Clear protection film (PPF) on the Taycan?

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I was asking my dealer in the UK about PPF and Ceramic coating.

He offered me Swissvax for £600.

Does anyone know of Swissvax, from the brochure is doesn’t seem to be a ceramic coating.
Correct, Swissvax is not a ceramic coating. Annother reason to not even use your dealer to apply anything to your car. Just get them to was a dry it for delivery and find a local detailer.
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My detailer actually wanted me to just collect with transport wrapping. He does prefer to do all the work, really because he knows dealers are crap at preparing the car properly. I did have them wash and dry it, that was it. I think they might have tried to Polish it a bit but nothing like a proper detail.
 

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My detailer actually wanted me to just collect with transport wrapping. He does prefer to do all the work, really because he knows dealers are crap at preparing the car properly. I did have them wash and dry it, that was it. I think they might have tried to Polish it a bit but nothing like a proper detail.
This is what the detailer in Lausanne wants to do as well. I'm assuming they are proposing pick up on a trailer rather than one of their guys having the first drive!
 

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This is what the detailer in Lausanne wants to do as well. I'm assuming they are proposing pick up on a trailer rather than one of their guys having the first drive!
A really good PPF shop will perform a 'paint correction' even on a brand new car. My guy showed me a new car they were working on and pointed to an area and said '...see all those scratches?'. I looked from every angle I could and couldn't see a thing - but very glad he could. Their full paint correction takes about a day for even a new car.
 


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A really good PPF shop will perform a 'paint correction' even on a brand new car. My guy showed me a new car they were working on and pointed to an area and said '...see all those scratches?'. I looked from every angle I could and couldn't see a thing - but very glad he could. Their full paint correction takes about a day for even a new car.
No experience here but I have full PPF scheduled in two weeks with a highly rated detailer. Had a one hour interview about the wrap, during which the shop owner passionately asserted that paint correction, other than chip repair, is a complete waste, at least with their STEK DynoShield PPF -- cannot see swirl marks through the wrap. This shop does a lot of supercars and posts the results on their website, and has monthly car rallies that are well attended, so not some fly-by-night. I understand that there are a lot of people for whom car-OCD is therapeutic, and they need car shampoos made from alkaline rendered unicorn fat mixed with deuterium water, and will lose sleep over swirl marks that could not be detected through PPF by the most advanced forensics tools from the year 2100, but I just want my Taycan to look awesome without being high maintenance. BTW I showed the shop owner the wrap gap photos from this thread and he lost it. They did a Taycan Turbo S recently and he walked me through every detail of how PPF is done on a Taycan.
 
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No experience here but I have full PPF scheduled in two weeks with a highly rated detailer. Had a one hour interview about the wrap, during which the shop owner passionately asserted that paint correction, other than chip repair, is a complete waste, at least with their STEK DynoShield PPF -- cannot see swirl marks through the wrap. This shop does a lot of supercars and posts the results on their website, and has monthly car rallies that are well attended, so not some fly-by-night. I understand that there are a lot of people for whom car-OCD is therapeutic, and they need car shampoos made from alkaline rendered unicorn fat mixed with deuterium water, and will lose sleep over swirl marks that could not be detected through PPF by the most advanced forensics tools from the year 2100, but I just want my Taycan to look awesome without being high maintenance. BTW I showed the shop owner the wrap gap photos from this thread and he lost it. They did a Taycan Turbo S recently and he walked me through every detail of how PPF is done on a Taycan.
Please show us some pics with details, when he is done with your Taycan.
 


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No experience here but I have full PPF scheduled in two weeks with a highly rated detailer. Had a one hour interview about the wrap, during which the shop owner passionately asserted that paint correction, other than chip repair, is a complete waste, at least with their STEK DynoShield PPF -- cannot see swirl marks through the wrap. This shop does a lot of supercars and posts the results on their website, and has monthly car rallies that are well attended, so not some fly-by-night. I understand that there are a lot of people for whom car-OCD is therapeutic, and they need car shampoos made from alkaline rendered unicorn fat mixed with deuterium water, and will lose sleep over swirl marks that could not be detected through PPF by the most advanced forensics tools from the year 2100, but I just want my Taycan to look awesome without being high maintenance. BTW I showed the shop owner the wrap gap photos from this thread and he lost it. They did a Taycan Turbo S recently and he walked me through every detail of how PPF is done on a Taycan.
If you have never had a car with paint correction you will not think twice about it after your PPF is installed. Paint correction does much more than remove swirl marks. It creates a mirror like finish that creates depth in the paint. No factory finish (even without swirl marks) is close to the result from paint correction. PPF when applied to this mirror surface locks in the finish. As far as PPF maintenance, my cars with PPF are far from maintenance free. The PPF is prone to water spotting and bird dropping etching if not properly cared for (the current self healing PPFs make it easier to fix the blemishes with hot water but you need to do it periodically). The primary benefit from PPF is protection from stone chips and scratches.
 

