Paint Protection Film, Clear Bra Forum
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has anyone completed a full coverage hood on a full size Range Rover [current model] and what film works.
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I am interested in ppf training and products, any help would be greatly appreciated.
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How is the warranty? Flexiblity or strech is comparitive to llulu or clearshield? Long term? Any info is greatly appreciated
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This car was the worst...fresh paint, 2 days old...I did it ..... ....super pain in the buttox.
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New option for 55+ inch role sizes
by Guest Josh @ Proform- 4 replies
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Although I only do installations for Pro-Tect, as a side job to designing for Proform, I thought others may find this helpful. http://www.pro-tectfilm.com/blog/
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What car would you want to do
by Guest Marco- 7 replies
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I was wondering what car you guys would want to do if you could do any car in the world. PPF or tint doesn't matter I just did my car today I'm exhausted, it kicked my azz
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PPF COLORADO 1 2
by Guest ecbras- 17 replies
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Is anyone from colorado and what ppf are using!
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Just a few PPF i have done the last few days 1 2
by Guest tintgod- 16 replies
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Audi RS4 2008 Corvette..Full Hood and fenders, bumper,headlights and fog lights,and rear fender wells and rocker panels if I can stop tinting and just do PPF I would.
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any suggestions 1 2 3 4
by Guest tintgod- 32 replies
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"It rained a little today and the car then dried in the hot sun. I have water spots on the hood and front fenders. How or what will take them off? I tried polish and cleaner. Any ideas??" this is a email that I got from a client of mine that I just did his vette about 2 weeks ago..anyone have any suggestions for him...this is the first time I have had someone ask this? the product is ventureshield ultra. thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Anybody Looking For 3M Film 3 Gen 1 2
by Guest gregppf- 13 replies
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We are a distributor for 3M, we have great pricing for bulk film, all sizes. If you respond leave your phone number and I'll contact you. Just a thought.
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when bulking ppf 1 2
by Guest cartek- 10 replies
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do you guys cut right on the paint? I am a little confused I cant imagine that that is how it is done. also you leave a little extra on the hood and then wrap to the bottom? I am thinking about gettins some and practicing on my car, I installed a kit on an 05 lesabre, which is one of the only kits I have ever done and it turned out relatively well, but it took a long time and I can definitely use a lot more practice. is that a fairly simple, or fairly difficult car to do?
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A Mallett Conversion Saturn Sky 1 2 3
by Guest Marco- 20 replies
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Full kit with options
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First 911 (997) GT2 in the US 1 2
by Guest Josh @ Proform- 13 replies
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Received a phone call last from Porsche Cars of North America requesting our services for a special project in San Diego. We left (from Las Vegas) Monday morning and were back by 10 pm Monday night. Went well, even though the working conditions were not that great, poor lighting and large open doors letting coast breezes with a lot of dirt in the air. We were told it was the first new GT2 to hit the US. Bumper was cake and the upper (hood, fenders and mirrors) were the same as all the rest of the 911 (997)
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Tools of the trade
by Guest socalkid- 1 reply
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do you guys use some of the same tools for tinting as you do with ppf? What about slip solution ratio for both
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xpel
by Guest ecbras- 3 replies
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Is xpel making there own film or is it 3m?
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looking for ideas on getting more dealer work. have a decent amount of retail but want more new stuff. we currently use venture but are considering a change. just looking for some guidance.
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I got one coming in in the am that I am replacing one custy had with a larger (18"). Wondering what you all use for adheisive removal. I usually put a fine layer of wax before mine but I don't know if they did.
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Just another day in Vegas 1 2 3
by Guest Josh @ Proform- 24 replies
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This our third Veyron:
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Porsche 911
by Guest socalkid- 6 replies
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Anyone do a 2002 Porche 911 and what do you think of it as far as either a kit or bulk?
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the reason 3M bought Venture 1 2
by Guest bigboyk2000- 10 replies
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Just got off the phone with an MM rep. He said they are not interested in using Ventures products. The reason for the purchase was for the factory, MM wants to have the capability of producing 60in roles of PPF. He also said that MM has terminated its contract with xpel and purchased star shield out of California and are setting up software systems to allow computer cutting by Feb of this year. The vibe I got from the rep is that MM is trying to set up Car Dealerships with bundle packadges (tint, PPF, plotter, and No Fault warraties) and just like many other distributors/manufacturers trying to cash in on the greed of the car dealers by offer mark up items at a low c…
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Steamers do work and work well. I have had to redo this bumper twice now...this time I used a steamer...the material layed down so smooth and looked great. This is the new Lexus RX400h. I could not get the top corners of the bumper to lay down smooth but the steamer took care of it.
