Did a search, but could not find anything on this question. I plan to have a new car full hood/fenders/bumper protected with Exel Ultimate and have the wheels and body treated with Opticoat. I expect that Opticoat will make keeping the wheels and the body a lot easier to clean. I have used Ultima Paint Guard Plus for about the past 8-9 years and find that it is optically extremely good and is also durable through New England winters. Can I continue to use it on the Expel and Opticoat surfaces without any problems? Of course, if the Opticoat maintains the shine, I won't have to treat it at all.

 

if i were you i'd take it to rick nelson at unique car care in stoneham and let him sort it out...he's the best

 

I met with Rick the other day and will have him do the work. Might even flatbed the TT to him rather than risk stonechips on the drive from the dealer to Stoneham.

 

theres no one better, he does all of my cars and has for years
just let him figure out whats needed, mention me and maybe you will get a better deal!

 

Does Rick know you by you UN?

 

Rick did my black 996TT last year. I use to detail in a previous life. He made my car look amazing. I could never have done what he did (and I'm actually pretty good). Going to hit him up again this year.

 

I have Optiocoat 2.0 on 2 of my vehicles and its been there for 2 years. Optically and protection wise, there is no downside. It is by far the most protective against micro marring and clean ups are much easier as nothing sticks. The surface is not as slick feeling as you are used to with the Ultima Paint Guard Plus but that is not the biggest deal.


I would use again. Your wheels will clean up so easily.

 

Have any of you guys with XPEL on your front ends had the LED headlights covered in XPEL as well? If so, any issues with de-laminating?

I had not heard of this issue until I read through this thread: http://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3/8...eadlights.html

 

i have it on everything on all of my cars and have had no issues, including in the new england winters

 

My understanding from Rick at Unique Car Care who applied Expel ultimate and Opticoat of my TTS in July is that he had heard about problems with protective film over LED outer lenses on the 991. Therefore, he did not apply it over the headlight lenses on my car. Better safe than sorry. He also did not recommend application of protective film over the windshield for regulatory reasons. I realize that there is a protective windshield film that among other places is advertised in the PCA magazines, but I have not tried it.

 

So, after speaking with a few of my clear bra installer friends, we are no longer installing headlight protection on 991s, Boxsters, and Caymans. So far, our track record is perfect and we've not had any issues on the newer generations, but as we all know, in this case, risk is not worth the reward. Until we get word that Porsche has done something new about the coating on headlights, we'll be omitting this from our installs. Perhaps the new coating will prevent the yellowing of headlights that begins to happen a few years into ownership.

 

I have the 3m product on my 997.2 zero issues to date. Done by detailing dynamics