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Has anyone had their Gen 3 Tundra fully wrapped in PPF?

Discussion in 'Detailing' started by DBWA, Aug 23, 2022.

  1. Aug 23, 2022 at 10:13 AM
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    DBWA

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    How did you end up feeling about the end product? Have you had much silvering, air or water bubble, or compression lines show up after the first few weeks? Were you happy with the quality of installation or do you feel like a full wrap will always have some problems?
     
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    I think it would just be easier to get a wrap in the color of your tundra. The ppf (depending on quality) could still allow uv rays through and deteriorate your paint where the color wrap would keep them out.
     
  3. Aug 23, 2022 at 10:41 AM
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    I got my truck wrapped, and it's been about 1.5 weeks, and there are some things I'm not happy with but I was wondering if this is the case with any full wrap or if I had a bad install. Because of a bad experience with the installer, I'm not really excited about going back to have it redone there. So I'm trying to understand if my expectations are reasonable compared to other experiences folks have happened.
     
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    Although I did not get a full truck wrap, I did get the full front end, and same for all my other cars.

    What issues are you experiencing on your wrap?

    The following for me is a no-go, and would get the installer to re-do it, or refund:
    • Dust/lint under the PPF;
    • Lifting/peeling of your PPF; and
    • Misalignment.
    Air bubbles/water bubbles should go away after a couple weeks, if not, again back to the installer to fix it.
     
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    Bump for any more full truck experiences. Anybody use xpel stealth?
     
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    following…
     
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    Bumping this thread to see if anyone else has fully PPF'd their tundra. I'm on the fence for a full STEK PPF but would like more feedback as this is a huge expense to consider without much feedback.
     
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    Not the full truck but I did the front, A pillars, roof edge and door edges on my truck. I think it's the greatest thing since sliced break. No more chips swirls marks from wiping bugs come off easy and my 3 year old truck still looks brand new. If you can afford it I say go for it.
     
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    I'm planning on it, but need to sell one of my cars first. Its expensive but I want the ease
     
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    Cosmetics for for a pavement princess.
    If you are looking for perfection, you won’t achieve it unless you are willing to pay a premium on top of a premium or bully the installer. Good installers will tell you what you will realistically get. If your installer says it will look perfect, that is a red flag. You will have some imperfections somewhere for various reasons.

    Any prior rock chips will likely need to be corrected (ie respraying the panel or wet sanding and spot correcting). Dust is inevitable, and a truck has a lot of real estate. Usually dust is nearly impossible to see, but a larger piece of lint should be cause for an expensive install to be redone. If you want to minimize seams, that is custom or modified prints. That also entails removing trim pieces, lights, etc. that quickly drives up the cost. A full wrap to minimize seams also means when they clean the car, even places that never get cleaned need to be cleaned and degreased.

    The issue I have with PPF is that it is out on for one of two reasons: to protect the paint (for what, I can respray a vehicle for the cost and what it cost I won’t get back when I sell the vehicle), to look good and protect (it will tear and get knicked by rocks, at that point, you are at the or near the cost of a panel respray if it is the hood, and it will be the hood). PPF is not bulletproof and cannot heal from decent rock hits. It will start to look worse than a rock chip, it is only a matter of when.

    The only caveat is that in a truck, the hood is high up enough that you shouldn’t get it beat to hell with rocks. My front bumper had no issues with rocks. My hood had two significant hits that went through the PPF and tore the PPF in 10,000 miles on a Supra. Head on seams to be a good bit better than glancing hits like on the hood.

    If you are going to PPF, I would not do a full wrap, only the front bumper and hood (most places will make you do the front quarters as well) unless you are going for a look or are trying to mitigate pinstripes from tree branches.

    Yes, but on a Supra. Good product. You will need a wax-free soap. Understand what you are buying, it is not magical.

    I don’t know what ease you are expecting. I spent just as much time caring for a car with PPF as one without. To keep hydrophobicity long term, you will need to apply a topper periodically, same as with paint. You will skip a once every couple of years single stage paint correction and coating application, but that is a day job at best.
     
  11. Jun 7, 2023 at 9:16 AM
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    Really appreciate the write up. The cheapskate in me currently is building a small excel file to determine a total cost of ownership type deal. Especially since touch ups, some covered by my current dealership contract, won't add up to the costs of the wrap.


    If I'm being perfectly honest, I also like idea of it probably more than its worth. So I'm tempering that and thinking of putting that chunk of change into a high interest savings account and forgetting I even had the PPF idea, hahahaha
     

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