[Lambo2018]

Old post, but where (shop and city) in Texas had you receive this quote? I'd like to replace my full frontal!

My friend I sent you all the info in a PM, and as I state in the message he is first rate.

 

[TTBear]

Absolutely. Though, there are two things I would routinely advise against.......dealership and factory PPF installation.

Oh, I could NOT agree more. I just did a ceramic coating on a Ferrari 488 for a friend. The PPF that it cam with was absolutely, amateurish. bubbles++, BIG wrinkles at some edges (and smaller ones elsewhere), seams that were supposed to but up against each other with 1/2" gaps instead, NONE of the PPF edges were wrapped around the edges of the body work....It was monumentally crap. He bought his car used from Eastern Canada - it arrived with this "dealer installed" PPF.

 

[Lambo2018]

@TTBear, that effort on the Ferrari is an absolute embarrassment and It’s hard to imagine a technician thinking that is acceptable work. I don’t care what people do for a living but if they find they don’t have the skills they should find something else to do.
The last dealership PPF I had done had bubbles galore.........In Champagne that’s fine, though, it’s not so fine on high end super cars or any car for that matter.

 

[Huracaan]

One of the worst PPF's jobs I've seen and most dealers in Canada use external PPF installers, this one looks like it was in-house and possibly done by the sales person lol.

 

[tfenton02]

The upcoming PPF (full front, side rockers), ceramic and coating for Spyder top is $3.4K but since I have matt paint I’m going to do the full car PPF, which will be an additional $2.5k, so $6k in total. Well worth it.

 

[SL55]

I paid $5500 CAD for full PPF on my STO and not only that but my installer installed the new Xpel Ultimate Fusion PPF which isn't coming to the market for a couple months.

The PPF has less orange peel and comes ceramic coated.

 

[2006m5]

how about south pa and good ppf guys?

 

[surfah]

That Corsa 488 looks like the PPF was installed by a noob. You could order factory PPF from Ferrari in the 458 era and it would come in pre-cut sheets and the dealership would install it.

I heard it was crap like TTBear's photos.

 

[tfenton02]

That Corsa 488 looks like the PPF was installed by a noob. You could order factory PPF from Ferrari in the 458 era and it would come in pre-cut sheets and the dealership would install it.

I heard it was crap like TTBear's photos.

The key here as we all know is not the price but the installer. Optimize for who does the work. $1k here or there doesn’t matter vs quality of work

 

[surfah]

The key here as we all know is not the price but the installer. Optimize for who does the work. $1k here or there doesn’t matter vs quality of work

^This all day

 

[question]

Deezwho, if you are considering WP, I would be glad to share with you the gentleman that I used in Rockledge, Flordia. He did a amazing job on my car. I believe it was the 5th EVO he had done this year. He knows his way around these cars. I am just about 125 miles north of WPB. There also is a very good installer in Orlando that I know of.

Not sure who Lambo WPB uses. But, from what I have seen, some dealers may not use the best. I am almost sure the dealers make a very decent cut (1000 + or -) I have been told on jobs they set up. So pricing does become an issue here.

My guy is a one man show and does everything himself.

Whatever, the case, I hope both of you guys end up with a great job!

Sorry to revive a nearly 2 year old thread, but I was perusing the forum looking for PPF recommendations and came upon this. Do you mind sharing your installer? I'm new to this forum and I would have directed this to a DM, but I'm not sure how.

As you say, I'm just trying to do my homework to determine the best installer near me.