Paint protection advise plse
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Will soon be taking deliverly of a Porsche
Porsche have quoted me around £500 for amourfend (bumper, bonnet, wing & door mirrors) and £340 for autogylm protection inside & out (plus a bag of autoglym goodies) - no need to wax the car - guaranteed for 10yrs!!
Dealership at Porsche highly recommends amourfend - but reading on some of the forums, some have not been happy with the armourfend?
Paint shield quoted me around £1200 & permagard quoted £140. Premagaurd inform me that I do not need to wax the car for at least one year - just rinse of the excess dirt with a jet wash, and that’s it.
Any advise would be appreciated
Porsche have quoted me around £500 for amourfend (bumper, bonnet, wing & door mirrors) and £340 for autogylm protection inside & out (plus a bag of autoglym goodies) - no need to wax the car - guaranteed for 10yrs!!
Dealership at Porsche highly recommends amourfend - but reading on some of the forums, some have not been happy with the armourfend?
Paint shield quoted me around £1200 & permagard quoted £140. Premagaurd inform me that I do not need to wax the car for at least one year - just rinse of the excess dirt with a jet wash, and that’s it.
Any advise would be appreciated
No need to wax for 10 years? LOL... 
Paintshield is very good and provides full panel coverage back to the A-pillars. More coverage = higher price. I've got it and very happy with it.
I suspect the Armourfed that Porsche are offering you only provide partial panel coverage (ie, you see the lines). Partial coverage not the way to go imho.
Wax over Paintshield works well.
Paintshield is very good and provides full panel coverage back to the A-pillars. More coverage = higher price. I've got it and very happy with it.
I suspect the Armourfed that Porsche are offering you only provide partial panel coverage (ie, you see the lines). Partial coverage not the way to go imho.
Wax over Paintshield works well.
997gt3 said:
Webby addy for Paintshield info anyone please?
Ask for Tom, say Glenn sent you
He will give 20% discount to Porsche Club GB members..
www.xpeleu.com/
Edited by Glenn McMenamin on Tuesday 16th January 12:43
I don't know enough about paintshield and physical paint coverings, but I wouldn't spend the money on Diamondbrite/Autoglym etc as I think you can spend far less and get the same level of protection, albeit maybe with a little more effort involved.
Spend some money on:
A couple of buckets
A couple of grit guards
A couple of wash mitts
A bottle of paint cleaner (I use Carlack)
Wax (I use Collinite)
Some good quality microfiber towels and cloths
and you should be fine.
Spend some money on:
A couple of buckets
A couple of grit guards
A couple of wash mitts
A bottle of paint cleaner (I use Carlack)
Wax (I use Collinite)
Some good quality microfiber towels and cloths
and you should be fine.
kidhaa said:
Will soon be taking deliverly of a Porsche
Porsche have quoted me around £500 for amourfend (bumper, bonnet, wing & door mirrors) and £340 for autogylm protection inside & out (plus a bag of autoglym goodies) - no need to wax the car - guaranteed for 10yrs!!
Dealership at Porsche highly recommends amourfend - but reading on some of the forums, some have not been happy with the armourfend?
Paint shield quoted me around £1200 & permagard quoted £140. Premagaurd inform me that I do not need to wax the car for at least one year - just rinse of the excess dirt with a jet wash, and that’s it.
Any advise would be appreciated
Porsche have quoted me around £500 for amourfend (bumper, bonnet, wing & door mirrors) and £340 for autogylm protection inside & out (plus a bag of autoglym goodies) - no need to wax the car - guaranteed for 10yrs!!
Dealership at Porsche highly recommends amourfend - but reading on some of the forums, some have not been happy with the armourfend?
Paint shield quoted me around £1200 & permagard quoted £140. Premagaurd inform me that I do not need to wax the car for at least one year - just rinse of the excess dirt with a jet wash, and that’s it.
Any advise would be appreciated
Get the car detailed properly with a really high grade of carnauba, you can have it done a few times a year for that sort of price and if done correctly all the areas missed by the film will be cleaned too.
guam said:
HI Which Porsche dealership was it?
