Pesky Stone Chips

[Blade_76]

Hi all,

As with most low slung cars, the F seems to suffer with stone chips quite badly, or at least the ones I looked at did.

My questions is, has anyone had a clear film protector fitted? Are they any good or a waste of money?

Cheers

Nick

[steveh]

I got my first stone chip on the front after 700 miles so I had the front, the seals and part of the back covered with X Pel film. Just over 5000 miles now and no more chips.
Steve.

[daytona650]

I had the front, cills and lights / mirrors / A pillar done in ventureshield. Does a good job.

[steveh]

Oh of course, headlights and mirrors too.

[Cornelius]

Hi
Sorry to jump in on nick's thread but would also like to have some clear protection put onto car
Does anyone know of any good places that do this in the East Midlands area
Thanks

[Blade_76]

Thanks for the replies gents.

Do you have to follow a certain wash routine or just wash as normal? How much did it cost roughly?

Does anyone know a good installer in and around Hampshire?

[MOz]

Contact Auto Curators again. If they don't do it, they will point you in the right direction.

[daytona650]

I used Covertech in Birmingham.

Depends on what you get covered to cost - they will give you a quote pretty quickly.

Washing is the same except you just need to be less vigorous around the edges of the film for obvious reasons.

Mine has been on 3 years and is wearing well.

daytona6502017-03-19 13:02:57

[Tel]

Hi all,

As with most low slung cars, the F seems to suffer with stone chips quite badly, or at least the ones I looked at did.

My questions is, has anyone had a clear film protector fitted? Are they any good or a waste of money?

Cheers

Nick

Yep, they attract gravel rash like the preverbal wind unfortunately!

PPF is an expensive, but IMO brilliant investment - that's if you intend to keep your Jag.

We had the whole car done, including all the edges and lips covered with at least a 10mm overlap. Xpel is the best if you can stump up the dollar.

You can use Pledge or anything similar as a QD, but I went the whole hog and got the proper Xpel liquid.

Been on since new (2 years), and dings just 'flow' away with the heat of a hairdryer.

With PPF , you get what you pay for. Try Wombat Wrapping...quite a long way for us, but worth it.

[Blade_76]

Contact Auto Curators again. If they don't do it, they will point you in the right direction.

I messaged them last week but not heard anything back yet