To PPF or not to PPF

[FTyper]

Hi All,

I’m due to take delivery of my F-Type in late July and I am pondering PPF’ing it.

It will be a daily driver, mostly around town commutes with some motorway miles at weekends.

At the moment I’ve agreed with the dealership to have it ceramic coated and to take 3 years paint protection insurance. Any chips etc will be repaired on site up to 18 claims over the 3 years with a company called AutoTrust.

Fully appreciate chip repair is not ever going to be perfect and the only way to really fix them is to strip and re-spray entirely.

I guess my question is, what are your thoughts on PPF and has anyone had any experience with AutoTrust or something similar before? My wife had a similar insurance with her old car and the guy that came out was fantastic and did a great job so at the moment I’m inclined to go with that as it’s MUCH less than PPFing but wanted to see what you all thought.

Thanks in advance

Andrew

[ianoliver57]

Hi Andrew. You will almost always get a better deal by shopping around rather than accepting the deals offered by a main dealer. I took delivery of my F Type P450 and obtained GAP insurance at almost half what the Jag dealer offered. The company also offer Wheel and Tyre insurance and Scratch and dent cover. Have a look at Gap direct on line. Great company to deal with and good pricing.

Regards

Ian.

[FTyper]

Hi Ian,

Thank you for the recommendation, unfortunately, the gap direct site says the value of the car is above the maximum value of car that they insure. I will do some shopping around on gap/paint protection though.

Cheers

[Hartleyj]

Hi. My view is that on today's roads, you do need to protect the paintwork one way or another, ideally before it hits the road from new.

My other car is a Lotus, and it's had PPF from new (XPEL Ultimate) on the front clam, sills and behind the rear wheels. 3 Years on, it has barely a mark on it. When considering this vs Ceramic, it appeared that most if not all ceramic products do NOT guarantee to resist stone chips. They merely state how much easier it is to clean the dirt off.

Some folk are now suggesting that the way to go is to PPF the most susceptible areas and then Ceramic the whole car, including the PPF. PPF on its own will benefit from being polished with quality product, this may not be required for that which has had ceramic applied on top.

Either way, this is a sizeable investment. I have had partial PPF on 2 Lotus now, and like everything else the costs go ever upwards.

If you go PPF, make sure you understand where (if anywhere) the sections will join together. Particularly important where one panel is a particularly large area.

Good Luck!