VERY happy with the results from All American Paint Protection, located about 3 minutes by car from the Rockville Service Center. Brett and Tiffany Miller took care of:
(1) Full-body Xpel Ultimate
(2) Ceramic pro, multiple layers, on top of the Xpel
(3) Ceramic Pro interior sealant thingie for all the seats and Alcantara and whatnot
I received frequent communications from Brett throughout the process, including pictures of the work in progress. Brett was patient with all of my questions and concerns... and I can be somewhat questioning and concerning.
Brett is obsessive about details(*), extremely knowledgeable about his business and the products he offers. I have multiple examples to offer.
When we walked around the car for the first time, he learned that there were new cameras in the B pillars as well as new cameras on the side of the car, hiding in these little flanges. He called a master technician at Tesla and learned that these were hi-def cameras... layering plastic on top of them *might* result in a diminution of their performance. Or not. But it wasn't a sure thing. So he devised a plan to wrap around the cameras hiding in the flanges and to use a ton of Ceramic Pro layers on the B pillars instead of Xpel.
It turns out that part of wrapping the car's rear bumper includes removing and restoring the badging. Normally, this can be accomplished by taking the factory badging and re-applying some adhesive. But that's not easily done for the P100DL badging, which has a thing line underneath the P100D part. That underline is too thin to safely apply adhesive without making a mess on the car. With the P100DL, you need to get an entire new badge from Tesla (which already has its own adhesive). It's not expensive, but it's an issue that needs to be dealt with. So even before I brought the car in, Brett asked me the model number and then brought up this issue. Brett was willing to handle the whole interaction with Tesla, but since I love dealing with Tesla myself, and since I was already in discussions with them about paying for and taking delivery on the vehicle, I handled it. Tesla sold me some new badges along with the car.
But... but... then Brett found that the new badge I'd been given was NOT quite right. The underline didn't reach all the way across the P100D! Probably the underline had been meant for a P90D. So first Brett sent me a picture of the problem and then checked with me to find out whether I cared (I did). Then he took care of explaining the issue to Tesla (they didn't believe him at first) and obtaining the correct replacement.
On delivery day, Brett not only walked around the car with me to point out all the details, he got down on his hands and knees and crawled around with me looking at the bottom of the car as well. After a lengthy search, I was able to find two small bubbles down at the bottom of the bumper, which required lowering my head near the floor and looking up to find them. These are bubbles that will soon be gone when they finish drying.
In truth, it was an excellent wrap. Even better than the one I had done in Massachusetts, and I was darned happy with that one! Every possible edge was tucked. The paintwork is bright and beautiful and the clear wrap is impossible to find unless you know where to look. I am very impressed!
(Incidentally, 50% or more of the work was done by Tiffany. So the kudos go to both of them.)
Contact info:
Alan
(*)I like auto guys who are obsessive about details!!
A few pix now... one note about the pix. They were taken as work in progress by AAPP, and you might be able to see bubbles if you enlarge the pictures (especially in the first picture of Tiffany at work). Except as I noted above, all bubbles were dry/gone by the time I picked up the car. You might also be able to see what look like smudges (again, you have to blow up the pictures)... these are reflections of the floor. In real life, the car was immaculate at pickup.
