Regarding wraps, it seems that all the wrap installers mentioned that you have to buy this liquid and apply it 1.5 months to upkeep the wrap, it goes for $22-25 a bottle, not sure how many uses per bottle.
From my research, XPEL Ultimate is 5200-5500, Xpel Stealth (matte) is 5400-6000, Prestige Clearguard Nano: $7900+tax, Llumar: $7,000, there are also other films that are in the market but no one in So Cal seems to be installing these films. Also some of these films have limited warranties (10 year, most common) and some have lifetime, but there are so many limitations on what is actually covered that these warranties are pretty much useless.
Another thing to consider is that if you decide to wrap the front part of the car (half the cost), the other parts of the car that isn't wrapped, it will discolor compared to the areas that are wrapped. That's why people tend to get the full wrap and not the partial wrap.
These So Cal prices are actually pretty scary compared to the other prices I've seen from vendors and fellow TMCers in other states.
I only have 40 miles on my car because I don't know what I want to do because wrapping the car is so expensive. For the guy that mentioned that 5K is a drop in the bucket for a 6 figure vehicle, for you maybe it's a drop, but for most of us, it's a large sum of money. Lol.
My wife drove it from a special Culver City presentation location back to Pasadena and it already had a small rock chip even though we were in bumper to bumper Friday night traffic on the 10 W for most of the drive.
I get that it's a first world problem hahaha, but already getting that first rock chip on the first drive home, made me think of wrapping the car along with tinting the car as well. There are plus (keeping the car clean and scratch free) and minuses (mainly cost).
