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jack49 said:
Thank much Stradale. As a newbie on the forum, I'm just getting somewhat used to the great collection of information. I'll have to hunt down the local 3M vendor for estimate. I think I'll wait until it warms up to have the film put on....ie April/May. Sorry for the stupid questions.
We have a great event this weekend (Sat.) in my area,,just outside of Twin Cities in Osceloa ,Wisconsin called "Wings and Wheels" ---sponsored by MBI Publishing (big car publisher).. Should be over 2000 cars of all makes/types and over 100 planes. If anyone is around , I recommend it for a nice field trip to the country.
jack49
WELCOME to the forum then !
I didn't see any stupid question. Besides there's no such thing as a stupid question. (my teachers used to love that saying) Guess they're right though.
I'm a huge fan of the clear bra and body armour. My CS has the bottom 1/3 of the hood, the entire front bumper, the bottom 1/3 of the doors, the entire rocker panels into the car (to prevent chips from the road and marks/scratches from shoes), behind each wheel, the lights and the mirrors. My 997 S cab has everything above minus the mirrors and the doors. Paint chips and dings suck the big one. The stuff really protects so the big pluses are much less damage, better re-sale (not just because the car isn't damaged but because other car nuts will know you're anal)
LOL !! you can remove it if you hate it (UNLIKE Damaged paint) and a big one for me whenever I'm driving - piece of mind. I honestly enjoy my cars more with a little less stress this way. For me that's big.
The most important part is finding the RIGHT installer. The quality of the install is everything with this product. To answer your question it shouldn't peel at all and can be replaced if damaged. But it can really take abuse before needing to be replaced. In other words if you have to replace a piece of 3M chances are your paint would have been trashed from the impact.
The cons - To some people they don't like the line on the hood. It doesn't bother me. On Silver cars the film is less noticable. On black cars you can see it more.