guarnibl
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I added it. Only the rear painted fenders have PPF from the factory and it's not very thick.
Soft paint. Hand wash only.
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Strommen95
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Gotcha, misread the comment. How much did PPF cost on each?
guarnibl
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It was just shy of $5k to have the entire vehicle covered on the Gladiator. It's about half that on the two door (or will be; waiting on delivery). Expensive yes. But pin striping will annoy the shit out of me and I'd just end up repainting it for that price (or more) anyway. I figure now I won't have to do that, nor will I have to stare at pin striping all the time.
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mike921921
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Ha ha, my dealer got my vehicle from another dealer and still put his dealer decal on it - first thing I removed when I got home.I was adamant with my sales person to not allow my ordered JT to get washed or the interior detail, or I wasn't going to purchase it. I understand how the car wash person at the dealerships treats new soft paint with loving and delicate care, a little speck of dirt, no problem the 5-Giga psi power washer will remove it.
Also, no dealership stickers, and above all NO DAMN TIRE SHINE.
SuburbanGP88
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I got PPF on fenders, but only partial on the rear where it faces forward. The front fenders are completely covered.
guarnibl
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Assuming that's from factory that's interesting. My JLUR didn't have that -- thought I added it, but maybe I'm wrong and it did. I did the full front end treatment of PPF on the 4 door knowing I wasn't keeping it longer than 4 years
SuburbanGP88
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My dealer only did the edges of the 4 doors to protect against banging on objects.
I don't have any of the front protected.
I don't have any of the front protected.
guarnibl
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Might be less of an issue as well in San Diego. Granted, Wranglers are taller up and with a bug deflector you can probably skirt a lot of the rock chips. But overall, should have seen my wife's 320i without PPF after 3 years. Probably a solid 75 rock chips and literally full paint coming off. Cost me about $300 in damage fees. Still cheaper than PPF though.
SuburbanGP88
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The rock chips have gone through the PPF on my other cars and it looked like someone took a nail clipper to it. Get the thicker one and don't skimp for sure.
guarnibl
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+1 to that. I went with the ~11 mil thick Xpel this time as opposed to the previous generation 8 mil. I have a few chips as well on the 4 door that went through the PPF (i.e., damaged it) but that did not actually damage the paint. I probably could have had those few spots repaired but never bothered.
