ZephyrAMG

I was at the driving academy and most all the GTRs were magno. They take a lot of abuse. The fronts were all covered in PPF. The rest of the cars body was excellent. No paint damage. I checked it all over because I was in fact curious about the paint quality. The paint can take a lot of abuse and still look great. Obviously no paint is bullet proof, but I beg to differ that its a "softer" paint. MB would not of used the Magno paints to get beat on day after day for their fleet of GTRs, E63s, GT63s, Cla45s, G wagons, SL63s, etc....

Gloss paint gets lost in a sea of gloss cars. If you like a bit of a stand out, exclusive look, Magno is amazing.

Xpel Stealth is pretty much the king of the matte material and quality history coming from my installer who installs all and has for many many years...

Surge

Somewhat unrelated but has anyone used a car cover on Magno paint without PPF? Any issues?

It's 2 weeks until I can get my GTC PPF'ed and I currently have it covered. It's the Magno Selenite Grey.

Orcbolg

I'll try to remember this thread when I take my wrap off, and show you the damage that normal street driving has done to the magno paint on my car. Even my fenders are pock marked from how easily it chips. The GTRs fenders don't roll under the car like the GTS, so it would be significantly less apparent on them, if that's the only part of the car that's normally subjected to debris that's not ppfd.

thebishman

Something to keep in mind if you decide to only partially cover a matte finish paint in Xpel Stealth:

Even though Xpel Stealth seems to maintain the ‘colouration’ of the MB matte paints better than the Suntek matte film, even the Xpel Stealth does in fact change the appearance slightly. That’s not an issue if the whole car is covered, but it ‘might’ be an issue if just the front clip is covered.

Just FYI.

Bish

Heisenberg

Since this thread got revived...

Thinking about XPEL Stealth (or Suntek equivalent) on a Magnetite Black S63 Coupe... anyone have matte/satin film on a Magnetite car ?

ZephyrAMG

Yes I agree....no cars paint is bullet proof from all the rocks, sand debris on public roads. Track roads can be just as bad as there is gravel in the drive off edges. I guess my comment was meant to say that Magno chips no faster than regular gloss paint, but gloss paint can be remedied easier with touch up paint/ gloss and buff. Magno cant be "buffed". PPF is your best friend for protection and ease of cleaning. Wrapping very close to the edge with a stretched kit is absolutely fine unless you want to take the car apart and edge wrap. I think the hood may be good for this.

Dondeziner

Thanks guys. Going to go look at the 2017 C300 Coupe with Edition 1 on Wednesday to buy. Driving 4 hours to get it. Any special areas I should be aware of when inspecting and test driving? Expel will be 1st and then Rims will be a later change along with tinted windows if it pans out.

Surge

Can you elaborate on what a "stretched kit" is? I am about to get my new GT C XPEL fully wrapped and they are not removing any panels. Thanks

ZephyrAMG

By taking a kit cut pieces and stretching material as close to edge.

obbob

Only use a car cover indoors and if you really need it. Personally, I would just let the car sit and get dusty. Car covers can wreck havoc on your paint as they rub against the unprotected surface.

kim0217

Xpel stealth, great product if u could get good installer done it right.

Patos

Did you ever try or see satin ppf on Magnetite Black?

Surge

Full body XPEL (or similar) is a must for any car you care about, in my view. I have XPEL on my Magno GTC. It doesn’t change the appearance of the car paint at all. I posted some photos about a year ago, before and after, and it’s impossible to tell, even from up close. You can see the film up close, obviously, but the paint color or reflective properties do not change with XPEL.

Finding a great installer is a major challenge. I have yet to find any great ones in Toronto - I have tried 3 and none were great. My only advice is to specific an installer specifically and check his work. What happens at these shops is that their installers have varying degrees of experience, and you don’t know who you’ll get. They usually get great results when they open, because they use talented installers. Then as they grow, they hire less experienced installers and care less about quality.

Frankster

I dropped my Solarbeam off today. Looked over samples between Xpel Stealth and Prestige Satin Guard and I like the latter much more. This is going to take about 2 weeks to complete and the company doing it is Premier Protective Films. I will be traveling for work at around the time they finish my car, so I will be storing it with them until I return in Feb. So excited! Here is what they did to a F8 with Satin Guard.

Orcbolg

Nice! Very excited to see how this turns out.

AMG 17GT

Real pros right there.

thecutter64

Is that your SBY GTR in the background?

Frankster

No. I just dropped mine off. I did see that one there too. The owner did some extensive renntech tune on that bad boy.