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      12-20-2018, 12:28 AM   #89
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Skipped it as well. My thinking was:

"Will it make the car go faster?"

-No!

So I skipped it.

And I will only have the car for a year or so any way. I did however do a ceramic coating. This since I like to clean my cars, and I like it to be easy. And it's not as pricy as the PPF.
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      12-20-2018, 02:01 AM   #90
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Guys, I'm sold on the PPF.

Today I got a very very tiny chip on my windshield. Funny thing was that a rock came flying and hit my windshield in a 35 mph zone. I drove 50 miles on the freeway and another rock hit the plastic grill on the bumper (got really really lucky there...see picture with a tiny Knick). The paint on bumper was saved. All this stuff happened in within 30 miles of driving in speed limit and keeping a good amount of distance between the cars in front. All this is not noticeable unless you go looking for it. The Knick looks big in the picture but in person it's small.

Anyway I am going for the PPF stuff on the complete front, just for myself and to keep the car looking good and have peace of mind without worrying about the next rock chip...simply, that makes all of us happy and that is enough to justify the cost IMO!

I also found a dark blue spec on my hood, barely noticeable. On the pic it looks like a red dot because of the camera flash but I can assure you it's dark blue. It's a paint imperfection.
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      12-22-2018, 01:12 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by bjams View Post
Skipped it, or rather haven't done it yet, for my LCI M2. But for the price of the full front I could get some coilovers or MPE so, meh. I did just recently find a rock chip on my front fender, however, and that got me considering it again.
A full front shouldn't cost $3,000.
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      12-23-2018, 08:50 AM   #92
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Did any skip doing PPF (Paint Protection Film) on their M2?
Yes.
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