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New Car Protection Costs
- Thread starter chrismahoney23
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I've never had PPF before, but I've hated having rock chips in the nose of my vehicles, and door dings annoy me. So, when I got my Tesla, I wanted to get PPF, but was shocked at how expensive it was, adds 10% to the cost! I eventually decided to do it myself. Ordered pre-cut kits and did the easy parts first, to build up my skill level.
Hood was first, and easy. I only did bottom 2/3rd so 3M Scotchgard Pro cost $200 for 2/3rd hood, wrapped edge, fenders, mirror cups.
Then I did all 4 doors for $400. Both the hood and doors are easy, because they're quite flat. You just need 3 hands, because the door pieces are quite large. The hardest pieces are the front fenders because there are more curves, and the mirror cups need alot of stretching.
Then I did the rockers after some people started reporting sandblasting. Super easy, but you have to use ramps to get easier access. Still, I laid on my back to apply the rocker PPF. Cost $120.
Lastly, I did the front bumper for $180. What a bear! Even with all that practice, the front bumper is an order of a magnitude harder. I panicked and made a couple relief cuts to get the front to lay flat. I'm sure I could do it better given another chance. Maybe in a couple years, I'll do the front again.
Altogether $900 and I'm quite happy to have done it. The parts I didn't do are the A pillars, and rear, though I put a $10 strip of Xpel on the rear bumper sill.
If the front bumper wasn't so hard, I'd rec doing it yourself to everyone. I forgot, next time I do it, I'll do it in a garage. Outdoors, makes it harder as you need to find a windless and cloudy day.
Rocker done:
Doors done:
Front bumper:
Hood was first, and easy. I only did bottom 2/3rd so 3M Scotchgard Pro cost $200 for 2/3rd hood, wrapped edge, fenders, mirror cups.
Then I did all 4 doors for $400. Both the hood and doors are easy, because they're quite flat. You just need 3 hands, because the door pieces are quite large. The hardest pieces are the front fenders because there are more curves, and the mirror cups need alot of stretching.
Then I did the rockers after some people started reporting sandblasting. Super easy, but you have to use ramps to get easier access. Still, I laid on my back to apply the rocker PPF. Cost $120.
Lastly, I did the front bumper for $180. What a bear! Even with all that practice, the front bumper is an order of a magnitude harder. I panicked and made a couple relief cuts to get the front to lay flat. I'm sure I could do it better given another chance. Maybe in a couple years, I'll do the front again.
Altogether $900 and I'm quite happy to have done it. The parts I didn't do are the A pillars, and rear, though I put a $10 strip of Xpel on the rear bumper sill.
If the front bumper wasn't so hard, I'd rec doing it yourself to everyone. I forgot, next time I do it, I'll do it in a garage. Outdoors, makes it harder as you need to find a windless and cloudy day.
Rocker done:
Doors done:
Front bumper:
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