Cheapest place for PPF??

[zechs]

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nice assumption

*Woosh*

[rage2]

General idea of how much labor is involved. This took 5-6 days with 2 people on it.

[ExtraSlow]

Yeah but it's a rip off and you should do it yourself

[90_Shelby]

Cheap ppf is a great idea if you don’t mind razor blade slices all over your paint……

Proper PPF seems to be a very good place to go if you want the best coverage and protection of your paint. They’re doing a buddies 997 GT3 RS currently.

[Yolobimmer]

Decided to do it myself. Talked to a few shops, they do several PPF applications PER DAY, so the labour is out to lunch.

I ordered a precut kit for her car for $350. This is what most good places use, they have large cnc cutting machines, and companies like xpel have files for you.

For practice, I did the hood of my older BMW today with material i got from Amazon, and it was quite easy.

Fuck these guys and their $400 per hour. They aren't fuckin lawyers. It's some high school kid with Windex bottle and squeegee

[Team_Mclaren]

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Decided to do it myself. Talked to a few shops, they do several PPF applications PER DAY, so the labour is out to lunch.

I ordered a precut kit for her car for $350. This is what most good places use, they have large cnc cutting machines, and companies like xpel have files for you.

For practice, I did the hood of my older BMW today with material i got from Amazon, and it was quite easy.

Fuck these guys and their $400 per hour. They aren't fuckin lawyers. It's some high school kid with Windex bottle and squeegee

im sure your job of flipping burgers is worth $14 an hour too

[Yolobimmer]

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im sure your job of flipping burgers is worth $14 an hour too

It's $15, and a burger flipper could squeegee ppf with 3 days training.

[INITIALD]

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decided to do it myself.

gl hf.

[killramos]

Mar 3.0?

[zechs]

Maybe I don't understand PPF, but when I had the F150 done, I was under the impression a kit was "printed"/cut by a machine.

Not downplaying the effort, my point is that anything custom or done by hand must take some serious time to do. Took two guys all day to do my F150 with said machine cut pieces, as Rage mentioned, it's a ton of time to do completely by hand.

[rage2]

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Maybe I don't understand PPF, but when I had the F150 done, I was under the impression a kit was "printed"/cut by a machine.

Not downplaying the effort, my point is that anything custom or done by hand must take some serious time to do. Took two guys all day to do my F150 with said machine cut pieces, as Rage mentioned, it's a ton of time to do completely by hand.

Mine was a custom job start to finish, not cut pieces so maybe not fully comparable. I’ve never done it myself but from friends that tried, cutting properly and getting rid of bubbles was a massive pain in the ass. Bubbles wasn’t as bad or visible as diy window tinting, but if you’re a perfectionist you’ll hate it. The more curves there are the worst it gets. So maybe it’s an easy job on a cyber truck haha.

[Team_Mclaren]

^^ most people cant do it on their fucking phone... ya lets go try it on a curved side mirror lmao

[ThePenIsMightier]

I only see the thread title but I think I've pieced it together.

"What's the cheapest because I only want the cheapest?"

"Here are many good suggestions not focused on cheap."

"That's not cheap enough, Imma doirt meserlf!"

[zechs]

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I only see the thread title but I think I've pieced it together.

"What's the cheapest because I only want the cheapest?"

"Here are many good suggestions not focused on cheap."

"That's not cheap enough, Imma doirt meserlf!"

You missed how the OP is supposed to buy a trackhawk. /s

This is just a typical Beyond thread. Why do you hate fun?

[ExtraSlow]

If you guys think PPF install has expensive labor, wait until you see how much it costs to get someone to do simple manual labor like landscaping.

[Disoblige]

Pay to play. If you feel like you can do it yourself, then do it? lol.

I rather pay someone to do it, and then get it fixed if something goes wrong. Even having a clean environment to do it can be an issue for most.

[Yolobimmer]

I draw the line at Lawyer rates for highschool drop outs squeeging baby shampoo.

Yes, I'm weird.

But I did call XPEL today about a franchise thingy. No wonder everyone uses their shit. Thousands of cut files, huge discounts on material, big mark up, they train you etc.

Who was it that posts "no wonder these guys drive Ferrari's?"

Bang on.

[Yolobimmer]

So I did the bumper on the wife's BMW last night. After watching a few videos, the tip of starting on the most detailed part for alignments is correct with the pre cut PPF. The only issue I had is when squeeging the PPF into the crevice's between 2 panels, mine seemed too long in a couple spots and appeared like it almost bunched up a bit. It's hardly noticeable if its not pointed out, this is where someone talented with an exacto knife would come in. The bumper is easily the hardest part, so I should have done it last after more experience, but it feels good that it was done. It only took me about 1.5 hours, and there is a lot of movement and adjusting possible, so really, I think it's hard to mess up.

XPEL did tell me that 2 experienced guys could knock off 6 to 10 "deluxe" wraps in a day on most passenger vehicles. That's some pretty good cake for very little investment.

[Hallowed_point]

Any photos of the results? Looking at buying a pre cut Xpel hood and fender kit and save $300+ . Dont think id try a bumper kit but hood and fender should be reasonably simple with some common sense , prep work and the right tools. Already have the random orbital buffer etc to knock out swirls prior.

[Yolobimmer]

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Any photos of the results? Looking at buying a pre cut Xpel hood and fender kit and save $300+ . Dont think id try a bumper kit but hood and fender should be reasonably simple with some common sense , prep work and the right tools. Already have the random orbital buffer etc to knock out swirls prior.

No, didn't take photos, but it appears the film has shrunk slightly, I see no more ripples in the gaps. Honestly, it doesn't even look like there is film on there. If anything, the paint actually looks smoother than non wrapped areas.

Lots of videos on youtube that can guide you. I say go for it, a hood or fenders are easy in comparison.