I noticed a couple very small spots on my car like this. With my previous WRX I had a truck drop decent sized rocks that broke my front windshield, dented in the metal between the windshield and sunroof and had three big dents in the hood. In that case the XPEL came out completely undamaged and they were able to get the dents out without ruining the film. That was with the previous generation XPEL.
It really is a good product and it paid for itself for me many times over with both cars. I drive about 15,000 miles a year on i71 where the speed limit is 70 MPH so it’s a must. I am dreading the broken windshield that will come some day.