Payment Protection Film - good idea?

[Pioneer]

Quite often I would noticed small dings in the PPF where stones had hit. Even the odd bit of grit embedded in it. After the usual wash just ran some hot water over it and the damaged areas seemed to disappear and the PPF would look like new. That was SunTec, very clever stuff compared to the early PPFs. Full wrap isn't too bad but if you only do the front impact areas the trick is to get a product that doesn't change the finish. You don't want a super glossy front end!

[v12v8]

Pioneer said:

Quite often I would noticed small dings in the PPF where stones had hit. Even the odd bit of grit embedded in it. After the usual wash just ran some hot water over it and the damaged areas seemed to disappear and the PPF would look like new. That was SunTec, very clever stuff compared to the early PPFs. Full wrap isn't too bad but if you only do the front impact areas the trick is to get a product that doesn't change the finish. You don't want a super glossy front end!

Agreed. That's why I had the whole car wrapped :-)

[v12v8]

DarrenKMC said:

v12v8 said:

Definitely. 3 weeks after getting my car an "enthusiast" rubbed against the wing with a heavy zip and scoured the PPF. It protected the paint. Cost to replace the PPF on the damaged panel was c £150. Has the car not had PPF, the cost of matching the volcano paint was quoted as being "substantial". Given the excess on my insurance, this would have been a real cost to me.

Hi Nick, Hope you're enjoying your car, it looks awesome; Congrats!
By pure coincidence I was stood in the reception at Topaz collecting a car when you called them regarding the damaged PPF. Any damage is unfortunate but thought to myself glad you did it and have seen benefit already!

Cheers Darren. Topaz were excellent and the wrap of the whole car is very professional. They followed up with a visit to my house to check the PPF around 10 days later and fixed some minor flaws. Top service. My Maser GTS will get the same treatment later in the year.