Ok, so my low miles beauty seems to be nearing the point of repaint. Due to years of neglect the clear on the rear bumper has cracked and faded...as expected. But it looks to me like the trunk and the hood have similar problems. Mainly light colored spots of clear with rust colored dots in the middle. I have patched a few of the bigger ones already. Perhaps the roof too. I have checked but I haven't officially found any. Front bumper paint has cracked and spidered and 2 of the 4 doors have sanding marks on them anyway for unknown reasons. It seems logical to paint the whole damn car.
Unfortunately ,at the moment the car is an outside car. I'm not so much worried about the weather, rather my douchebag neighbors kids who like to play football/hockey in the street. I can point out a few scratches/dents from them.
anyway, my goal was to wait until my situation changes to paint the car...but I feel like waiting longer and letting rust set in isn't going to benefit me at all. So, I've been thinking of ways to at least protect the paint after a repaint. My initial though was opticoat...then there is c quartz finest. Both of which seem great but don't really provide protection against debris impact which is what I face from the neighbors. they aren't cheap either. Figure about $1000 on top of a new paint job. The only other options seem to be a protective film of which xpel seems to be the most durable in terms of scratch resistance. But it's nearly $4000 to coat the entire car. Argh!
Most dealers want to do the bumpers, hood and half the doors which are the exact opposite of what I would need.
Honestly, believe it or not...dents aren't that bad. I have awesome PDR guys. It's scratches. The film seems to be the best but it's way to expensive too coat the entire car.As far as ceramic coatings go...I can find 100 in favor of any brand. I need real world recommendations. Unfortunately I can't set the children on fire.
I don't just wanna let the car sit and let the rust become a real problem IE: embed in the sheetmetal and require replacement or failure of a repaint.
Unfortunately ,at the moment the car is an outside car. I'm not so much worried about the weather, rather my douchebag neighbors kids who like to play football/hockey in the street. I can point out a few scratches/dents from them.
anyway, my goal was to wait until my situation changes to paint the car...but I feel like waiting longer and letting rust set in isn't going to benefit me at all. So, I've been thinking of ways to at least protect the paint after a repaint. My initial though was opticoat...then there is c quartz finest. Both of which seem great but don't really provide protection against debris impact which is what I face from the neighbors. they aren't cheap either. Figure about $1000 on top of a new paint job. The only other options seem to be a protective film of which xpel seems to be the most durable in terms of scratch resistance. But it's nearly $4000 to coat the entire car. Argh!
Most dealers want to do the bumpers, hood and half the doors which are the exact opposite of what I would need.
Honestly, believe it or not...dents aren't that bad. I have awesome PDR guys. It's scratches. The film seems to be the best but it's way to expensive too coat the entire car.As far as ceramic coatings go...I can find 100 in favor of any brand. I need real world recommendations. Unfortunately I can't set the children on fire.
I don't just wanna let the car sit and let the rust become a real problem IE: embed in the sheetmetal and require replacement or failure of a repaint.