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'09 GTR full front half wrapped in Xpel PPF Ultimate
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<blockquote data-quote="ROMM" data-source="post: 11633200" data-attributes="member: 8588"><p><strong>Rant begin</strong></p><p></p><p>I am definitely in the minority, but I don't care at all for these wraps. I have had a few nice cars that had this stuff all over (Superformance Shelby Cobra, Noble M400) and I hated it. They do the job they are supposed to but look bad and totally detract from the paint after a year or two. They were installed perfectly on my cars, too. Also pulling them off can be a costly experience as I found out with my Superformance. Had some nicks on the front of the clear stuff which looked really bad after it started to peel, so when it was removed, it pulled a nickel sized piece of my paint off! Totally pissed. It was probably installed before the paint cured. It would have been better to not ever had the clear stuff on and just touched up the paint. This is what I have done with my Noble. Pulled off all the the clear stuff on the front of the car (no problems this time) and got the matching paint code and the car looks brand new for just a couple hundred bucks. Do it all again in a few years if it gets nicked up. I still have the clear stuff on other parts of the car - the air inlets that stick out on the side are wrapped, the rear wing is totally wrapped and the side mirrors are wrapped. Also what sucks about this stuff is when you detail your car. For example, my Noble had half of the front wrapped and my Superformance had the bulging rear qaurters wrapped. When you detail and polish/wax your car, it was so obvious this stuff was on the car. You just don't get that bling affect with this stuff on the car, especially when there is a metallic finish in the paint. The manufacturers put these beautiful paint jobs on these cars with the layers of clear coat and such, and then the first thing we do is cover it up. What was the point of having the beautiful paint job in the first place? So the guy who rips it off years from now can enjoy the awesome paint? This is just my opinion and experience with this stuff. I know I am in the minority. Ever cool ass car I buy has this stuff all over it from the previous owner. Being that your car is white and you did your whole car probably your experience will be nothing like mine. Looks like you did a nice install job looking at the pics. Doing a total install means you shouldn't have the obvious lines of where the Xpel starts and ends. Which was another annoyance with my cars.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROMM, post: 11633200, member: 8588"] [B]Rant begin[/B] I am definitely in the minority, but I don't care at all for these wraps. I have had a few nice cars that had this stuff all over (Superformance Shelby Cobra, Noble M400) and I hated it. They do the job they are supposed to but look bad and totally detract from the paint after a year or two. They were installed perfectly on my cars, too. Also pulling them off can be a costly experience as I found out with my Superformance. Had some nicks on the front of the clear stuff which looked really bad after it started to peel, so when it was removed, it pulled a nickel sized piece of my paint off! Totally pissed. It was probably installed before the paint cured. It would have been better to not ever had the clear stuff on and just touched up the paint. This is what I have done with my Noble. Pulled off all the the clear stuff on the front of the car (no problems this time) and got the matching paint code and the car looks brand new for just a couple hundred bucks. Do it all again in a few years if it gets nicked up. I still have the clear stuff on other parts of the car - the air inlets that stick out on the side are wrapped, the rear wing is totally wrapped and the side mirrors are wrapped. Also what sucks about this stuff is when you detail your car. For example, my Noble had half of the front wrapped and my Superformance had the bulging rear qaurters wrapped. When you detail and polish/wax your car, it was so obvious this stuff was on the car. You just don't get that bling affect with this stuff on the car, especially when there is a metallic finish in the paint. The manufacturers put these beautiful paint jobs on these cars with the layers of clear coat and such, and then the first thing we do is cover it up. What was the point of having the beautiful paint job in the first place? So the guy who rips it off years from now can enjoy the awesome paint? This is just my opinion and experience with this stuff. I know I am in the minority. Ever cool ass car I buy has this stuff all over it from the previous owner. Being that your car is white and you did your whole car probably your experience will be nothing like mine. Looks like you did a nice install job looking at the pics. Doing a total install means you shouldn't have the obvious lines of where the Xpel starts and ends. Which was another annoyance with my cars. [/QUOTE]
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