Recommendations for incoming NFGT

[dbk]

Paint correction is personal decision, not necessary or unnecessary. The GT paint is generally very good. It is not perfect, or anywhere close to perfect. It can be improved significantly like any production car paint can. The car will have haze from being polished but not finished down to the point of absolute clarity. Some people care. Some people do not. PPF will obscure lots of imperfections, more on some colors than others. If I had a black car I would do it without question. If I had a white car, meh, maybe not. I'll let you guess which parts have been paint corrected and which were not. All pics are of cars in delivery condition.

Car 1



Car 2

 

[dbk]

Car 3

 

[JWZ]

As Dave explained, Paint finish imperfections or blemishes are much more noticeable on Dark or Black paint. Not so much on White Or Light colors. We wanted mirror finish on Black GT, so we elected to have paint correction performed prior to PPF.

We went with SunTec. Again- personal preference.

 

[Specracer]

Like Frank above, I could fine ZERO local options for ANY windshield protection, so bought from a friend here, and coerced a tint guy to install.

 

[Special K]

My car has the stripe option. Can anyone advise if the Xpel should be placed in one sheet over the stripe or trim at the stripe? Thanks

Mine is one complete sheet. The stripes are a smooth transition from the paint, so I wouldn’t see the need to seam it.

 

[Specracer]

^^^ To emphasize Special K above, these cars have zero edge stripes. You will NOT want to seam the PPF, you will see (I know this from other peoples cars, as we are a "stripeless" family)

 

[Ed Sims]

Milliken was a good choice. Their PPF guy has done many GTs. I had the Clearplex on the windshield at the same time as the PPF. No paint correction was done.

Ed

 

[RPM217]

I'd let the shop that's doing the install, see the car first, examine the paint, and see if it needs correction. My guy has seen new cars that in his opinion, don't need correction, and many that do. Sure, there's an incentive to say do it ($$), but a good high end shop, that depends on referral, and repeat business, will only make a mistake like that one time with me!!!

 

[roketman]

I agree the paint work is excellent. But it doesn’t hurt to do the paint correction. Your spending a small fortune! So why not go all the way ? You won’t regret it!
Plus it’s a one time deal.

 

[STORMCAT]

No reason for paint correction. My guy said it was one of the best paint jobs he had seen on a new high end car. Make sure someone does clearplex No one in St Louis does it and I got it from one of the Forum members here and had a window tint guy do it. You should not let a clear bra place do it

Going to 2nd what Frank posted. Paint correction on these cars is a waste of money, Xpel PPF and Clearplex or other. For the record The other windshield film is Xoshield or something like that. It's been reported the have better visibility / lower distortion but that's because it's thinner material. If you are going to put film on the glass Simple logic is the thicker material provides greater protection. Mine has saved me dozens of times.. my 2 cents..

 

[STORMCAT]

I have Exoshield as well. My installer uses both. Prefers Exoshield.

The installers like to install the Exoshield because it's thinner a little more flexible and easier to work with.. I.e. easier to form etc. Couldn't say which offers more protection but either way you go you have something which is better than nothing..

 

[dbk]

It is insane to me that someone could look at the before and after pictures and deem it a “waste of money.” I can definitely see the case that “it’s money I personally wouldn’t spend” but it is so inarguably, objectively visibly improved that it’s mind boggling to me to consider it a waste of money.

 

[DakotaGT]

Going to 2nd what Frank posted. Paint correction on these cars is a waste of money, Xpel PPF and Clearplex or other. For the record The other windshield film is Xoshield or something like that. It's been reported the have better visibility / lower distortion but that's because it's thinner material. If you are going to put film on the glass Simple logic is the thicker material provides greater protection. Mine has saved me dozens of times.. my 2 cents..

Thanks, Brian.

It is insane to me that someone could look at the before and after pictures and deem it a “waste of money.” I can definitely see the case that “it’s money I personally wouldn’t spend” but it is so inarguably, objectively visibly improved that it’s mind boggling to me to consider it a waste of money.

No disagreement from me that paint correction in those examples you showed would certainly be "worth it" to me, but those were dark colors, and metallic. I suspect that my color (brighter, solid, non-metallic) will probably be OK without the paint correction step, but I will just leave it to the shop to inspect it first and see what they think, and I will be at the mercy of their recommendation. Thanks for your input.

 

[w.a.nelson]

I like the comments about windshield protection. Makes a lot of sense, and I might consider "better late than never" for my '06, but is there a problem with using the film and polarized glasses?

 

[STORMCAT]

It is insane to me that someone could look at the before and after pictures and deem it a “waste of money.” I can definitely see the case that “it’s money I personally wouldn’t spend” but it is so inarguably, objectively visibly improved that it’s mind boggling to me to consider it a waste of money.

You have got to see a lot more cars than anyone. The one's I have seen didn't need any work. Some installers down here will recommend paint correction even if you don't need it so they can iup charge you.. That's what I deem a waste of money.
If you have visible paint flaws then it would be a choice to fix it now or later.

If you had some small isolated areas. I would put a small piece of film over the area to see if would hide the spot.
I have personally experienced and witnessed bad paint adhesion on these cars so some people may have a big surprise if they ever pull off their clear film.. Then their paint is gonna need more than a little correction..

 

[Gene Cassone]

Talking about pulling off old film, my 05 black with silver stripes GT film has been on for 15 yrs now. Back then was “ partial wrap”. Seeing some yellowing where wrap is over silver stripes.
Would like to remove and do entire wrap. And advice from those who have experience about how to remove old film?

 

[roketman]

Talking about pulling off old film, my 05 black with silver stripes GT film has been on for 15 yrs now. Back then was “ partial wrap”. Seeing some yellowing where wrap is over silver stripes.
Would like to remove and do entire wrap. And advice from those who have experience about how to remove old film?

My film paint correction guy took all my old film off. It’s a real pain in the arse job!

 

[extrap]

My film paint correction guy took all my old film off. It’s a real pain in the arse job!

I suppose that's what ya want it to be

 

[Specracer]

Removing older film SUCKS. You will need a lot of time. You will have, very sore, blistered and possibly bloody fingers. You will also be really tired of the adhesive remover smells. My understanding is that todays films are better, being removed, I guess I will find out someday.....

 

[dbk]

On the topic of film removal, the biggest thing you can do to make life easy is apply even heat. It will make removal substantially easier, and in my opinion, less likely to mess with your paint. If you do it correctly, it will also leave substantially less adhesive. I run Infrared heat lamps typically used to cure ceramic coatings and heat the vehicle surface piece by piece. A large scale detail or PPF shop may have them. Most small or medium sized panels come off extremely quickly this way.