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If you have never had a car with paint correction you will not think twice about it after your PPF is installed. Paint correction does much more than remove swirl marks. It creates a mirror like finish that creates depth in the paint. No factory finish (even without swirl marks) is close to the result from paint correction. PPF when applied to this mirror surface locks in the finish. As far as PPF maintenance, my cars with PPF are far from maintenance free. The PPF is prone to water spotting and bird dropping etching if not properly cared for (the current self healing PPFs make it easier to fix the blemishes with hot water but you need to do it periodically). The primary benefit from PPF is protection from stone chips and scratches.
I watched some YouTube videos of paint correction and you are right that the transformation is amazing. But my Taycan will be nearly new when it goes to the detailer, and the shop owner said Porsche has very high paint quality with essentially no orange peel effect, and no paint defects that will be visible through the STEK PPF.
 

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I watched some YouTube videos of paint correction and you are right that the transformation is amazing. But my Taycan will be nearly new when it goes to the detailer, and the shop owner said Porsche has very high paint quality with essentially no orange peel effect, and no paint defects that will be visible through the STEK PPF.
Our Taycan Turbo S has orange peel. The finish is good but not a mirror. Our detailer is fine-sanding the clear coat to remove the orange peel and then polishing to a mirror finish. Then silicon oxide / titanium coating. No film for me.
 

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Likewise, my car had quite a bit of Orange peel, and the detailer said that most Porsche, Audi and Mercedes have this nowadays. Probably due to the paint process they use. It is not annoying and it was very similar over the car.

The cars that had very little or no orange peel from new, according to the detailer, were Aston Martin and Rolls Royce! They still had some swirl marks and holograms though.

I also considered STEK film, they have very good ratings. However I did not like, that at the time, they did not have any precautions films, but were going to cut the film on the car. I did not like a blade anywhere close to my new shiny Taycan.

The best quality PPF finish I have ever seen on a car has been the Matt film on a dark blue car! There was absolutely no visible edges on that. The guys said it had been a PITA since the glossy paint would be very visible where the film did not cover properly! Something to think about if you like a perfect coverage.
 

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If you have never had a car with paint correction you will not think twice about it after your PPF is installed. Paint correction does much more than remove swirl marks. It creates a mirror like finish that creates depth in the paint. No factory finish (even without swirl marks) is close to the result from paint correction. PPF when applied to this mirror surface locks in the finish. As far as PPF maintenance, my cars with PPF are far from maintenance free. The PPF is prone to water spotting and bird dropping etching if not properly cared for (the current self healing PPFs make it easier to fix the blemishes with hot water but you need to do it periodically). The primary benefit from PPF is protection from stone chips and scratches.
I have to agree that my shop is definitely OCD, but that's exactly what I'm looking for. It will be there for a full two weeks with paint correction, gloss black applied to the mirrors, Xpel PPF and two coats of ceramic (1 day cure in between) for a lifetime guarantee plus 20% ceramic window tint all around. Then the Escort max 360 ci remote install with the readout in the rear view mirror. When I was shown the factory paint, I couldn't see any problems, but after paint correction it really looks like the entire surface is liquid. It's really incredible. With what I'm spending on this, and the time involved, and the fact that I intend to keep this car for 5-7 years and 100K+ miles, I'm very happy to pay extra $'s and take extra time. As this guy said, "...you won't remember how long this takes, but you will remember what it looks like".

I will definitely post pics. Here is a video of a high quality shop doing paint correction, Xpel film, and ceramic.

 
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Just a preliminary shot during the work of some of the seams using Xpel on the front hood and fenders. The whole body will be wrapped with Xpel, and the mirrors taken off and wrapped with a more flexible gloss black vinyl with a bead of gloss black silicone in the mirror 'channel'. I'll post pics when I get these back. You can see that at the very apex of some panels there is a slight mismatch where the film is precut and cannot wrap around the severe angles. Otherwise the seams are very close.
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