whitex
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The guy in the video did say that PPF will protect the paint from a large percentage of chips, and if you're willing for spend thousands every time you get a stone ship which didn't make it through to the paint, PPF is in fact for you. His point was that most people don't want spend this kind of money, so they drive with damage to the PPF which looks same or worse than no PPF, and with paint you can cheaply touch it up so the chips are almost invisible. So as he said, PPF protects the paint for the subsequent owner, who might appreciate it, but won't pay any extra for it.I got to say, I think the video is a load of rubbish. The Urus has done 36k miles with PPF on it!! And as the video says, the film has likely protected the paint. Good as new. Isnt that the idea? Did anyone say PPF is meant to look good at 36K miles? Without it, the car would likely need more than a quick touch-up. Possibly paintwork needed that would outweigh the PPF value. And are re-sprayed panels ever as good as factory paint?
Looking at my case. If I had my dealer do PPF on my car, I would have had to redo it 9 days into ownership due to a couple of stone chips I picked up roadtripping, which instead I just touched up and buffed out, you'd have to look with a flashlight to find them. I'm definitely not one to spend many hundreds or even thousand or more of dollars per month to keep my car shiny.
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