I strongly suggest you should clean & correct the pant first. Once you apply all contaminates and imperfections will be (semi) permanently sealed below the ceramic. No since in doing a less than ½ job on something that is VERY long term.
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Day 1 of 2 Ceramic coating/Very impressed with build quality (pics)
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Mrcarcrazy
In need of a shrinking gun to zap a plaid with.
Looks great, once my car gets the PPF I’ll be doing the same CQuartz is already here waiting on me to have the time to drive 6hrs to the guy I want to PPF it.
Kleenerth3
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Absolutely!!! This part of my process took 2 full days and I went through 3 polishing pads. The swirls in the paint would be a stretch to call "micro".
Julien is right, w/o correction, the ceramic will make each imperfection more visible and it will drive you nuts.
I used Adam's ceramic but the ends the same and I'm so glad I did.
Kleenerth3
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Well ain't that a peach !!!Best/worst thing is the car never gets really dirty (especially when it rains it "clean") to MAKE you wash it but when you do.........water can't touch this.
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I love the way ceramics make a car look.
When it's dry it looks wet. When it's wet...
BAM.
Nice job and beautiful car!
jebinc
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Kleenerth3
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One thing you said at the top of the thread, the build quality has gotten so good. Ya, we're putting extra shine on them, but the panel gaps y'all posted on your cars are awesome. All 4 of my door gaps are within 1/16". My frunk hood gap is exactly the same, end to end. I worked harder to get rid of the micro- swirls than the minimal amount of orange peel.
DAMN I love my M3 and I love yours too!
DAMN I love my M3 and I love yours too!
jebinc
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Zero gap or alignment issues on my June biuld, and I mean ZERO. No dust nibs, swirls or other abominations
on mine as others have reported on this forum..Yea I think Tesla has mastered the STANDARD art/science of car manufacture. The only problem is you have the "Apple Maps" left over effect. Now any problem gets magnified and blamed as on the past ways.
Mrcarcrazy
In need of a shrinking gun to zap a plaid with.
Have to agree. The panel gaps are very consistent on my car, I’ve located one dust particle in the paint but it’s in a spot that nobody’s going to ever notice it so I’m. It going to worry with it.
The paint job and quality appears to be at least as good as our BMW and far superior to my 2017 Jeep.
The paint job and quality appears to be at least as good as our BMW and far superior to my 2017 Jeep.
Kleenerth3
Member
I found 2 tiny dust nibs, one under the Xpel clear bra. Another thread mentioned not needing to polish and prep underneath the Xpel but I'm glad I did. Installer said it would have left a tiny air Halo immediately around it
Still amazing how nice the original paint job was. I mean we're talking a handful of nibs between all of us... NICE.
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