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No PPF....Are you Happy?
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jf64k
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We have two 2020 MYLR (July and August, 2020). No PPF, just ceramic coat. One has 12k miles, one has 32k miles.
Front ends look great on both. Well, the whole car looks great. The paint still looks like a mirror.
Front ends look great on both. Well, the whole car looks great. The paint still looks like a mirror.
jf64k
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jf64k
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AlexHung
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No PPF, DIY ceramic coating. 18k miles.
No issue with paint. A few paint chips. Nothing different from any cars I’ve owned.
No issue with paint. A few paint chips. Nothing different from any cars I’ve owned.
gr8tdane24
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MSM with 14,000 miles and no PPF - paint is in excellent shape. Some very small chips on front bumper but not noticeable at all from about 18". I run mudflaps which have saved the rear rocker panel area from chipping. I also drive extensively on dirt/gravel roads so all things considered I am quite happy. The chunk of change I saved not doing PPF went to new suspension, which was totally worth the money.
csrpenfab
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Same here. Just DIY Avalon King Ceramic. I run it through a good carwash with microfiber brushes at least 1x a week due to dust/sap at work parking lot. Still looks as good as new.
OP, you have a white MY. So without PPF or ceramic coating, you will get paint chips. I have a white M3 without any protection for 4 years and there are quite a lot of paint chips. They are located mostly along the front spoiler lip, front bumper. The chips are black/dark color so they are easy to spot on a white car. On our blue Tesla, there are also paint chips but really hard to see them unless you are really close. I think someone with Midnight Silver, the paint chips will just blend in.
Cyberspeed
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11k miles
no PPF ( I would however recommend getting Tesla lower door PPF and mud flaps, these areas gets BLASTED. Plastic is rough from road grit)
Winter and Highway miles since February of this year. 2-3 small rock chips. Used Tesla touch-up paint and cannot see any of the "chips". I run through a automatic brushed wash 1-3x per week depending on weather/conditions.
I just detailed this weekend and finally installed DIY Ceramic coating after 11k miles. Here are the results.
My thinking: Save the $700-$5,000 and just get the bumper/hood resprayed if/when its needed. Its a car after all and it will get dinged, chiped, and scratched......
no PPF ( I would however recommend getting Tesla lower door PPF and mud flaps, these areas gets BLASTED. Plastic is rough from road grit)
Winter and Highway miles since February of this year. 2-3 small rock chips. Used Tesla touch-up paint and cannot see any of the "chips". I run through a automatic brushed wash 1-3x per week depending on weather/conditions.
I just detailed this weekend and finally installed DIY Ceramic coating after 11k miles. Here are the results.
My thinking: Save the $700-$5,000 and just get the bumper/hood resprayed if/when its needed. Its a car after all and it will get dinged, chiped, and scratched......
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I kind of regretted getting PPF for my front bumper. It was $700. I just scraped my front bumper and the damage was $1000 to the bumper. The PPF has to be removed for repairs. So it's costing me $1700 instead of $1000. I might not put in PPF after the repairs. Like you guys said, it's probably just cheaper to respray when you need to.
unanticipated bonus to this question. All the nice pictures! keep um coming.
Rice&Curry
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PPF is a personal choice. Nothing wrong if you put it and nothing wrong if you don't put it. I have never put it in any of my previous cars , so I have not put it in any of my Teslas. If it gets a few cock chips , so be it, and if it gets really bad I will touch it up or get it repainted.
Rice&Curry
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If you run your car through a brushed car wash weekly, paint chips from not having PPF are the least of your problems. Your entire car’s paint is probably scratched to *sugar*.
Cyberspeed
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Yeah, shine a flashlight on it or even look at it at an angle. You’ll see scratches and spider webs all over. You think those dirty brushes slapping your paint aren’t scratching it?
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