n3rd

No, it yellowed once (before xpel ultimate) and a piece was not installed correctly causing it to fail. The installer refused to cooperate and Xpel threatened to cut off the installer if it wasn’t repaired correctly for free.

n3rd

Tulsa, I get your point and have friends with way more money than me who don’t care about scratches but I have some that are as OCD as I am. I love Xpel because I don’t deal with swirl marks and scratches.

Festertester

Based on your comments, I don’t think you’ll get it. Getting a new paint job is never the same, again I don’t expect you to be aligned

motorwerksgroup

I just had my 2019 G63's front clip and certain vulnerable sections wrapped in XPEL Ultimate. Next, I had the entire vehicle (wheels and calipers included) coated with OptiCoat Pro+. I've done this process on all my cars and would do it again.

TuLsaViPeR

Sounds like you're good at Blowing money... I wish I could blow money all day long like you.

TuLsaViPeR

Don't get me wrong people in LA blow money all the time. Blowing money is part of life in LA. It's just money. Sometimes blowing money is fun.

motorwerksgroup

Dude...just...shut....up.

If you haven't had coatings and PPF, you can't comment. Painting a car causes at least a 10% reduction in value. PPF prevents all the road rash from trashing the original paint. My GT3 or Ferrari 488 would have been trashed along the front clip and rear fender arches had it not been for PPF. And yes, they warranty any non-performance with no hassles whatsoever.

TuLsaViPeR

I got my **** wrapped in Satin Black 3M. So I can comment. Im actually thinking about wrapping it again just for the hell of it. The stuff is so cheap. Kinda. A refresh. Doing it myself, it's fun as hell doing it myself, I also don't get screwed.

Also I understand about painting... I don't necessarily buy that. People are always trying to find a reason to drop the value it's just a negotiating tactic.

I got custom seat covers, and Mercedes Benz of Down Town LA didn't want to honor the CPO because of the custom seat covers. People are always trying to find a way to devalue your product.

You obviously have more money than brains. You have 4 cars @ 7k per car your are talking 28K in wraps and coatings.... Wow. Are you a PornStar or Banker?

I bet you bought the extended warranties (that you never used ) didn't you? Did you get prepaid Maintenance also?

n3rd

Viper, you have no idea what the hell you're talking about. We're talking about a 150-200k car. Thats about 3-4.5% of the cars price. Resprayed, scratched, and rock chipped cars are worth substantially less when it comes to exotics. It can be 10's of thousands and even hundreds of thousands for some hypercars.

Keep living in fantasy land.

TuLsaViPeR

Please answer my question... DID YOU GET THE EXTENDED WARRANTIES AND THE PRE PAID MAINTENANCE? DID YOU? SIMPLE QUESTION. We are not going to laugh at you.

TuLsaViPeR

And How much did you Blow???? I mean pay?

n3rd

I don’t keep my cars long enough to need them.

TuLsaViPeR

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will175

Self Healing PPF and ceramic coating on top will help a ton with swirl marks and defects from routine cleaning. The ceramic helps with the dust and crap sticking and makes it easier to clean up. All my vehicles/toys are PPF and/or ceramic coated. Even my lifted F350 is completely covered in PPF. And I have avoided rock chips and scratched over and over due to the PPF.

If having your paint not look perfect all the time, then cool don't get PPF done. Simple as that. But when you speak of something you really don't have a idea about, kind of makes you look uneducated...Speaking the truth bro. Nothing I said above is false or made up Tulsa. And please don't come at me about the extended warranty and crap like that. Im one of the few on here that mod the **** out of everything I own. So if you have anything educated to add in here please do so. But putting down other dudes with BS isn't too cool my man. Keep doin ya thing homie! Stay up and stop throwing that negative **** around...