Also the other writers are absolutely correct the price difference, is due to an industry standard Kit (goes a third up the bonnet mostly) and wing ends etc V a full frontal protection from the A Pillars and Door Jamb forward. There is basically no price difference after club discounts between Armourfend and Paintshield on the Standard Kits.
Cheers
Also the other writers are absolutely correct the price difference, is due to an industry standard Kit (goes a third up the bonnet mostly) and wing ends etc V a full frontal protection from the A Pillars and Door Jamb forward. There is basically no price difference after club discounts between Armourfend and Paintshield on the Standard Kits.
Cheers
The dealership is in Tunbridge
Purely personal opinion, but if your car is black I'd be more inclined to think about some kind of paint protection.
I had TST5k done on mine in 2002 and just got it reapplied last week. Does it work and is it worth it - hard to say in all honesty - I got charged £100 for the reappliction so thought I'd just get it done. Apparently TST5k is pretty rare, so there doesn't seem to be a real verdict on it's value.
My last car was metallic silver and the paintwork looked in showroom condition after 7 years with zero treatment or waxing - yes I am that lazy.
My 996 had the Autoglym lifeshine treatment done before I collected it. It looked good, but the shine soon faded. I did a lot of research before deciding whether to apply the Autoglym products or go for Zymol (which I'd used previously on my S2000).
There's so much competing and conflicting advice out there with each supplier obviously trying to flog their own product. In the end I went back to Zymol. I was feeling flush so got Specialist Cars in Malton to give it the all day Zymol treatment. I splashed out for the Royale (think that's what they call it) wax (£7k a tub apparently!).
It looks the muts nuts. The depth of shine is far superior to the Autoglym stuff.
Zymol gets my vote every time.
There's so much competing and conflicting advice out there with each supplier obviously trying to flog their own product. In the end I went back to Zymol. I was feeling flush so got Specialist Cars in Malton to give it the all day Zymol treatment. I splashed out for the Royale (think that's what they call it) wax (£7k a tub apparently!).
It looks the muts nuts. The depth of shine is far superior to the Autoglym stuff.
Zymol gets my vote every time.
I used to work for a bodyshop that used to use various armour protect coatings on top marque cars. In my experience, they very rarely do what they say on the tin. No paint protection system is going to stop your car being chipped by stones and debris(if you think it does, try chucking a jegged stone at your bonnet and see what happens!)unless of course you have that vinyl film protection placed over the sensitive areas.
I would pocket the money and buy some quality carnuba wax, some good wash wax solution and some non-silicon based products to make your wheels and plastic and rubber bits all nice and shiny. I would also recommend Autosmart for all your detailing/valeting needs - have used it myself for years.
Glenn McMenamin said:
2nd for paintshield, just had it on an RS, and very pleased.
It means you don't cringe everytime year here the stones bouncing off of the front
of your car
G.
It means you don't cringe everytime year here the stones bouncing off of the front
of your car
G.
Glenn.....I've often noticed that cars with this kind of treatment show an odd hazey finish to the protected areas. In other words the car looks like its been painted with a hoover...............Can you detect any of this with Paintshield?
vpr said:
Glenn McMenamin said:
2nd for paintshield, just had it on an RS, and very pleased.
It means you don't cringe everytime year here the stones bouncing off of the front
of your car
G.
It means you don't cringe everytime year here the stones bouncing off of the front
of your car
G.
Glenn.....I've often noticed that cars with this kind of treatment show an odd hazey finish to the protected areas. In other words the car looks like its been painted with a hoover...............Can you detect any of this with Paintshield?
Guam where are you??....according to Tom the newer 3M finish is much better than the 'old' armourfend, and much less visible. It can be polished, and if necessary, marks taken out of it using ethyl alcohol.
I'll let you know shortly, as mine is due to be done shortly.......
PS: Tom any idea when???? ( 993TT in Riviera Blue )
If you do concours, then you won't want Paintshield. It's good, but not THAT good!
If you actually drive your car where there are either stones or grit on the road, and you don't want stonechips, then Paintshield is the way to go. Unless you know what to look for, the film is invisible and people don't even realise the car's been filmed.
If you actually drive your car where there are either stones or grit on the road, and you don't want stonechips, then Paintshield is the way to go. Unless you know what to look for, the film is invisible and people don't even realise the car's been filmed.
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