Ajzride
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It's been 4 years, 11 months, and 1 week since I applied seven coats of Halo EFX and three coats of Finish-1 clear coat as a paint protection product on the truck. I have driven almost exactly 100K miles in that time. I pulled the PPF off this week, and the paint underneath looks factory new. The only regret I have is not doing the whole truck last time. I only did it from the fender line down because I was worried about rock chips. But now it is obvious where the PPF was because the upper 1/3 of the truck is faded and has some swirl marks showing. It would have actually been easier to do the whole truck the first time because the one issue I had when doing it was removing the masking tape at the top of the 2-tone line after the clear dried. If I had done the upper third in clear PPF like the bottom third, that line would have been unmasked wet and given me no issues. I plan to do the whole truck in a new color in mid-October.
Putting the PPF on took two solid days. The first day was all prep (masking and cleaning) and the second day was all painting. Cost in materials was about $500.
Taking it off took about 5 hours, but I could do it in 3 knowing what I know now.
I think doing it a second time will only take a day, I learned a lot last time I did it.
Putting the PPF on took two solid days. The first day was all prep (masking and cleaning) and the second day was all painting. Cost in materials was about $500.
Taking it off took about 5 hours, but I could do it in 3 knowing what I know now.
I think doing it a second time will only take a day, I learned a lot last time I did it.
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