Originally Posted by stev0h (Post 179704)

I agree with ChadStang, but my limer is a daily driver, and is actually the second out of three cars that I have put the 3M on (I have a friend who installs this stuff as a sideline to his auto graphics design biz). The first car it went on (when new) was a leased black Sonata, and after 79,977 km, whatever it was covering was still perfect.

It went on the Mustang the day I brought it home, and it now has over 160,000 km. Again, everywhere it covers is perfect underneath, with the exception of a few spots where it has started to bubble up due to corrosion caused by the Ford :banghead: iron particles in the aluminum hood panels problem (TSB 06-25-15) that so many have had. Also, it is starting to look a little worn along the edges of the angled pieces on either side of the grill after so many km's and winters.

The last car it went on is my wife's salesmobile, a 2010 Accent. Only 30,000 km on it so far, but it is silver, and silver paint on Hyundai's is notoriously thin. So far it looks good.

If anyone does decide to install this stuff, there are a couple things to take note of:

1 - Don't do it yourself. Even guys with plenty of experience installing stripes and other graphics have a tough time with this the first few times they do it.

2 - You will always see a line across your hood and fenders and it will drive you a little crazy, but I have found that most other people don't notice it until you point it out to them.

3 - When you look at it through polarized sunglasses, you will not like what you see - it will look dis-coloured and hazy in spots. Take off your sunglasses, it looks perfect to the naked eye.

Hope this helps anyone else thinking about doing this, and don't hesitate to ask for more info if you need it. :)

Originally Posted by stev0h (Post 179854)

I'm sure everybody here feels your pain, and a lot have stories of damage to their new babies that happened too soon. Someone dinged my driver side rear quarter less than a week after I picked it up. I was parked at a mall, in the farthest corner of the parking lot, perfectly parallel between the lines of one spot (not two, as some like to do, don't want to p*ss anyone off), with no other cars within a couple hundred feet of me in any direction. In and out of the mall in about ten minutes, and there it was. I'm convinced somebody did it on purpose . . . :mad:

Originally Posted by Simons (Post 179850)

Well i went and washed it this morning as it was dirty from the drive home, and i noticed a chip right on the edge of the hood where it meets the grill :mad:. im upset now as i have to goto ford and get it repaired, then i am getting the 3m on, forget this lol. 600km's and a chip already :banghead:

Originally Posted by DublDee (Post 179675)

No that stuffs not for me. I need to be able to polish and wax, and you just cant get the same shine through the 3m film.