maybe they just didn't want to deal with it in my case. Just another data point. Sorry you are dealing with repaint. I do agree with other poster who said wait at least 1 month for paint to cure... potentially longer.

 

FLwave, call auto supershield. Rob is the office manager and pepe owns it, they've been doing paint film since like 96, ur jaw will hit the floor looking at all pictures on the walls from the cars they've done. Most impressive resume in the world probably. Great people.