dhirm5

I'd suggest paving your driveway.

DR911s

I've had similar "loose gravel" experiences with my GT Silver 2017 C2S which came to me CPO from the same dealer who originally sold the car then received it as a trade-in, with unknown brand PPF full front coverage except A-pillars and roof front edge, headlights and mirror caps covered, full rocker panel coverage, replacement of the OEM hip shields with much larger panels of PPF that extend to the mid-point of the arc of the rear fender wells, and more PPF along the front [leading] edges of the back half of the rear fenders and under the rear quarter panels [adjacent the black plastic outlets of the intercoolers]. I've often had no other options but to drive on very recently applied "chip and seal" pavement on roads in SW Pennsylvania, and occasionally on totally unpaved roads there and in SE Ohio. Freshly applied and rolled Chip & Seal "pavement" with its hot asphalt glue and a layer of crushed limestone slag from the Ohio Valley steel mills has many sharp edged rocks of about 3/4" and somewhat smaller that are certain to be pulled and kicked up by sticky Michelin Pilot Sport 4s tires! I've also found that carbon fiber pieces from previous race cars on Mid-Ohio are very sharp, and so are the talons of various birds of prey that seem to collide with my car, even within city limits and when I am not exceeding the posted speed limits. I'm grateful for the protection that PPF has provided, but don't baby my car; it's a driver!

I also had XPEL PPF applied almost 10 years ago to my 2011 Brilliant Black Audi S4, and it's held up quite well. The biggest problem has been a slight amount of shrinkage of the film around the compound curved lower portions of the front bumper cover which includes a molded in splitter. I covered the compound contoured headlamps and fog lamps myself using a kit from Weather Tech which was made of significantly thicker film; that has also held up very well and zero damage to those lamps despite interstate driving and winter driving. Ohio uses rock salt on its highways, and some times that chunky salt literally includes small pebbles.

My biggest problem has been windshield damage. How effective is the protective film for windshields? Best brand opinions? Can windshield protective film be [easily] user installed. I've had to replace the Porsche windshield once due to rock damage and I've repaired the Audi windshield myself using one of the available kits from LocTite et al. I took my previous BMW with a rock damaged windshield to SafeLite for repair and their repair was no better than my DIY. Both stopped the isolated small bullseye shape crack from spreading but both were/are visible somewhat when the incident light is at the right angle.

Vernin

thank you, I would like to do that, but where I live is a bit strange, we share an access way with 3 homes, and a few fields and all of our driveways are fine sand, gravel, and hard-packed dirt. even if we had our entire separate driveway paved we would still have a dirt, accessway to the main road. My family has asked if our neighbors would be willing to pave it, but they have declined pooling money to pave the access way

Vernin

I am in a similar boat, I have been wondering what the best window protector is.

Rstrada

Hi Vernin,

You can definitely avoid pitting by going slow. The pitting is coming from the front tires throwing road debris to that area. At speed they are like little projectiles. At low speed the threat is minimal.

If you’re going to have the car wrapped anyway, do a 2nd layer on top of of the first layer just like the factory piece in shape but extending it all the way to the bottom for better coverage. It’s so easy to replace PPF when it’s on top of another layer. It’s a wear item. Get it replaced when it starts to look ****ty.

Vernin

Thank you very much! That is exactly what I needed to know. Since this is my first Porsche, there is a lot I am unfamiliar with, Is it safe to assume that the car gets things kicked up from the front tires on all surfaces? If you are on the freeway then trash, rocks, and salt during winter can get kicked up when driving or rounding a corner?

20C4S

I have ClearPlex on my GT3. Works great. already saw a pit on the film but know it did the job so I'm a happy camper.

Vernin

Thank you for saying so, so you got clear plex on your windshield, and it ? So it works pretty well?

Ray K.

I have the Tommy L mudguards, front and rear. I don't even notice they are there when I look at my car.

Shambler

Don't forget the little pebbles that get stuck in the rocker panel.

tmslc

those are the worst. also, the sides of the rear bumper tend to hold a bunch of rocks between the wheel weal and the back of the bumper.

garthg

I'm not planning to leave it on all the time.

Vernin

Thank you for telling me

Vernin

How can I remove them, once I get my car?

Vernin

Thank you very much I will use these then!