Ersatzs2

First thing I’m doing with my 550 is heading to the mountains to test the three locking diffs. Well, maybe the second thing, after getting some sort of wrap protection. Has anyone gone into the woods in their G who can report on Xpel ability to withstand scratches from branches?

n3rd

Yes, my wife tests Xpel regularly. She drives her Range Rover (with Xpel) through dense shrubs on our property regularly. Sometimes, she leaves the truck parked in the shrubs. All it takes to remove the damage is a little work from a heat gun and the film heals itself.

That said, if the film tears it’s not fixable and that panel of film has to be replaced.

This is why all my cars get paint protection film.

horse86

lol....too much real life

unotaz

First of all, a color wrap is not the same as a clearer as in the Xpel Ultimate. Color wrap is purely for aesthetic and the clear bra is for protection.

If you repaint a car, the car's value will drop and if you were in the market for an used car, would you want to buy a car that has been fully repainted by non-factory facility and workers?

I have quite a few cars and I am neither a **** star or banker

unotaz

Ceramic coating on top of PPF is overkill in my opinion. Any kinds of swirls can be fixed by pouring hot water over the PPF and contrary to popular uber legend, ceramic coating does not stop the PPF from yellowing. The only thing ceramic coating does is make the car easier to clean, that's it.

Ersatzs2

Excellent. I own a heat gun. And I’m married. So Xpel, and I’m good to go.

will175

I said the exact same thing above bro. haha. I use ceramic coating to help with dust. I live in Vegas and its dusty as **** sometimes. And its so hot here there is no need for hot water to heal the PPF. But Nano PPF has some type of coating built into the wrap so its super slick as is. Way better then Xpel Ultimate.

motorwerksgroup

No, I own Motorwerks and I get all those services done by personnel at cost. No I didn't purchase an extended warranty or maintenance plan because we are a Mercedes-Benz service and collision center.

So next time you open your mouth about others, take some time to do some research on their backgrounds. Here's my business: http://www.motorwerksgroup.com . Check us out. Yes, I have more knowledge than you in EVERY aspect of automobile service, collision repair, paint preservation, and warranty situations. Point blank.

Now....just....shut....up.

TuLsaViPeR

You are so full of ****... I was 💯% right. You are not even paying retail. You are doing the **** at cost. GTFOH

You are on here acting like these cars are actually yours, and you are buying the ****. Please!! You are a body shop.

TuLsaViPeR

GUYS DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

motorwerksgroup

Listen, I can easily PM you a picture of the titles to my cars, or send you the VINs and you can call any dealer or run a CarFax and verify. Moreover, if I paid full retail, roughly $6200 wrapping/coating my $308000 Ferrari 488, I can recoup more than 60% of that investment when I sell the car.

Now, why don't you call my office in the morning, 248-668-6793, ask the office personnel there that answer the phone about myself and my vehicles, next, I'll give you my cell, we can Facetime, we can walk to each vehicle at my house, and you can personally verify the vehicles, their titles, and registrations.

Oh...and I agree with you that some vehicles are clearly a waste to wrap. Like a pissant C230 that a dealer wouldn't even want for a trade-in.....I'm sure you've got that C230 all "stanced" out, lowered on air bags with 22" dubs on it...or a homemade high mileage G550 purchased from some dirt lot gas station with Autozone mods....we know your type...

Just because you don't agree with other members' spends doesn't mean you can sit here and chastise their financial decisions. Some of us are fortunate to be able to drop $$$ on wraps, coatings, G-Wagons, etc. and it not impact our financial livelihood one bit.

One more thing, my name is Satish Tummala, you can go on Facebook and check my profile...plenty of pics of those vehicles at my home. And my wife's Instagram is JJ_JorgensenTummala. Same vehicles parked in my garage. Don't get too jealous...she's a model...

But to summarize, you should be happy that guys like us are purchasing brand new G63s and wrapping and coating them. Because 15 years from now, when you can finally end up buying mine from some used car dealer in 2034, the paint will still be in great shape for you

Now you GTFOH