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 Ceramic coating vs PPF vs bi-monthly wax?, cost vs effectiveness

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Vervain
post Jan 20 2020, 01:59 AM

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QUOTE(wild_card_my @ Jan 19 2020, 12:41 PM)
thanks for the detailed reply.

Ok as it is now I am so against the PPF because I do not like maintenance and keeping up with a schedule, especially after I have paid for it.

So for my Sunset Orange car, do you think I would just be best served with a "cheap RM300" coating? When you said coating, what do you mean? is this wax? Car detailing noob here, but I simply want to care my first conti car well.
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Personally I find PPF to be the best to guard against pesky chips from stones. The other easy option is to send Your car for weekly wash. I wash all my 4 cars with a high pressure water jet weekly then clay when needed. Looks good so far. My friends whom did coatings claim it doesn’t stop water mark nor stops stone chips. He decides to go wrap as its much cheaper than ppf
Vervain
post Jan 20 2020, 02:13 AM

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QUOTE(wild_card_my @ Jan 20 2020, 02:04 AM)
I think this is my plan for my new car:

1. Send it to install M-performance parts (just for looks)
2. Send it for waxing
3. Send it for front-side PPF

What do you think?
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1. Ok
2. Just do waterwet. I don’t particularly like wax as dust and debris will stick on it. Then when you wash your car, rubbing the surface with the dirty wax may scratch the car.
3. Best option but costly.
Vervain
post Jan 23 2020, 09:49 AM

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ppf and rubber dips are different la.
Vervain
post Jan 23 2020, 12:16 PM

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QUOTE(wild_card_my @ Jan 23 2020, 10:59 AM)
i may know about PPF, but what are rubber dips?
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Plasti dip
Vervain
post Jan 24 2020, 08:48 PM

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QUOTE(abubin @ Jan 23 2020, 03:53 PM)
plastidip is too expensive here to be worth using for body paint. Plus it is hard to get the spray to be evenly done. For wheels or emblems, it's fine.
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well that's the most flexible and easy to fix paint. You're right good for dechrome and other plastic surfaces.

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