[2025G0540i]

Those of you that got ppf done on your front bumper Msport (LCI bumper). I realize all the large areas are covered but what about all the little pieces like the air dam, those little vertical pieces in the lower opening etc. Do all those areas get covered? And did you do your headlights? I'm hearing some shops won't do headlights or will make you sign a waiver because they tend to delaminate the top layer when you remove the film years later. I think I want to do my A pillars and the top of the roof in front of the sunroof to protect everything in front. Any thoughts or comments welcome.

[N1rve]

Originally Posted by 2025G0540i

Those of you that got ppf done on your front bumper Msport (LCI bumper). I realize all the large areas are covered but what about all the little pieces like the air dam, those little vertical pieces in the lower opening etc. Do all those area get covered? And did you do your headlights? I'm hearing some shops won't do headlights or will make you sign a waiver because they tend to delaminate the top layer when you remove the film years later. I think I want to do my A pillars and the top of rhr roof in front of the sunroof to protect everything in front. Any thoughts or comments welcome.

So I have a real M bumper on my M4 and the vertical pieces around the ends of the bumper are only covered on the side and not directly in the front. The front bumper PPF was done with a plotter, and it wasn't free hand cut.

I have my entire car PPF (headlights, doors, side skirts, rear quarter) the only thing that isn't PPFed is my rear taillights (I probably should of asked them to be covered too). I did not have to sign a waiver for the headlights and it's clear so there isn't any reduced output.

I have a mix of XPEL Black and Llumar Platinum on my car. XPELblack on the roof (black PPF instead of vinyl) and the rest of the car is Llumar Platinum. I used to have Llumar PPF on my roof and then had 3M 1080 vinyl sitting on top but once the 3m 1080 reached 4 years old I replaced it with XPEL black. After 4 years the Llumar Platinum came off fine with no damage to the roof.

I'm disappointed at the chemical resistance on the XPEL film because recently a bird took a dump on my car while I was driving and hit my roof and trunk, the XPEL on my roof etched only after sitting less than an hour and the LLumar on my trunk was fine. The XPEL is only like a year old and my LLumar is 6 years old. The XPEL did not heal from the heat.

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[2025G0540i]

Originally Posted by N1rve

So I have a real M bumper on my M4 and the vertical pieces around the ends of the bumper are only covered on the side and not directly in the front. The front bumper PPF was done with a plotter, and it wasn't free hand cut.

I have my entire car PPF (headlights, doors, side skirts, rear quarter) the only thing that isn't PPFed is my rear taillights (I probably should of asked them to be covered too). I did not have to sign a waiver for the headlights and it's clear so there isn't any reduced output.

I have a mix of XPEL Black and Llumar Platinum on my car. XPELblack on the roof (black PPF instead of vinyl) and the rest of the car is Llumar Platinum. I used to have Llumar PPF on my roof and then had 3M 1080 vinyl sitting on top but once the 3m 1080 reached 4 years old I replaced it with XPEL black. After 4 years the Llumar Platinum came off fine with no damage to the roof.

I'm disappointed at the chemical resistance on the XPEL film because recently a bird took a dump on my car while I was driving and hit my roof and trunk, the XPEL on my roof etched only after sitting less than an hour and the LLumar on my trunk was fine. The XPEL is only like a year old and my LLumar is 6 years old. The XPEL did not heal from the heat.

You have a ceramic coating over the ppf? What Xpel model of film you have? I believe there's a couple price points. Surprised the Xpel performed like that. I heard bird crap can cause etching pretty quick. My installer is using Suntek film. I'd like to ppf the entire thing but I think I'll just do the complete front end, mirrors, rockers and B/C pillars for now.

[N1rve]

Originally Posted by 2025G0540i

You have a ceramic coating over the ppf? What Xpel model of film you have? I believe there's a couple price points. Surprised the Xpel performed like that. I heard bird crap can cause etching pretty quick. My installer is using Suntek film. I'd like to ppf the entire thing but I think I'll just do the complete front end, mirrors, rockers and B/C pillars for now.

The only coating I have on the film is TurtleWax Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Wax Spray Coating. This is on both the Llumar and XPEL on my car.

The XPEL film I have is the Ultimate Plus Black which is essentially Ultimate Plus but just black. I've had bird crap hit my Llumar film plenty of times and it never left a mark so I think it's just an XPEL thing.

Suntek and Llumar are basically the same. They are both owned by Eastman. The one I have, Llumar Platinum is basically the same as Suntek Ultra.

Cover as much as you can afford lol. Doing my entire car wasn't cheap lol.