[Bilajio]

Hi All

About to pull the trigger on a frozen dark silver m5

What do I need to know about paint protection?

Will ceramic (or equivalent) protect the paint against marring or will it need a wrap?

Or will it be fine as it is?

[Alberta]

If you want an extreme protection ==> PPF
If you clean/wash your car by hand ==> ceramic coating

Check out the link in my signature, I went with a Gtechniq ceramic coating right when the car was new because I thought it would make the cleaning process easier, and I'm very satisfied.
Also, at the beginning I thought that I'll be keeping this car for a short period of time, so PPF wasn't an interesting option because of it's high price.

For those who say that if you need a respray, the paint will never match with the rest of the car is absolutely WRONG.
For information, after a very small accident, the front bumper and right front wing were replaced and resprayed : you could never tell the difference.
You just need to have a good bodywork (BMW in my case) who knows what he's doing, and you'll be just fine!

I'll post 2-3 photos of how my car looks after 3 years of ownership and many roadtrips.

[Bilajio]

Thanks Can-am

That colour looks stunning!

I'm toying between an M5 and RS6 atm

[phoenixbmwlife]

Apart from ceramic coating or PPF I heard a premium window cleaner is good for cleaning frozen paint.

[M5CSX6M]

XPEL Las Vegas just quoted me $9,475 for a full body PPF on my ‘22 M5CS.

[crypto]

Originally Posted by M5CSX6M

XPEL Las Vegas just quoted me $9,475 for a full body PPF on my ‘22 M5CS.

I asked for a quote for a place here in Virginia that did the front of my M550i. They actually haven't even sent me an email price yet but said for Xpel Stealth full car it'd be 8-9k or so. 😬

[99540]

I did PPF on high impact areas and ceramic pro the entire car.. to me the best option

[crypto]

Originally Posted by 99540

I did PPF on high impact areas and ceramic pro the entire car.. to me the best option

And you have a frozen/matte paint?

[micvite]

Originally Posted by M5CSX6M

XPEL Las Vegas just quoted me $9,475 for a full body PPF on my ‘22 M5CS.

That's ridiculously high... average is around 6k with 7-8 being high and 4-5 being low...

[99540]

yes, i have individual frozen cashmere

Originally Posted by crypto

And you have a frozen/matte paint?

[crypto]

Originally Posted by 99540

yes, i have individual frozen cashmere

Does the color and finish look the same on the areas you didn't PPF compared with where you did have it done? I've never had this type of finish but thought I had seen people indicate the stealth finish makes it a bit more distinguishable if you have areas not also covered. Thx

[99540]

It looks exactly the same ill try and post a pic

Originally Posted by crypto

Does the color and finish look the same on the areas you didn't PPF compared with where you did have it done? I've never had this type of finish but thought I had seen people indicate the stealth finish makes it a bit more distinguishable if you have areas not also covered. Thx

[99540]

the front end is ppf - the doors are not, hope the pic helps if you want other pics send me your number ill message them. they are all on my phone

[jsf721]

That color is incredible. I’m on LI hope to see you at some cars and coffee over the summer !

I’d love to see it in real life


What colt is your interior ?

Originally Posted by 99540

It looks exactly the same ill try and post a pic

[Topcarbon]

Currently having xpel installed on entire car over frozen pb

I would not consider the paint without added protection based on my environment

[giffsbmer]

Full front PPF and ceramic coat on entire car. Frozen dark silver '22 M5C.

Color looks consistent to me.

[FatRear08]

Originally Posted by giffsbmer

Full front PPF and ceramic coat on entire car. Frozen dark silver '22 M5C.

Color looks consistent to me.

Beautiful spec!

[99540]

Originally Posted by jsf721

That color is incredible. I’m on LI hope to see you at some cars and coffee over the summer !

I’d love to see it in real life


What colt is your interior ?

Definitely .. I'm in the Babylon area

[micvite]

Originally Posted by 99540

I did PPF on high impact areas and ceramic pro the entire car.. to me the best option

What ppf did you use?

[micvite]

Originally Posted by giffsbmer

Full front PPF and ceramic coat on entire car. Frozen dark silver '22 M5C.

Color looks consistent to me.

What ppf did you use? Xpel or suntek or something else? And what installer if you don't mind sharing I'm trying to figure out where to take mine

[giffsbmer]

Originally Posted by micvite

What ppf did you use? Xpel or suntek or something else? And what installer if you don't mind sharing I'm trying to figure out where to take mine

Went with XPEL and used these guys - https://lumidetailing.com

Solid shop. They do good work. They were working on a few M5's at the time, a bevy of Porsches and had some pretty special exotics in the shop as well.

[m5_mbb7]

Originally Posted by giffsbmer

Went with XPEL and used these guys - https://lumidetailing.com

Solid shop. They do good work. They were working on a few M5's at the time, a bevy of Porsches and had some pretty special exotics in the shop as well.

Hope for your sake that they didn’t use precuts like a lot of these detailing shops do.