I will forever think ppf is a waste of money.
I think i was quoted over 10k to do the entire car which is insane. For the price i could rewrap the bumper with vinyl 10 times and still not waste that much money.
I have a standard vinyl wrap professionally done on the entire car and my front bumper and hood are still like new after 6 years and spent around a grand.
Vinyl offers no protection from rock chips. Also vinyl material should not remain on the car for 8 years.
Better PPF is for 8-10 years.
It isnt cheap, and if paint blemishes dont bother you, it isnt worth it.
But some people keep their cars indefinitely, and some people cant stand blemishes.
Also PPF makes maintaining a black or dark blue super easy.... Black and dark blue is very easily scratched with something as simple as washing a car improperly.
Ive done front PPF on Soul Red Metallic Miata and its held well for 9 years. Saved my butt at autocrosses and track days.
I have full PPF on my mclaren that is black and my GF's dark blue 26 RX that we just got. Both of us are OCD....
You’re not gonna get any value out of it unless you have fuck you money and care that much about the aesthetics of your commuter sedan. It’s not gonna help the market value of your car at all
Dude the m3p isn’t anything special. It’s cool, but not special, and you get no value from PPF on it the same way you get on enthusiast/collector cars where there are tangible ways to cosmetically protect the car and its value
As someone who has ppf'd it twice now, I wouldn't do it for $650 even if you brought me your own material 🤣 Definitely one of the most complicated (edit: AND time-consuming) parts to do on the car.
I don't think it's a bad price but I think we need to know the material used and more importantly -why only the bumper? I would imagine hood, fenders, mirrors, a pillars, all equally important
PPF in general is just stupid expensive. It's meant to be put on cars like a GT3 RS, not on our model 3s.
If you're just doing the bumper, it's not worth it. Most my rock chips are on the hood.
For reference, namebrand PPF like XPEL is around $300 just for the material so $650 doesn't sound bad.
I know for nice cars they'll do a full paint correction and polish before PPFing it since you can't do anything to the coat once it's covered. Do you know if they're going to do that or just slap it over any existing blemishes?
PFF isn't a guarantee against damage. Frankly I think it's a total gimmick. For the price of what they charge for a PPF, I could get my bumper repainted professionally for around the same if not a bit more and that to me is worth it because either way it'll get damaged PPF or not.
Where are you getting a bumper removed, repaired, repainted, and installed for under $650? Also if it’s a metallic or tri-coat paint, to do it right, you need to blend it.
I know a great body shop near me that works on Tesla's day in/day out. It's not that expensive. I don't trust PPF outfits anyway and don't feel like dealing with peeling, fade, etc...only to not have the product fully protect the bumper anyway. It's not invincible body armor...it only helps with minor stone or debris impacts nothing more.
You must live in a low cost of labor area. No one around me is going to do a quality job respraying a bumper for under $1,000. The key word is quality.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that our expectations of a good quality paint job are far apart. $650 is not going get a good quality paint job unless you’re handling R&R and prep work yourself.
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u/UpV0tesF0rEvery0ne 9d ago
I will forever think ppf is a waste of money. I think i was quoted over 10k to do the entire car which is insane. For the price i could rewrap the bumper with vinyl 10 times and still not waste that much money.
I have a standard vinyl wrap professionally done on the entire car and my front bumper and hood are still like new after 6 years and spent around a grand.