Originally Posted by
Poodini
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Looks GREAT!! Props to you for doing the work! I'd definitely have to have a pro do mine...
I've seriously considered it since I just had my front end repainted and literally within a week/2, it's peppered with rock chips! How does this stuff hold up compared to conventional paint? I'm a newb to this technology so just thinking aloud.
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thanks! yea i loved the matte look since i first saw it and im glad i was brave enough to give it a go my first time around and now im hooked, cant drive without a custom color done, and it definitely protects your oem paint, i have like 0 rock chips (obviously on this one, but even my previous red and grey colors, been 3 years ive been dipped total and my front bumper looked perfectly fine, no wear from rock chips or any of the usual road waer). the material is flexible and doesn't get chipped easily, i'll try to find a close up pic of my red color, had it for 2 years and it looks smooth. obviously it's not as hard and strong as normal clearcoat paint, but it's definitely more forgiving with daily wear and tear, i don't have to worry about swirl marks from automatic car washes, no rock chips, even if i get some kind of damage or scratch its not as stressful because the factory paint isnt damaged, and this stuff is meant to be temporary anyway so i dont even worry i can always touch it up or just wait till my next color so i dont stress any of that.
my original color was black and that is a B to take care of, i think the air even causes swirl marks on black lol. but yea it's definitely great stuff, can protect your paint from minor scuffs, door dings, someone scraping or trying to key it (unless they go crazy), etc. but i love it, it's like a big screen protector for your car, with color of course, but just assuring to know it's easily repaired and replaced, and not like having to repair actual paint.
edit: here are 2 pics i could find that clearly show the front. you can see it's pretty spotless as far as rock chips or tears or anything like that. also my side mirrors have been dipped for 3 years now and they are in pretty good shape, other than being dirty. the front of the hood area is fine as well, no chips at all. but i'm sure if you hit a big enough rock it may leave a slight mark or something of course, but like the usual 99% of rock chip wear is not there. 2nd pic is larger res you can kind of zoom into it and see
(on this pic, there is a little scuff right above that front wheel, that was caused by some idiot in a minivan coming up too close to me while trying to double park and he lightly scraped it, luckily no panel damage and it just barely scuffed off the red, and exposed by matte grey dip underneath, but it's smooth to the touch and you can barely feel anything there. also that spot you see above the headlight there, that's the only noticeable chip i've gotten, i don't know what it was if it was someone picking at it, if someone bumped it with a bicycle handle or something, or could have been a big ass rock hit it on the highway, but that basically cause a very minor chip there, but it was still barely noticeable until you got right up close. here in the pic it's just bigger and darker because i thinned down the edges of that area and that's the old grey dip showing underneath, it covered smoothly over it when i did the blue. but you can see the rest of the front bumper like below the headlights and below the fog grille area, it's perfectly smooth there no chipping or pitting or anything at all like that)
http://i.imgur.com/NN7WPVi.jpg
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