This Xpel job seems pretty bad.
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This Xpel job seems pretty bad.
So last week I had my car fully wrapped in Xpel PPF and then Avery matte vinyl. While washing my car a few days ago I noticed that there were many wrinkles around the corners and a few bubbles as well. Some of the gaps had even gotten water in them! I went to an Xpel certified installer and am quite disappointed with the service I received.
I am going to have them reinstall the Xpel and everything but am not sure that they'll do that good of a job the second time around either. If anyone else has gotten their car Xpel'd could you please post some pictures so I know what to look for? Also if anyone could recommend a good installer in the Dallas/Richardson area I'd appreciate that
I am going to have them reinstall the Xpel and everything but am not sure that they'll do that good of a job the second time around either. If anyone else has gotten their car Xpel'd could you please post some pictures so I know what to look for? Also if anyone could recommend a good installer in the Dallas/Richardson area I'd appreciate that
Last edited by Parth141; Nov 27, 2016 at 12:46 PM.
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I didn't think it was supposed to reflect to the undersurface like that ... I've seen jobs where it runs exactly to the edge
that reflection is only going to get worse and migrate to the top visible surface in time with moisture
yikes
that reflection is only going to get worse and migrate to the top visible surface in time with moisture
yikes
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I would recommend Stratashield Customs and speak to Houston. He has wrapped 3 cars for me including my edition 1 coupe with full Xpel stealth matte. Really great work!!
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Car looks dope man! They wouldn't wrap the parking sensor for you? Any plans to wrap the front grille or put the badges back on? May come to C&C but it's supposed to rain all next weekend, so we'all see.
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Yea haha it's gonna be a pain having to wait another week but it'll be worth it.
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So last week I had my car fully wrapped in Xpel PPF and then Avery matte vinyl. While washing my car a few days ago I noticed that there were many wrinkles around the corners and a few bubbles as well. Some of the gaps had even gotten water in them! I went to an Xpel certified installer and am quite disappointed with the service I received.
I am going to have them reinstall the Xpel and everything but am not sure that they'll do that good of a job the second time around either. If anyone else has gotten their car Xpel'd could you please post some pictures so I know what to look for? Also if anyone could recommend a good installer in the Dallas/Richardson area I'd appreciate that
https://youtu.be/_vUwPdsPqiI
I am going to have them reinstall the Xpel and everything but am not sure that they'll do that good of a job the second time around either. If anyone else has gotten their car Xpel'd could you please post some pictures so I know what to look for? Also if anyone could recommend a good installer in the Dallas/Richardson area I'd appreciate that
https://youtu.be/_vUwPdsPqiI
If you could, please send us a PM with your information and the installers information who completed the XPEL portion of the installation. We'd like to reach out and make sure this is addressed.
Most of the issues you've shot video of can be addressed without removing the film. The extra "fingers" or "wrinkles" you see are from excess film being wrapped over the hood panel. Typically those are trimmed away, and the extra water/air/bubbles trapped in the wrapped edges, just need to be drained. Some installers ask their customer to come back after a week or so to address any of these issues and to make sure their customer is happy.
Again, we'd like to help, please send us a PM with your info and the installer's information. Thank you
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Hello Parth141,
If you could, please send us a PM with your information and the installers information who completed the XPEL portion of the installation. We'd like to reach out and make sure this is addressed.
Most of the issues you've shot video of can be addressed without removing the film. The extra "fingers" or "wrinkles" you see are from excess film being wrapped over the hood panel. Typically those are trimmed away, and the extra water/air/bubbles trapped in the wrapped edges, just need to be drained. Some installers ask their customer to come back after a week or so to address any of these issues and to make sure their customer is happy.
Again, we'd like to help, please send us a PM with your info and the installer's information. Thank you
If you could, please send us a PM with your information and the installers information who completed the XPEL portion of the installation. We'd like to reach out and make sure this is addressed.
Most of the issues you've shot video of can be addressed without removing the film. The extra "fingers" or "wrinkles" you see are from excess film being wrapped over the hood panel. Typically those are trimmed away, and the extra water/air/bubbles trapped in the wrapped edges, just need to be drained. Some installers ask their customer to come back after a week or so to address any of these issues and to make sure their customer is happy.
Again, we'd like to help, please send us a PM with your info and the installer's information. Thank you
