Buteo

My installer placed a small piece of the matte film on the car and I drove with it for a day or so. I decided against the matte look and am going with regular ppf on the front clip, rockers, rear splash, mirrors. Opti pro + to follow as the was just recently paint corrected.

I think I may look at the matte film again when the gt4 is in need of new film. A matte voodoo blue would be interesting.

MagicRat

I can offer only gloss...

Buteo

My cars cousin!

nwGTS

I'm literally at my PPF guy's shop now (UMBRA in Chicagoland.. highly respected here) talking through all the new tech in PPF.
Suntek's new line of PPF has both matte and gloss film. The new tech is a hydrophobic coating layer on top of the film much like a ceramic coating. They were the first to release it. 3M and xpel are not for behind and this is the next step in PPF tech which has advanced a lot just in the past 5 years. 10 year warranty on it too. Right now he is recommending this new Suntek for both matte and gloss applications.

MagicRat

Mrs Rat less of a petrolhead than the biological family (see post on why I'm selling my Kline exhaust!). It is red though...






Beautiful! Blue and yellow do go together *so* well

99-911

Any photos of Matt/ Satin PPF on Guards Red 991.1 ?
TIA

Bud Taylor

$6400 is highway robbery, I paid 2k and the job was perfect. Yes entire car.

QUOTE=Buteo;14086032]Has anyone put this ppf on your car? My GTS in GT silver is in need of paint film and I am considering this as an option.

Pros
- unique finish, almost matte like but not quite
- entire car is protected from chips
- self healing film

cons
- expensive (I was quoted 6200 and 6400 at two different shops)
- possibly may get tired of the look (doubt it as its subtle)


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cbredesen

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That lower price is likely the thinner wrap and not the thicker PPF. $5K+ is the going rate for full high quality PPF almost everywhere. If your job is in fact the thicker Xpel etc, I'd love to see the result.

pkalhan

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$2k for full PPF wrap? I hope you know what you are getting man. I have never ever seen prices that low for a full PPF wrap.

MingusDew

Just had our Taycan done with clear PPF, and got a quote for stealth wrap on the RS3. Price in my area is $2k for front end, $3k for a “race wrap” (front, a-pillar, rocker panels, rear lower fascia), and $6k for full wrap. Price scaled with size of car, little more for the Taycan, little less for the RS3. I got quotes from about 6 shops in my area around north Los Angeles.

pkalhan

Yeah that is how it is in my area as well. Front end is like $2k, the track pack is about $3 to $4k, and the full wrap is about $6k. My installer would throw in the ceramic coating for free if I did the full wrap. Price for ceramic coating goes up with the less PPF I have applied.

Bud Taylor

For 6K I would literally take a week and go to a school to learn how to do it myself. It takes an installer 8 hours and say the product cost $800 (the regular stuff cost $400 for a kit with a plotter). $6200 -800=$5400. $5400 / 8 hours the install takes is $675 AN HOUR !!! Inflation is real and buying things at stupid prices promotes further inflation

cbredesen

If your facts are correct, the market will adjust over time - it's not like there's a PPF cartel. So far that hasn't happened [much]. If you do get your job done at $2K for the whole car, I'd love to know how thick the material is and what brand they used (if it's possible to know). Should be maybe 8mil in thickness vs the 3-4 for vinyl wrap. Share photos of the job around the edges etc. Then longer term how it holds up.

Cutting the price in 1/3 at the current quality of good installs would be a game changer. However, I remain skeptical.

pkalhan

I would not call it inflation as I got mine done in 2018 and paid about $4k for the track package and ceramic coating. If you got all of that for $2k, good for you. You are the outlier of all the people I know who have gotten PPF done personally and on this forum.

Upscale Audio

I was told directly by Xpel DO NOT use Ceramic coating on their film. This came from the factory when I called them. Now I suspect they see $$$ signs and started selling their own. I suspect ceramic for film may be different than for paint?

As to pricing cartels, I bet that the best companies making film want to keep it profitable. If you don't follow certain pricing guidelines they don't sell you the film. Happens in many industries.

It works that way in the stereo biz. I import PrimaLuna tubes gear, and it has a lower dealer margin, so everybody sells it for list. If they discount it even 12% then the margin makes it hard to support. I know one brand that will terminate you for one infraction of discounting. I don't mean advertising it cheap. I mean selling it below MSRP.