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      07-26-2023, 01:13 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by M2siast View Post
Cost x benefit ratio is unfavourable in my opinion. Prepaying for repainting needed panels ahead of time while having a car with visible film on top.

But I fully understand why folks do it.
Fully agree. Spending over 10% of the car's value to wrap it in a condom seems a bit silly but the detailing industry has been very successful at pushing these products (along with the $1500 "ceramic" coating - just lol).

So what if the car gets a few rock chips. When you go to sell it in 4-5 yrs, no one is going to pay materially more because it's got PPF on it. On an M2, there's a good chance to never recoup any of the money spent on PPF.

In AZ, it'll probably yellow in about 4-5 yrs and would have to come off anyway.

If it was a $150K - $200K+ car, maybe I could see it since that's a different market.
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