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remove ppf
by Guest tintingbytami- 9 replies
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I got remove the hood on 08 accord anyone have to remove it first time for me . Does it leave adhesive? if so what can I use maybe googone or something like that
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gotta love a good referral 1 2 3
by Guest tintgod- 27 replies
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread...t=ventureshield
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Thats how I do it.
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I been thinking about getting into PPF but my volume wont be as high as most since I'm merely a word-of-mouth tint out of the garage for extra money kind of guy. I had requested information from Lamin-X a few months back and was told they had a deal for $400 they would send you a CD with all of the templates ready to cut on my plotter and all I had to do was buy my material in bulk rolls and cut them out when I needed them. I reciently went to order that deal and they told me they don't sell the CD anymore and I had to buy a membership and pay a monthly fee for downloadable templates now. Or I can just buy bulk rolls and hand cut, or get their pre-cut kits. I don't wan…
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I love customers who call and want something done....and they don't ask for a price... ...they just want it done.
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Whole cars 1 2 3
by Speed- 22 replies
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ppf in orlando
by Guest Revolution- 4 replies
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A Happy and Prosperous New Year to you all im just back from Orlando over the xmas break, doing the Disney thing as you do. whilst hangin around for the buses to and from our hotel I took to wandering around the vast car parks lookind out for ppf. I came across lots of those black bras but not one ppf? I take it its not popular around those parts? couldn't find anyone advertising it either there. evetry car I passed whilst out walking I looked at but didnt fint 1 car in 2 weeks, even exotics and high end 4x4's. I just expected to see a few done over there. maybe its more popular in other areas? weather was great, I love USA theme parks, they have the whole thing down…
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squeege rub marks 1 2 3
by Guest Revolution- 24 replies
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anyone had success at removing squeege rub marks off of Ventureshield Ultra? got a couple on a full hood on a black car, thin long marks. it looks great except for these couple of marks. isop. does nothing to them. I was installing using a yellow squeege and the corner of the squeege rubbed a bit dry. im guessing its a redo but thought I would ask here first if anyone has any ideas
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48"x130" Install 1 2 3
by Speed- 23 replies
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This was the biggest single piece of film I ever installed... and it was ten feet off the ground. If this guy didn't have so many nice cars, I would have passed
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calling all xpel dudes
by Guest socalkid- 9 replies
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When are you guys going to come out with the 2008 Civic kits?
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2008 z06 vette 1 2 3 4
by Guest tintgod- 34 replies
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how difficult is a full hood,fender, bumper,mirror and option package going to be...and what would be the average price for something like that?..doing a kit.
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http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/s...x/brastain1.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii292/s...x/brastain2.jpg
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Venture Scratch Removal Tip
by Guest Cpig- 2 replies
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Here's something I discoverd last night while trying to remove scratches from VentureShield. Most people know about using a heat gun to remove scratches but this wasn't working for some of my deeper scratches. So I followed the heat gun up with a LIGHT swipe with a MicroFiber towel - the scratches just disappeared and the film is now invisible again. The towel pushed the heat-softened surface together to seal the scratch. You have to use very light pressure immediately after applying heat for it to work.
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Badass toy....800 hp..... I did a bunch of Bra on this car..whole front end, some on the back and around the doors. The Clear-Plex went on smooth....I had to cut it out....... and shape it on Plexie glass....that was scary... but it turned out real good....
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cool car. This is a new Benz C class..sport.......... This is an 08 AUDI RS4 CAB...only 300 in the US.... ...I got my hands on one....
