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How much money is saved here? A reputable body shop near me quoted $450 for front hood PPF
I wonder if any body shop would accept taking a PPF that you purchased off ebay or wherever, and then paying them to install it?
Obviously probably wouldn't come with any warranty, but the link above is $288 for full front film... then the shop charges..... $300 to install?
For $288 in that link above, it comes with the below. Is this too good a deal to be true?
- full bumper kit
- hood & fenders kit
- mirrors kit
- headlights kit
That's a half hood half fender kit. If you could go for full hood full fender, you dont want the half line showing up after a while with dirt.
There are definitly shops that would use your kit but most would not, you would have call around.
I'm almost done installing my pre-cut suntek kit. I still have the mirrors, door handles, 3 lights and one fender to go. So far, it has taken me about 7 hours. I have some bubbles in the film. But I think I can easily take care of that. My greatest fear was getting "fingers". That is, ppf film that bunches up and will not go away. But I was able to flatten them out for this install. As expected, the hood was the easiest. I recommend doing that first to get a false sense of optimism. lol
I put my car on a ramp, for convenience when working on the bumper. Having the car higher was also a blessing when the film would drop down once in a while but still did not touch the ground. I did my install on my driveway. But I highly recommend a dust free environment. There were several times I noticed dust particles and had to lift the film to get the dust out from underneath the film.
This guy has given me a lot of useful tips:
Oh my god, I did the front bumper finally. Changed my order from having cutouts for the sensors to not having cutouts. It seemed to me that there were just too many landmarks to match, with a high risk of stretching circles into ovals. Success requires extreme patience and 4 hands, and lots of spray. You get tired, and frustrated and panic. I did, and made a relief cut, big mistake, then I settled down and did a half decent job the rest of the way. I'll try to repair my relief cut mistake by cutting out a regular shape, and replacing it. I think that'll look better in the end, than the ragged relief cut I made.
The number of fingers just seems overwhelming, and you just don't think you can squish them all down. The problem is that you're exhausted by that point. I may redo the front bumper in a couple years. Hopefully film will be easier to install by then. Everything else I did on the car, hood, bumper, doors, rockers were easy compared to the front bumper.
Oh my god, I did the front bumper finally. Changed my order from having cutouts for the sensors to not having cutouts. It seemed to me that there were just too many landmarks to match, with a high risk of stretching circles into ovals. Success requires extreme patience and 4 hands, and lots of spray. You get tired, and frustrated and panic. I did, and made a relief cut, big mistake, then I settled down and did a half decent job the rest of the way. I'll try to repair my relief cut mistake by cutting out a regular shape, and replacing it. I think that'll look better in the end, than the ragged relief cut I made.
The number of fingers just seems overwhelming, and you just don't think you can squish them all down. The problem is that you're exhausted by that point. I may redo the front bumper in a couple years. Hopefully film will be easier to install by then. Everything else I did on the car, hood, bumper, doors, rockers were easy compared to the front bumper.
Remove the plate, doesn't make sense to work around it. It's only held on by double-sided tape.Did you remove your front plate? Or just cut the film around it?
Ha, I was too lazy to remove the plate, so I precut the shape out. I mean who's going to see behind the plate, ever?Did you remove your front plate? Or just cut the film around it?
Pretty sure those are discontinued.How about using 3M Paint Defender Spray? Anyone tried it?
I made that mistake once already, watched a dozen videos had car all prepped and even the half hood on the M3 has imperfections. I gave up and still have the other pieces...my brother in law does full wraps which he claims the material for PPF is much harder to work with and he said the bumpers are usually the toughest on the M3 a little easier on the MSI wonder if any body shop would accept taking a PPF that you purchased off ebay or wherever, and then paying them to install it?
Obviously probably wouldn't come with any warranty, but the link above is $288 for full front film... then the shop charges..... $300 to install?
For $288 in that link above, it comes with the below. Is this too good a deal to be true?
- full bumper kit
- hood & fenders kit
- mirrors kit
- headlights kit