Removed my partial front PPF last month -- I absolutely hated the look of a line on the fenders and hood. Was likely original and once it was off you could see how yellowed it was. Once cleaned up, the paint under the old PPF looks great other than a couple small chips. I have no chips at all behind the front wheels, where I had no PPF before.

Should I PPF the fenders or no? It's an extra $400, on top of the following:

Full Hood $700
Front Bumper $500
Side Mirrors $100
Headlights $100
Total: $1,400 -- seems "reasonable" based on my reading here. Add $400 for fenders ?

Xpel PPF in factory pre-cut, supposedly will wrap edges where applicable.

Like others, I am scarred from growing up in NY Metro and seeing plastic on couches, but I am pretty impressed with how pristine my paint was under the old PPF.

 

Same boat, same partial PPF and due to be replaced and not sure about the fenders I plan on doing paint correction as well before applying PPF and maybe C quartz as well and that would push $ into the mid 2k + . I know, where do you draw the "line" ?

 

Exactly the issue. They may convince me to do PC, and a few chip repairs and pretty soon we're talking real money :^) I don't want to drive a museum piece, life is too short for that.

 

I think if you're going that far, you might as well add the fenders. Even though the new PPF is amazing, and hardly noticeable, you'll still have a uniform look where the hood and fenders meet.
I also have the entire front covered and do have a couple places where the PPF helped prevent some chips.

 

the fenerd do get chipped and should be covered. but if theres already chips on them, why pay to cover the chips. Have the fenders painted then cover them
you could nearly get the fenders painted/ chip touched up and blended. for 5-700 I would guess,
as far as pre cut, no that means it does not wrap the edges as you are envisioning, that is on top of the panel. wrap is not pre cut and it is when you wrap around all edges.
The material now is better quality and you wont get yellowing assuming you are buying best quality.

 

On Thursday I picked up my white '08 C4S from having paint correction, PPF of front end, ceramic pro coat and window tint. It was pricey but the car looks better than new. Here is a link to photos that the shop took. Based on the amazing results achieved on my car, I strongly recommend doing the whole front end.

https://www.instagram.com/ceramicprocharlotte/

 

i am asking because in 10 years with no PPF on most of the fenders, I have no chips.

 

I would do the front end including the full fenders. The separation lines always show and to my eyes anyway, don't look good. When the job is finished, I think you will be glad that you did it - it will look great.
I've done that on two vehicles and am happy with the uniform look.

Recently completed a full paint correction and ceramic finish on my C2S Cab. After researching it carefully, I went with the CarPro CQuartz uk 3.0. When applied in accordance with the directions, the results are fantastic.
(I did the work myself - product cost was about $80.) Once the weather gets a little better here, I'll have Xpel applied to the full front end (also the band around the windshield.)

 

If you are doing front end, do full fenders and bumper. If cost is an issue do full hood and bumper. No partial 1/3 hood stuff, looks ugly and catches dirt. I had an Acura like 8 years ago, stone landed at top of hood, gouged paint to the metal. Repainted hood twice through insurance, the black metallic did not match the genders in certain lights, not good.

I've put PPF on 6 cars now. Worth it for the cost vs repaint/ not matching etc. Especially if you care about the car.

Shop around, ensure you have a quality installer.

 

In addition to the full front, I did the doors and rear quarters.
Saved me when the idiots at the dealer dinged my driver-side door. They paid for the fix (at my installer) but if the PPF hadn't been there, it would have been a re-spray of the door.

 

How much does it cost to have a hood repainted? $700 seems like a lot of money for some plastic on a flat surface.

 

Thanks for the various advice here. I noticed that wheel well lip where the fenders roll into the wheel well do get a lot of grit thrown at them, and I decided to do full front, including fenders. Dropped the car off today for the cleaning / minor correction / PPF install. Will get it back later this week.

Still feels weird to me to put so much plastic on a car, but I know it does help. Onward.

 

Two options:
- rarely drive it, stay off main roads to avoid traffic and limit speeds to under 30 mph, don’t need to waste any $$ on PPF.
- drive hell out of it, keep forever, don’t worry about it, have front end/hood PPF, and professionally touched up every few years if needed elsewhere

Admission:
- have front, half hood, and mirrors on mine. Mirrors a waste, front end worth it, and wish full hood as I’ve picked up couple chips on hood above PPF. No issues with doors or rear quarter panels which have no PPF.

 

^^^this

 

I did. Got the Xpel PPF for the bumper, headlights, turn signals, fenders, hood, mirrors, stone guards and rear fender splash guard area.