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Harley514

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Hi all, thinking of getting a complete clear wrap paint protection for my car. Firstly does anyone think it's a bad idea to get your car completely clear wrapped as a means to protect your paint job long term? Secondly who are some of the better car wrappers around Montreal? I've seen Overlay and WrapMTL on the web, any comments on them good bad? Can any wrapping/signage company wrap a car or does it need to be a specifically a car wrapping professional/specialist? Has anyone clear wrapped their car and regretted it?
Thanks!
 
I offer PPF at my shop.

PPF and vinyl wrap are 2 completely different things. Being good at one doesn't mean you'll be good at the other. Completely wrapping a car in PPF is very costly (more expensive then vinyl wrap) and, in my opinion, over kill. If the car is some kind of collectors item or a super-car, then it might be something to consider. Other than that, just the high impact areas should be covered (front end - bumper, hood, fenders, lights - rear deck and side skirts)

Always keep in mind that PPF is a sacrificial layer. It's designed to absorb impact from small road debris that would otherwise damage your vehicle's paint. So while a pro shop will net a very clean result, the film's first and foremost job is to protect paint...looking good comes 2nd.
 
Wrap is like ''insurance'' for your paint. Make sens isn't ?

People insure their car usually for less than 5% of the total worth of their car ( unless you have a very bad file and/or driving a special car and your kinda tied on the choice of broker right?). Agree again ?

So when I see clear bra selling for 1500ish for the front-end of the car. You know that a quality repaint of a front end could be had between 2 to 3k$ right ?

So.. in a certain ways, your paying about 50% of the value of the paint to ''insure'' your paint. No one would pay as much in real life for a car, so it's a bit ironic to do the same for paint.


However, there's exception where I think cleat bra is worth it ; 1. paint job is unique and could hardly be reproduced. 2. you do track and it could destroy the bottom and front prematurely 3. You do like 50k km + of highway driving per year.

I could do into more details, but this sum up short and sweet my opinion on protective film. If, however, you decide to go forward, I believe the guy at protex in laval are still fairly good-rated and should be a place to give them a call.
 
^Don't forget that if you repaint an area for roughly the same price as PPF, you LOSE value on the car. Sometimes up to 30% of what its current value is. Original paint is ALWAYS more valuable than a respray.
 
Had little idea about this, weirdly enough this pops up in my subscriptions today that might answer some.

 
JoeyV said:
^Don't forget that if you repaint an area for roughly the same price as PPF, you LOSE value on the car. Sometimes up to 30% of what its current value is. Original paint is ALWAYS more valuable than a respray.
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I agree if we're talking ''rare/limited edition'' car and I did say that when you have such a special car, then it could make sens to use PPF. However, for normal car, I don't agree. I've yet to see an used S4, selling 5k less because it was repainted.
 
cobrAAA said:
I agree if we're talking ''rare/limited edition'' car and I did say that when you have such a special car, then it could make sens to use PPF. However, for normal car, I don't agree. I've yet to see an used S4, selling 5k less because it was repainted.
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Asking price and sale price are 2 different things. I can assure you having worked with people who buy cars professionally (auctions, dealers, brokers, etc.) that a "normal car" loses value as well. Of course this is in the spectrum of relatively new cars. If the car is older than 5 years, then I'd be inclined to agree with your statement. But let's face it, usually PPF is applied to new vehicles, specifically to protect the paint for the first 5 or so years, so that the owner can more easily sell it after those 5 years.
 
Great thank you guys. I guess it's not worth it then for a full body wrap, but maybe a front partial would be better I do drive long distances a few times a year (NY, TO, Miami etc) but probably not enough to justify a full body protection.
 
JoeyV said:
Asking price and sale price are 2 different things. I can assure you having worked with people who buy cars professionally (auctions, dealers, brokers, etc.) that a "normal car" loses value as well. Of course this is in the spectrum of relatively new cars. If the car is older than 5 years, then I'd be inclined to agree with your statement. But let's face it, usually PPF is applied to new vehicles, specifically to protect the paint for the first 5 or so years, so that the owner can more easily sell it after those 5 years.
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we now both agree on the same thing haha ;) Case close.
 
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