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Wraps!
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Sandiegodoug
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We have an almost 2year old pearl white x and it still looks beautiful. I would ceramic coat if anything. We did nothing, only wax regular and garage when not in use. Pearl white best color for x.
I just got mine wrapped in satin white pearl with a ceramic coat. It’s great. I thought about doing the xpel stealth, but it was going to cost about twice as much. The ceramic coat is pretty amazing. I live in SoCal and it’s been raining a bit lately, but my car manages to look clean even after the rain. If you’re in Orange County, I would highly recommend Dipendable Guys in Costa Mesa.
I thought the two were the same and wasn’t aware that satin white is different. I just went off pictures and told the guy which one I wanted, which happens to be the satin pearl white.
Yes, at first, I was hesitant on the wrap as I didn’t know whether it’ll affect the sensors, but the installer assured me that it wouldn’t. Everything works just like it did before the wrap. Xpel is double the price of a vinyl wrap.
GalaxySurfer
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Ceramic Coat, regardless.. if you wrap it (personally i would suggest a wrap 3M my fave) after its wrapped ceramuc coat that and the glass. If you dont wrap, you should still ceramic coat. Ceramic over wrap makes cleaning like 1000 times easier, 75
% of the time you can wash a ceramic/wrapped with a hose spray off.
% of the time you can wash a ceramic/wrapped with a hose spray off.
ForTheLoveOfX
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I just had mine wrapped and I didn't know about the ceramic coat finish. How do they do it and whats the costs?
GalaxySurfer
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I actually wasnt present during the ceramic coating, but im assuming its sprayed on like paint. Its 100% clear and can be done to glass also. You wont notice its there till you hit the car with water, and it instantly sheets off (even after extended time, it doesnt wear off)
As for cost, for me i had a bunch of stuff done at once but i'd assume around 1k would be a safe guess.
GalaxySurfer
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ForTheLoveOfX
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Thats rad! I noticed that the vinyl wrap helped already with water shedding but I bet the ceramic coat would be amazing! Your black X looks amazing! Heres my ocean shimmer:
Ceramic Coating is not sprayed on. It is more similar to a wax application. Wax on wax off.
Ceramic Coating does not make your car look like the above Model X either. That satin finish is the result of either a satin finish clear bra or a satin finish vehicle wrap. You can ADD ceramic coating to either option too. The average cost for a full car ceramic coating is $1,500 - $2,500 depending on the shop, location, and products used.
Ceramic Coating does not make your car look like the above Model X either. That satin finish is the result of either a satin finish clear bra or a satin finish vehicle wrap. You can ADD ceramic coating to either option too. The average cost for a full car ceramic coating is $1,500 - $2,500 depending on the shop, location, and products used.
hill
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Here's one of two different colored MX's i clicked off, near South OC train station ... gold pearl on orange;
All chrome blacked out too.
Is it anybody here?
Still looking for the other Colored X picture ....
inthe mean time - check out the all-weather tires when a guy made a right turn;
Then there was this
All chrome blacked out too.
Is it anybody here?
Still looking for the other Colored X picture ....
inthe mean time - check out the all-weather tires when a guy made a right turn;
Then there was this
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How much are these vinyl wraps costing? I have a pearl white 3 bought last year and I ended up ceramic coating it myself the day after I brought it home. I was weary of doing it as people online did not recommend doing it because they say its extremely difficult to properly prep it etc. I am glad I did it myself as it only was 2 hours of my time + $75 in supplies which I was able to use for other cars. I would never drop $2k to have a professional ceramic coat a car as I feel its just a waste of money.
If you are satisfied with the paint and cleanliness you don't need to do much prep. I had a clean car and did a panel wipe of isopropyl alcohol 50:50 water mix. After I simply just applied the cquartz ceramic coat on the sponge applicator for 30-40 seconds in a 3x3 foot section and wiped off with a microfiber cloth.
Its been 1.5 years and the car is easy to wash. I did it also on a black Model 3 of a family members. And this weekend Im doing the same on my P100D X.
If you are satisfied with the paint and cleanliness you don't need to do much prep. I had a clean car and did a panel wipe of isopropyl alcohol 50:50 water mix. After I simply just applied the cquartz ceramic coat on the sponge applicator for 30-40 seconds in a 3x3 foot section and wiped off with a microfiber cloth.
Its been 1.5 years and the car is easy to wash. I did it also on a black Model 3 of a family members. And this weekend Im doing the same on my P100D X.
Xminus6
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I've heard that PPF is also much harder to install. I've watched some Vinyl wrap installs on Youtube, and while it doesn't look easy, it seems like it has a lot more foregiveness than PPF.
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