PPF on side mirrors question

[i.am.aj]

The shop I'm currently talking to about PPF says they cannot wrap the side view mirrors in 1 piece. For those with PPF, are your mirrors wrapped with a single piece of PPF or 2?

 

[UWGorilla]

If the shop uses precut which for my vehicle most of the pieces were, then it is two-piece for XPEL. They can wrap the paint portion in one go if hand cut however.

 

[JDWL]

The shop I'm currently talking to about PPF says they cannot wrap the side view mirrors in 1 piece. For those with PPF, are your mirrors wrapped with a single piece of PPF or 2?

Mine is wrapped with 1 piece

 

[Dwhumans]

PPF on my mirrors are hand-cut, one piece

 

[Wennfred]

This is the inside portion of the mirror, the side that faces the window, as you can see the line it’s cut around 1/4 inch around it. Also the bottom front of the aluminum is PPF also.

 

[Wennfred]

So the whole front and outer side is fully protected, One piece but does not cover the inside or area facing the window.

Fred

 

[i.am.aj]

This is making me hesitant to spend $5500 for xpel stealth with that line there...anyone have xpel stealth and the 2 piece wrap on the side mirrors that they can post a picture of?

 

[Wennfred]

This is making me hesitant to spend $5500 for xpel stealth with that line there...anyone have xpel stealth and the 2 piece wrap on the side mirrors that they can post a picture of?

You can’t even tell, I just saw it when it was mentioned on here, I thought it was a complete wrap too, that’s Xpel also. $5500.00 is great deal if it’s a full wrap, it’s $7000.00 here.


Fred

 

[i.am.aj]

Ohhh. Sorry to bring it to your attention! Appreciate the pictures btw!

 

[SMAlset]

Mine is wrapped in one piece. My installer has a lot of years installing PPF and working on Teslas and a little while before I got my car he had started doing it as one piece. Has to be stretched just right and can be tricky. My husband's car was done about a year and half before mine and is two pieces--in clear Xpel like Wennfred's. They did a nice job on it but one piece would be preferred if it can be done well. If they run into a problem with the stretching you'll have a pucker and it will have to be redone if it can't be adjusted to lay flat.

 

[Rockster]

My side mirror wrap has a seam. It's subtle and hasn't been a problem.

 

[i.am.aj]

Just talked to the PPF shop and I gave him the feedback. He's going to have his installer test doing it in one piece on the owners cars. Either way it sounds like it's not a big deal.

 

[sandiegogreg]

I have one piece Xpel. No issues and looks clean. I really think it depends on installer experience. Pre-cut kits are easier to install I think, but having seams doesn’t look great IMO. Same with rear window tint. Many installers do two piece jobs. Less expensive, but has a seam.

 

[03DSG]

My mirrors are wrapped in 1 piece of Clearguard Nano SR. Full frontal with the only pre-cut pieces being the head and fog lights. You can see a small stone hit in the 2nd photo on the lower front edge:

 

[KenC]

It can be 1-piece, but it requires alot of stretching, as you can imagine.

 

[Adam3]

My Xpel Ultimate is face of mirror only. Installer wrapped all other edges so I don't think he did this to cut corners. I assumed the thicker Ultimate was too difficult to apply full coverage in one piece.

 

[ac_sj]

Mine is wrapped in one piece. My installer has a lot of years installing PPF and working on Teslas and a little while before I got my car he had started doing it as one piece. Has to be stretched just right and can be tricky. My husband's car was done about a year and half before mine and is two pieces--in clear Xpel like Wennfred's. They did a nice job on it but one piece would be preferred if it can be done well. If they run into a problem with the stretching you'll have a pucker and it will have to be redone if it can't be adjusted to lay flat.

could you share your installer info? Thx

 

[SMAlset]

could you share your installer info? Thx

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