Exige S3 - Full PPF cost

[Dicko_4]

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping to pull the trigger on an Exige 350 sport soon and the chances are it may be a brand new one or nearly new one. I like the idea of putting full paint protection film on the car (preferable self healing) to help preserve the paint from the usual stone chips and to prevent swirl marks in the paint.

I understand its about £4k for a normal sized car but I'm assuming its considerably cheaper on the small Lotus. Does anyone know any recent prices for full coverage and any recommendations for PPF companies to use in the North West?

Thanks in advance

John

[Dicko_4]

Spindoctor said:

I collected mine last month and got the dealer to throw in PPF on the front clam and splitter at no cost. You may not get the whole car done for nothing but certainly worth asking.

Thats a great idea. I am getting quite a decent discount on the main car I'm interested in so its doubtful but its worth a try. Thank you

[Dicko_4]

ecain63 said:

Depends what quality of PPF you want, but £4k I'd say was about right for a whole car using decent film. I had all the important bits (front end, mirrors, skirts, rear wings and arches, rear bumper, rear trailing edges, carbon) of my car done with Xpel PPF and it was £2400+vat.

Thank you for your reply. I was hoping it would be cheaper with the car being smaller than the usual sports cars but I suppose the shape of the car makes it more difficult to apply thw PPF. Suppose it begs the question if its better to save the circa £4k outlay, have no PPF and just get it ceramic coated when collected and then detailed once a year?

My biggest problem is that I unfortunately (due to a busy lifestyle) have to rely mainly on the usual local hand car wash places to clean the car. I know this is terrible for paint with swirl marks etc but its my only option really. Hence the reason i want to have a self healing PPF if possible.

Thanks

John

Edited by Dicko_4 on Saturday 23 January 00:53

[Dicko_4]

ecain63 said:

Are you tracking the car?

I do a lot of track days which makes the PPF a no brainer.

No i wouldn't be tracking the car. Just for piece of mind against swirl marks and the odd few stone chips really.

Thanks

John

[Dicko_4]

CTE said:

Go to a decent hand car wash, they do exist...

You only need worry about the most prone areas (if you are worried that is) as listed above.

Yes thats a fair point. I may just have to look for a new (decent) car wash place as the one i currently used cleaned my Range Rover (which I've had from new) over the past 3 years and it had quite a lot of swirl marks. I used them because they were 20 seconds drive from my house. I'll try a different place this time.

I had the Range Rover detailed recently which got most of the swirl marks out. Is there a limit to how many times you can have a car detailed? Does it take away a layer or two of paint each time? Like I said in my original post I could potnetial get the car ceramic coated and detailed once a year.

Thanks

John

[Dicko_4]

Thank you for your replies everyone. Very much appreciated. Ive got a few options to explore with regards to PPF.

One of the dealers I'm in talks with about a new 350 sport got a quote from a local firm (who has done other customer cars) who said they would charge £2000 to PPF the full car. Obviously I would look into their reputation and have a detailed chat to the company before using them about the type of film used etc but this seems rather cheap in comparison to some of the other quotes people have mentioned. Im assuming this would be a lower grade PPF used? Or have others had this sort of price?

[Dicko_4]

jdmave said:

Finally collected and straight for its beauty treatment

Hi jdmave,

Beautiful car!

What work is getting done? A full PPF? If so do you mind revealing how much it costs please?

Thanks

John