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Only you can really determine what's worth it or not, but let me help to get you thinking - what are you trying to accomplish with PPF? Protection from scratches from normal daily driving? Protection from swirls made during washing of the car? Protection from accidental damage from rocks and stuff?Hi
I just got a new Tesla model 3 red. Are paint protection films worth the price ? I got an offer for full hood , bumper xpel paint protection film for $1500 but wanted to check with you all whether it is worth the effort and price.
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Hi
I just got a new Tesla model 3 red. Are paint protection films worth the price ? I got an offer for full hood , bumper xpel paint protection film for $1500 but wanted to check with you all whether it is worth the effort and price.
Regards
S
Hi
Does Opti coat protect against basic scratches ?
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100% worth every penny! I've owned over 20 cars and the front end of the last new car I acquired was trashed after 15K miles.
Great quality PPF has a 10-year warranty + self heals from minor damage. Do full frontal and anything in the forward facing path: bumper, headlights, hood, fenders, mirrors, etc.. The rocker panels really get beat up as well and worth doing those.
I put a 911 turbo through the ringer on road rallies and my paint looked flawless after extreme high-speed cross country driving. Even had a piece of metal hit the hood of an S4 on the highway and the mark it left on the hood disappeared after a couple days.
Even windshields take a beating as there is a company that offers glass PPF as well. Those little sparkles you see when sun hits the glass head on..... thats what an unprotected front end looks like.
Only you can really determine what's worth it or not, but let me help to get you thinking - what are you trying to accomplish with PPF? Protection from scratches from normal daily driving? Protection from swirls made during washing of the car? Protection from accidental damage from rocks and stuff?
If you're only doing the front, then I'm assuming its to protect from scratches from normal daily driving. If that's the case, how are you taking care of the rest of the car? Would you be content with just the front or would you want to do the entire car at a cost of around $6K?
If you want it for protection from rocks and stuff, perhaps your insurance is good enough? Or even if you go out of pocket to pay for repairs, it might take more than one of those to break even on your cost (assuming it even protects you fully).
Just want to keep the car shiny and sparkling? Well you could always just go OptiCoat or some other similar hydrophobic coating (or put the sweat equity into a wax job).
As for me? I'll just two-bucket wash it, wax it when it suits me, and have insurance take care of the occasional damage from rocks and whatnot. I'm not keen on spending 10% of the vehicle on a full wrap, and doing anything less seems like I might as well just not do it at all.
That's my personal opinion anyway - hope it helps to at least make you ask more questions to get you towards a decision that works for you.
Yep.How does insurance help with rock chips? Isn't that considered normal wear and tear?
Yes. Beyond silver and white and the like, the "battle damage" is more apparent with deeper/darker colors.I'm picking up my red version this week. Would red be more noticeable of rock chips and other 'daily wear' damage compared to other colours? I've only owned white cars before.