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Got her back from the shop for tint and paint protection film. Used ceramic tint and letting the sun cure the tint. Will give installer benefit of the doubt on a few imperfection until fully cured. Paint protection, on the other hand, will go back to the shop. Left a few bumper areas uncover, i.e., top section of center air dam and lower section of left and right air dam (wonder if this is film pattern related but those areas are clearly one of the bluntest part of the bumper.

Anyway, after taping off the car, I gave her a good clay bar, then used my orbital to polish and remove faint water spots. Topped her off with Topcoat F11. Initial results are that it's as good as Zaino with less elbow grease required. Future layers will determine if Topcoat will be my go-to polish.