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I finally did it! 1 2 3 4
by Guest 1PEECBARETTA- 31 replies
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I ppf'd my work truck. After all this time I broke down and did it. It was hard to sell without haveing an example to display. I used the meguires nxt wax before installing. I made the mistake of waxing everything. It went well and all, but, if I had not done it around the tack points, it would have went a little quicker. Oh well, we will see if it stays on or not. hahahahah
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ventureshield help 1 2
by Guest tintgod- 11 replies
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if anyone out there that can cut me a pattern for full hood and full fenders for a 2008 corvette z06 I would really appreciate it..it has to be ventureshield ultra. I have to have it in the next couple of weeks...you can email me if you can help me out @ eclipsetinting@gmail.com thanks, bryan
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Advantage Bras! 1 2
by Guest 1PEECBARETTA- 11 replies
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I have used quite a bit of Advantage's ppf kits and have found them to be of very high quality. Fit has been extremely good. They have installed smooth and easy. I can't say enough good things about them. The price has been a big selling point for me as well. Compared to many of the other companies, they are far better! Mention my name to Ricky or Beeline, to get my brownie points up. HAHAHA . Seriously, good stuff
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Worried about the wrong things? 1 2 3
by Guest kccartint- 24 replies
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There have been a lot of topics about who makes what lately or how it got there. It would be nice to know but we should be worried about more important things. Things like the manufacturers that sell film and patterns direct to the dealers pushing the real specialist out. I am sure most of us have seen a lot of the sub par jobs that come from it. Not only does it take money from your shops but gives the product a bad wrap as well. It amazes me how many shops will support a company that will back door them and sell to a dealer direct or even retail. In my eyes it shows you how much they really appreciate your business and support. Putting up a difficulty rating, vid…
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Glare reduction primarily. I have a sedan in the country full of jacked up pickups with super bright headlights. I guess why I ask is I see a lot of people say factory glass is 70% then air80 (80%) would be like 70x0.8 = 56% which seems pretty dark. Does that sound accurate to you? thanks -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
What is your goal for the FWS? How much risk are you willing to take? I did not care to ask to meter it. Going darker can make it hard to see something on the highway when driving at night like, debris, puddles(hydroplane), potholes, I don't know about you but I drive fast and I need to see the road. I just wanted solar energy rejection, and UV protection for leather interior. -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Yeah I hear you. That’s why I’m avoiding the 50%. Curious did they meter it after installing it? Wondering what it comes back at. -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
I have Air80 on FWS, 35% on 4 doors, 5% on 3rd row and hatch. I am happy rejecting some solar energy and having no visibility issues at night. The 15% you have will make the FWS look darker I assume. During the day it would not be a big difference, only at night. I know a FWS ticket is $$, I didn't want to give a bored cop an excuse to pull me over. Or have the chance to notice the FWS while being pulled over for something else. The less I talk to cops the better. -
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Air80 vs Stratos70 Windshield
Hey all, debating between the 2 films. Wondering if anyone can give me some insight between the 2 for the windshield. The rest of the car has 15% pinnacle. thank you. -
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Looking for mobile installer in phx and surrounding area's
Looking to set up a mobile window tinting partnership. Any installers already doing mobile jobs I'd like to speak with you and see if we can't work out a deal. I would get jobs in to be done by you. Adding to your work flow by increasing your installs through out the year. Thank you, Justin (602) 770-6910 -
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
Any impact from polishing, if the mar responds to polishing, would result in no or little visible trace. Anyone experienced in buffing glass will likely say, no guarantees; unless they've experienced the same mar on glass.- 1
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Boat window tinting tips
I use(d) these that are readily available through grocery stores; on installs that should not have a blade running across their surface. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Scotch-Brite-3PK-Dobie-Cleaning-Pad/580762256?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=101033794&gclsrc=aw.ds&&adid=22222222227580762256_101033794_160178497084_20981201920&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=689850595863&wl4=pla-2274697737319&wl5=9008682&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=255470249&wl11=online&wl12=580762256_101033794&veh=sem&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyo335LbOhQMVo0tHAR1HpQC8EAQYASABEgKydfD_BwE Need to know whether the boat has glass or does it have plexiglass (acrylic) or Lexan (poly-carbonate). Glass is not worrisome, the other two are. Plexi will blister from out-gassing in no time at all, whereby, Poly-carbonate is a crap shoot as to when and how serious, if any, blistering of film occurs. Both Plexi and Ploy may also be difficult to remove, if the need arises down the road mainly getting the adhesive of without damaging the surface. Both should not be warranted given the aforementioned potentials and these conditions should be discussed with the owner.- 1
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
thank you - great to know polishing should remove it. 🙏 I appreciate you and all the others who took the time to reply. -
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Can this be fixed? Wondering how this happens
We've seen it on new vehicles, polishing it should remove it. Definitely not the shops fault.- 1
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