[ChrisK]

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BMW M2C Xpel Stealth Satin

[Tag]

Usually not a fan of frozen finishes, but I'm surprised how well it works with HS. Nice find.

[Kleinacus]

Son of a b*tch. They took my idea of just the 3 decal stickers on the front bumper. And now I'm debating stealth again ahead of my 9/26 ultimate install.

I do not like you right now, Chris. I had a plan as of 5 minutes ago and now I don't!

[ChrisK]

Originally Posted by Kleinacus

Son of a b*tch. They took my idea of just the 3 decal stickers on the front bumper. And now I'm debating stealth again ahead of my 9/26 ultimate install.

I do not like you right now, Chris. I had a plan as of 5 minutes ago and now I don't!

I know right?? I say run with your original plan.

[bri1042]

I really wanted to do this. I got a quote for $5500 on it and noped.

[M-Pilot]

ChrisK why did you do this to us? How did heck am I gonna convince myself that "I don't need it" or "it's not worth it" lol.

Joking aside, it looks awesome Thanks for sharing!

[ChrisK]

Hey don't kill the messenger

[FD777]

Originally Posted by bri1042

I really wanted to do this. I got a quote for $5500 on it and noped.

I assume you're in OR based on your signature? I'd love to get a full wrap for $5500. Installers are charging $7000 to $10000 in CA. Granted that might include paint correction and cermaic coat.

OP, it looks great!

Edit: Just realized OPs job was precut and not custom. The 7K to 10K is for custom work. Makes me question if custom is even necessary anymore.

[articulatedsphinx]

Just a question with the paint protection that I don't quite understand.

Why bother? I mean in 3 years when I sell the car I could probably guarantee that you're not going to get 5k back even with some chips etc?

Is it just a personal thing? I've noticed there seems to be a bit of a cultish paint protection thing going on in this board.

[bri1042]

Originally Posted by articulatedsphinx

Just a question with the paint protection that I don't quite understand.

Why bother? I mean in 3 years when I sell the car I could probably guarantee that you're not going to get 5k back even with some chips etc?

Is it just a personal thing? I've noticed there seems to be a bit of a cultish paint protection thing going on in this board.

1. Some of us intend on keeping the car for longer than 3 years. In fact, I'm so tired of the whole car buying thing that I've asked my cat to cast a spell on this one so that I can keep it forever. Never know what will happen with magic spells cast by cats, though.

2. Some of us can be a bit obsessive. Folk don't want to see paint chips.

[FD777]

articulatedsphinx, here are several reasons. Some keep cars for many years. Less worry about the outside elements. Not everyone has a garage. Saves your paint from minor keying, this happens often in bigger cities. Easier to maintain, PPFs self heal to some degree. You can have a garage queen and a track queen.

As for the satin/frozen finish, it combines protection with a different look. Definitely cheaper than repainting the car.

With that said, PPF is likely a sunk cost. Unless the car rises to collector status, it's not monetarily worth it.

[articulatedsphinx]

Ah okay I totally get it! I'm not judging just curious, I'm in a big city (melbourne) and will be using mine as a daily driver so she's going to be ridden hard and put away wet.

The thing in Melbourne is that everyone and their dog has a BMW/AMG/some ridiculous supercar and values tend to be high in Australia in general.

But I completely understand the passion behind it! I love keeping my car clean and am a bit obsessive with washing weekly.

[hellrotm]

I want to see this done on Sunset Orange.

[ryem3]

Wow, right at 1:15, that's NOT how you do it.
However, thanks for the video, wasn't sure how matte was going to look on HS. I thought it would turn out darker, but it is a nice frosty silver. Pretty cool. My MG car is matte and I'm debating stealth or a color change.
Looks very nice.
Oh, why do it? Well, you create a very unique car, not that an M2 is common, but chances are no one around will have a car like yours. Not only is it cool, you get chip paint protection. But that is not it. You protect the paint on the ENTIRE car. No more waxing or polishing. No fancy soap for washing. The stuff is awesome, bird poop comes right off without a mark. Bit of a crazy expense on a $60k car... on an exotic, I certainly wouldn't live without it.

[StLuis51]

Originally Posted by hellrotm

I want to see this done on Sunset Orange.

+1

SO will probably look amazing with this treatment. I would love to do it to my car but it's too expensive for me and I just had the whole front done with suntek yesterday. Maybe a future project.

[M-Pilot]

Originally Posted by hellrotm

I want to see this done on Sunset Orange.

I bet it would look pretty close to the new Z4 launch color, frozen orange.

[RyanBMW]

They didn't remove the door handles, side gills, grille, and badges?

[crazyzxf]

Originally Posted by ChrisK

BMW M2C Xpel Stealth Satin

With the wrap, does the new Matt silver finish show off difference color under different ambient light?

[Vintage]

That is super badass! I love it Chris.

[HODLM]

Since the ppf is precut, does it stop short of the edges? Or wrap around a little like a custom wrap would?

[Nkc]

Originally Posted by crazyzxf

With the wrap, does the new Matt silver finish show off difference color under different ambient light?

That's exactly what I was thinking. It seems like the matt finish will just take away what's special about the HS.