Wait to apply PPF, or no?

[SaloonGoon]

Seems to be a lot of mixed opinions about waiting a month to have PPF installed. My P will be my new daily driver, and it’ll see lots of disgusting Bay Area freeways right after delivery.

Have the Xpel applied immediately, or wait?

 

[N54TT]

Seems to be a lot of mixed opinions about waiting a month to have PPF installed. My P will be my new daily driver, and it’ll see lots of disgusting Bay Area freeways right after delivery.

Have the Xpel applied immediately, or wait?

Immediately. With the way paints are baked at the factory these days...there’s really no outgassing that you need to wait for. Plus if you wait you’re risking developing chips before the ppf is put on. I had my ppf appointment scheduled the day after I took delivery.

 

[Don TLR]

Wait for what, a bunch of rock chips to show up, my PPF guy squeezed me in as I had a trip planned to San Diego as soon as I got the car but he moved some other people around and got me in before my trip, so glad he did that.

 

[jkoya]

I've only heard about the waiting of 30 days if your car was recently re-painted at a body or paint shop.... For example, my Model 3 was delivered with several paint defects, which required repainting of several panels at a Tesla Approved body shop. Body shop told me to wait 30 days before PPF installation on all of the repainted panels.

 

[M3 Dream]

Always wait at least 30 days. Even with perfect painting methods and curing (which Tesla does not have) the paint needs proper time to cure.

If you ever decide to remove it, you will be thankful that the paint properly cured beforehand.

 

[SaloonGoon]

Immediately. With the way paints are baked at the factory these days...there’s really no outgassing that you need to wait for. Plus if you wait you’re risking developing chips before the ppf is put on. I had my ppf appointment scheduled the day after I took delivery.

This was always my thought process

Wait for what, a bunch of rock chips to show up, my PPF guy squeezed me in as I had a trip planned to San Diego as soon as I got the car but he moved some other people around and got me in before my trip, so glad he did that.

Off-gassing and curing.... I guess, as stated above, there’s no need

I've only heard about the waiting of 30 days if your car was recently re-painted at a body or paint shop.... For example, my Model 3 was delivered with several paint defects, which required repainting of several panels at a Tesla Approved body shop. Body shop told me to wait 30 days before PPF installation on all of the repainted panels.

hmmmm.... even though they also bake the paint at body shops ‍

Always wait at least 30 days. Even with perfect painting methods and curing (which Tesla does not have) the paint needs proper time to cure.

If you ever decide to remove it, you will be thankful that the paint properly cured beforehand.

So my premise is confirmed; there’s no real consensus


Thanks for the feedback!!