Thanks for sharing. With my wall unit being installed yesterday and my charge time set to 11p-5a (my best times) I'll be curious to see my costs. My husband has done some research on what to expect but my utility bill will tell all.
Congrats!
I am going to Paint Protection Pros in Napa, getting a full front and a rear bumper wrap (for protection when loading my folding ebike and other nonsense), and ceramic over all.
What are the benefits of ceramic coating, if you're getting the PPF on front and rear bumper? I watched a video on YouTube that indicated ceramic coating is a DIY project, but I don't think I'm talented enough to try it. Right now, my plan is to have a full front PPF wrap professionally applied.
I’m getting PPF with the Ceramic coating already applied to the PPF. Xpel Fusion. Then I’m just having all the windows ceramic coated. I decided to get the whole car PPF.
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Are you having PPF w/ Ceramic applied to the entire car? I'll ask about Ceramic coating when I take it in for the PPF later this week. Is Ceramic coating mainly to protect against automatic car wash scratches?
The Xpel Fusion supposedly has the ceramic coating already infused in the PPF. So the whole car will be coated and they will then do the windows separately. Ceramic coating protects the paint while the PPF does the same but also protects the paint from scratches, etc, which ceramic doesn’t do.
PPF is partly hydrophobic, but not nearly as hydrophobic as a ceramic coated paint. Most installers will tell you that putting ceramic on top of PPF and on your paint will create a more consistent finish, which will then clean consistently. Also, I want ceramic on the doors so that everything is very easy to clean.
I have read good things about fusion. However, a couple of installers told me that the hydrophobic qualities do not last as long as PPF plus ceramic. That may or may not be true, I’m just relaying what I was told, and why I made the decision I did.
Full front with custom, wraparound panels, rear bumper, ceramic, windshield protection, wheel protection, was all just under $3500.
The Xpel Fusion has a 10 year warranty. In about 4 years I’ll have the whole car re-ceramiced. My installer said it would cost me the same to only partial PPF and then add ceramic. So I decided I’d rather have full PPF protection with the ceramic already in it. Better protection in my mind.
