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Meh, I used STEK for my car I parked outside and another in the garage, the one in the garage is holding up very very well, the one parked outside for some reason had to be removed because it had lots of dust embeded in the skin making it look hazy, we tried to polish it out but it was not perfect and had to get it removed. If it is a car you park outside the garage, do not get it (which makes so sense because outside is where you need the protection the most).
This might be the brand issue or the batch used issue - but that was my experience.
Had Clearplex on a car several years ago and found the optical clarity pretty poor and lots of “orange peel” effect.
Have now used ExoShield on my last several cars and it is a much better product. Has a layer of ceramic in the top layer of the material which makes it a much “harder” surface. Have it on my 992, wife’s Panamera, and our Macan. It has saved several pretty good hits, and keeps the inevitable “sandblasting “ effect from developing over time.
Take a look at their website, but as with any film, the installer matters.
I have Clearplex on my 911 which is getting replaced soon with something else. Looks fine from inside but after 2 years looks like crap from outside when the sun hits it. Borderline embarassing at cars and coffee but I wouldn’t drive without any type of film. Wife’s car has Stek but it’s too new to tell if it will hold up better.
Last edited by Master Deep; 10-02-2023 at 10:28 PM.
I'm actually going to get this very film installed in a few weeks. From what I read, it's a new product (2022) that is made of TPU material which is different from the PET based material used Clearplex and Exoshield. It apparently has self healing properties for small impacts like PPF film. A guess I will know once I have it for a while. I just got my windshield replaced and the installer is a friend of mine, so I decided to give it a try.
I'm actually going to get this very film installed in a few weeks. From what I read, it's a new product (2022) that is made of TPU material which is different from the PET based material used Clearplex and Exoshield. It apparently has self healing properties for small impacts like PPF film. A guess I will know once I have it for a while. I just got my windshield replaced and the installer is a friend of mine, so I decided to give it a try.
I have STEK Dynoshield on my BMW M2 and Toyota Supra. Both are parked inside, and the M2 is a track car. I am fairly good about regularly cleaning the windshield with a SiO2 cleaner and microfiber, and also wipe down the surface of the wipers. I never use the windshield cleaner at gas stations, and carry my microfiber and sprary in the car. The M2 shield is coming up on 2 years, and beside minor scratches from the wipers likely picking up dust, it's held up well. It's also take a couple of nice hits - one rock and one tire marble on track - which could have cracked the windshield otherwise. Besides the regular maintenance, which can be a hassle at times, I've been happy.
I had Exoshield on my first 992 and wouldn’t recommend it even though it did save me a windshield by taking a huge rock. I removed the film myself before trading the car and the glass underneath was perfect. It was a good install but the film lacked optical clarity, scratched very easily, and didn’t bead water at all no matter what was applied to it. Even my installer has been disappointed with its performance and doesn’t recommend it anymore. He does still offer it but calls it a 2-year, imperfect solution. I chose not to have it installed on my current 992 and bought a third party warranty (Glassparency) instead, which came with their hydrophobic coating that supposedly reduces the likelihood of cracks. I don’t know about that, but the windshield coating is awesome…super slick and holding up after 6 months. The warranty coverage is garbage (learned that the hard way on my other car), so I wouldn’t buy that again. But there are other warranties out there, including through your regular car insurance in some cases.
My two cents is that none of these exterior windshield films are ready for prime time. Hopefully that’ll change in the future.
Had Bray, Clearplex and now I have Stek.
As for the windshield protection itself - must have imo, especially for any low driving sports car.
As for brands and quality:
Bray and Clearplex are formed by heatgun to fit the windshield and are 'hard shells' and totally different from Stek, which is pretty much a normal ppf thats put with just water and has soft feeling, but its just on windshield.
Visibility throu both Clearplexy and bray was far superior, problems started after 2 years, before that - it was perfect. Stek is terrible from the beggining, the blur from other lights is insane and unbearable to the point I will take it off after less then 3 months.
And yeah, windshield foil is supposed to be replaced max 2-3 years (depends mostly how much chemicals u use on it).
10-02-2023, 04:03 PM
