Thx for the kind words y'all!
Yes, I could NOT believe the shine on the car when I went to look at it, Crazy!!
rcandiloro hit the nail on the head. That's the process and it's pretty time consuming. They took a couple of days to finish the car.
Funny, I've had several buddy's say the same, "Wait till you wash it...."
They described it EXACTLY as you did. Totally different experience and EASY to clean!!
I think there are 3 different PPFs out there.
XPEL, 3M, and SunTek. (someone correct me if I'm wrong)
The Shop I went to uses Suntek Ultra. It's got a 10yr warranty.
The ceramic coating has a 5yr warranty.
They wash/detail the car thoroughly, paint correct it (remove swirl marks) before they apply the film, then the ceramic coating last.
My car was in pretty decent shape, paint correction was $300, the ceramic coating was GTechniq Crystal Serum $695, and the glass coating was $100.
The PPF in the areas I originally described was $1550. Compared to other shops I looked at, they were WELL below the others.
Hammdo (Don), I will drive it more now that it's protected!!
At the end of the day, it wasn't cheap, but I'm REALLY happy with the way it came out and have the piece of mind knowing it's got protection on it for spirited driving!!
