protective paint film

[Gary-Lew]

thinking of fitting that clear film to leading edge of bonnet and most of the front bumper plus the lower sills for the winter months, has anyboby fitted it in the past if so is it any good
thanks

 

[BrianR]

This is what you need, very big in America ! very big fullstop......

http://www.carbras.com/

 

[Steve]

No^^^^^.

What he means is the clear plastic coating as used on Lambo's & Ferraris.

Not cheap but what is.

I got a quote of £40 just for the small area in front of rear arches that gets blasted by grit.

The guy lives local as well.

 

[182_blue]

these guys are really good http://www.xpeleu.com/ , but as said the proper stuff is not cheap, they wanted £1100 for my car, thats with a full bonnet job though

 

[Brand86]

Not really worth it for a Clio guys!! You could get aa lot of bodyshop correction for that kind of money.... keep your money, save it towards the Ferarri!

 

[Alan]

If mine gets so bad i'll jus have the bonnet and bumper resprayed..would't cost £1100...

 

[al]

Not really worth it for a Clio guys!!

There's always one

 

[Alan]

Not really worth it for a Clio guys!!

There's always one

Its true tho mate....

My uncle had the proper venture film stuff fitted to his E46 CS when he got it a few years ago and it didnt make much of a difference...

It doesnt chip the paint as much tho it chips the film and it goes all rough like sand paper and in time parts of the film start to peel off and the paint underneath gets chipped anyway....he paid about 2k to have the full front end done and wishes he never bothered...tho in the end when trading the car a few months ago for the new Audi RS4 he just had the front end resprayed.

Alan.

 

[Brand86]

There's always one

Its true tho mate....

My uncle had the proper venture film stuff fitted to his E46 CS when he got it a few years ago and it didnt make much of a difference...

It doesnt chip the paint as much tho it chips the film and it goes all rough like sand paper and in time parts of the film start to peel off and the paint underneath gets chipped anyway....he paid about 2k to have the full front end done and wishes he never bothered...tho in the end when trading the car a few months ago for the new Audi RS4 he just had the front end resprayed.

Alan.

Exactly mate. On a £50k or upwards car maybe I would consider it, but paying £1k or more on a Clio just doesn't make financial sense, and like Alan says once the stuff gets damaged it looks rubbish. It's not like an invisible forcefield boys!

Save your money for a bodyshop. Heck, you could buy a brand new bonnet for that much on a Clio!

 

[Alan]

Yep...tho his M3 had been to the ring about 8 times in the last 3 years he has also tracked it quite a bit, even still the film wasn't doing what they say it does!!

A front end respray on a clio your only talking about £500??

 

[Brand86]

Maybe slightly more depending on where you get it done but still the easier and better option in my opinion. So we all agree then - the protective paint film, especially for a Clio, is a total waste of money. End of discussion, case closed!