PPF - Surrey M3 J4 area

[davek_964]

My car is about to have some paintwork done - the entire front end, plus some other bits. When I bought the car 6 months ago it was absolutely immaculate - but in that time, it's picked up a few stone chips at the front.

The paintwork is costing me nothing - but since the car will now be immaculate again, I think I'd like to protect it from more stone chips. Any recommendations for PPF in the Surrey / M3 J4 area? Obviously I'm happy to travel a bit - it needs to be a top class job.

[elitedetailer]

davek_964 said:

My car is about to have some paintwork done - the entire front end, plus some other bits. When I bought the car 6 months ago it was absolutely immaculate - but in that time, it's picked up a few stone chips at the front.

The paintwork is costing me nothing - but since the car will now be immaculate again, I think I'd like to protect it from more stone chips. Any recommendations for PPF in the Surrey / M3 J4 area? Obviously I'm happy to travel a bit - it needs to be a top class job.

We can sort it easy. However we are in Knightsbridge London if you don't mind coming into London.

[PompeyReece]

Not used them myself but read good things about GemClean, just south of J11 off the M4:

https://www.gemcleandetailing.com/

[Summit_Detailing]

I think Autocurators are in your neck of the woods.

Cheers,

Chris

[davek_964]

elitedetailer said:

We can sort it easy. However we are in Knightsbridge London if you don't mind coming into London.

Knightsbridge would probably be OK - although I'd prefer recommendations from customers rather than the business itself

I'm still unsure whether I want PPF and if so, how much of the car to do. The paintwork has now turned into a respray of the entire car, because it's been very difficult to match the paint - so it really should be perfect when it comes back.
I don't actually like PPF that much - I've seen a few cars with it now, and I think it introduces some orange peel, reduces shine a bit and means you can see edges on some panels (e.g. the top of the doors). However - my car seems to suffer quite badly when it gets chips - it had a few on the bonnet in my 6 months of ownership and they were very visible because the paint seems to go dark in a circle around the chip - about 3mm across - which looks awful.

Is it really true that PPF lets UV through? I'm thinking of restricting the PPF to just the front of the car, or maybe the "track pack" - i.e. front and lower panels - but I'm concerned that the paint will fade at different rates and I'll end up with a mismatched panels.

My gut feeling is that I should ignore PPF and just get a ceramic coat - but I know I'll curse when I get my first bonnet stone chip.......

[davek_964]

PompeyReece said:

Not used them myself but read good things about GemClean, just south of J11 off the M4:

https://www.gemcleandetailing.com/

I did get a quote from them, but they just didn't convince me for some reason.

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