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The best way to get PPF off (or any wrap material such as 3M film) is with steam.
I had my hood wrapped on my Bentley. Got tired of it after about six months, I used a common wall paper steamer that can be purchased from HD or Lowes. Took about an hour to remove the entire hood and absolutely NO glue cleanup afterwards. The paint will be perfect as it was when wrapped.
Just use the steam to start an edge then work it along a line, the steam is enough to heat up the film causing it to lift and distort. The glues stays on the film.
Steam is what the "big guys" use....
The best way to get PPF off (or any wrap material such as 3M film) is with steam.
I had my hood wrapped on my Bentley. Got tired of it after about six months, I used a common wall paper steamer that can be purchased from HD or Lowes. Took about an hour to remove the entire hood and absolutely NO glue cleanup afterwards. The paint will be perfect as it was when wrapped.
Just use the steam to start an edge then work it along a line, the steam is enough to heat up the film causing it to lift and distort. The glues stays on the film.
Steam is what the "big guys" use....
Excellent suggestion to use steam. I figured a heat gun, but steam makes the most sense for sure. We have a hand held clothes steamer that would probably work great.
This honestly was so easy I'm planning to DIY PPF some more stuff perhaps just buying it by the sheet form Lamin X. I would think a hood to be quite easy, but I could see how a bumper with complicated aero parts could be a PITA (ala the Z06).
Thank you @MikeR397 , could not be happier
Very successful afternoon of Dr. ColorChip, yes, you can still see the chips, but you have to be looking for them . . . The paint code was perfect for my Magnetic Silver (charcoal), including the fleck; my paint has so much fleck in it, it helps distract the eye from seeing the chips
The pre-cut PPF was a bit confusing, you mentioned the 1/4" overhang, I would have preferred not needing to wrap it over the edge . . . even considered cutting it, but I'm sure I would have screwed it up
Could not be happier and from 3 feet, the car looks perfect, really appreciate the recommendation
I also bought a McCulloch MC1275 steamer to get my existing PPF off, worked like a charm. I've seen videos of folks ripping it off their cars . . . No thanks. It was a 3 minute job to remove the PPF and I never felt like my paint was in danger; HIGHLY recommended to remove existing PPF, KH
Regarding the overhang, a light hair drier will help you wrap the overhang around the corner and it sticks perfect. It's very easy this way and avoids cut edges on 3 of 4 sides of the piece. FWIW, don't ever get wax in the cut edge of PPF or it'll look white edged forever!
Better than "worked out", it looks fantastic! I did the hair dryer bit, I'm just concerned that over time, water and grime will get in there and it will fail
Although, at $80 . . . I would just do it again and remove the beat up PPF! KH
Is anyone using anything to protect the rocker/side skirt. I noticed a small chip and faint scratches just appeared after a nice drive yesterday. The roads here in Miami are awful and there is construction going on everywhere. Thanks
Is anyone using anything to protect the rocker/side skirt. I noticed a small chip and faint scratches just appeared after a nice drive yesterday. The roads here in Miami are awful and there is construction going on everywhere. Thanks
I’ve not noticed an issue there (yet) but laminx also sells sheets you could easily (well sorta) cut and fold around the side skirts is probably your cheapest solution other than occasional touch up paint.
If you save the backing from the PPF you'll have a template to make additional replacements from sheet PPF as needed. I do this with my Porsches which suffer from the same chipping. But Porsche at least puts some protection there from the factory.
Originally Posted by MikeR397
The laminx rear wheel arches ppf pieces look perfect for what I’m looking for. They come with a spray bottle and squeege and instructions and will fit and over the entire rear wheel arch panel from the side sill up to the body line above the top of the arches is where they are cut. I think this will be great coverage for the rock chips and blend in just fine (unless you are the type of person seeing a ppf line is going to ruin the beauty of the car and need it wrapped under panels and seemless — which in this case probably requires a full car ppf wrap for $7k).
I’ll share a pic when I get them installed in a few days after I have time to do a little more dr color chip.
This is by far the most affordable/easiest solution to this problem. I was told $500 to add on the rear wheel arches by a ppf shop only after (as a special price) I paid $3250 for full front bumper and hood and pillar/mirror coverage. These were $80 with a 10% off code!
eta: I cut the one on the left out to roughly what the ppf piece looks like to see how they would fit — this is obviously precut by them and you just peel it off the big backer sheet, spray both sides with dawn/water and apply
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