Yea:nice man!!! - you got links for the film and "equipment" you used for the install on amazon?I'm going to try this!!!
I originally bought the 3M precut film for the door sills but accidentally threw them away. So the second time around i went for the black rubber/plastic sill protectors. My thinking is if someoneās putting all their weight on them and sliding their feet across them, some thick plastic is going to last longer than the film. I like the way it installed and seems pretty solid. Hereās what it looks like (albeit not on my Bronco).
I have those and I go off-roading in the desert. These work GREAT.I originally bought the 3M precut film for the door sills but accidentally threw them away. So the second time around i went for the black rubber/plastic sill protectors. My thinking is if someoneās putting all their weight on them and sliding their feet across them, some thick plastic is going to last longer than the film. I like the way it installed and seems pretty solid. Hereās what it looks like (albeit not on my Bronco).
Yea i like how the pattern on them matches the original trim too! Glad i accidentally threw away my 3M film and got these instead.
So I was looking for some 3M film to add to my lower doors as added protection, found a couple places selling pre-cut kits but man they were like $150+. Thought about it and figured sheit the doors are flat enough, what if I try it myself!!! Found some 6āx10ā 3M paint protection film on Amazon for $37 and figured Iād give it a try!
Mind you Iāve never installed this stuff before but watched a couple videos and declared myself competent enough to do it!
To cut the film at the door edges I first tried to trace the contour onto the film but this sheits too thick, so that didnāt work. Then remembered a little trick from elementary school. Put a piece of paper over the gap, color it with a crayon and blamo! I have my exact contour. I transferred that to the film, cut it out and began to install it.
Weāll sonofabish the first piece was a doozy. Like I said Iāve never done this before so I was kinda stumbling my way through it. Had to fight a lot of bubbles that refused to come out but I learned a few things. Make multiple passes and increase pressure each time. Start from the center and move out towards the edges. The first piece took me over an hour, the passenger door about 25 minutes and the rear drivers side door about 15 minutes. Definitely got easier each time I did it. Only thing Is I ordered 10ft but didnāt have enough to do the rear passenger door. Was about 6ā short. So Iāll have to order another piece for that.
Butā¦ with the scrap I had left over I did use it on the corners of the hood where I hear we can get chips too. Again traced it with a crayon and paper, took my time squeezing out the bubbles and blamo!!! Came out pretty good if I do say so myself. Anywheys, just thought Iād share that and post for anyone looking to do the same. Itās not hard but you have to clean the crap outta everything and take your time. Weāll worth it in my opinion.
Yea I thought about doing the 12ā but wasnāt sure how it would look going halfway up the door. This one stops just above that crease in the door. Yours is hardly noticeable, good job!Brother from another mother.... I did the same but went with the 12" for better coverage, super easy to self install and only $52 total
Cant even notice it, almost invisible.
In first picture you can see the seam go through the middle of the dirtbike front wheel axel.
In second picture it crosses about the middle of the yellow bucket in reflection
I put ceramic OVER the PPF - works great!
No way! Did you do a write up or anything? Iād for sure like to try this but dont know much about ceramic coating.
I applied the XPel Armor Vinyl to mine Iād guess about 12 months or so back.
It has definitely done its job.
One single rock penetrated it in one spot, all others have bounced off.
Touched it up with a Sharpie.
I do have a few spots above where it stops now, but unless I went up to the door handles with itā¦
Bought directly from their site.
Not with the XPel. Zero hint of it.
I went with STEK PPF, professionally installed, and opted to do the front nose (grille, full hood, full fenders. I debated about the lower doors, thinking about doing right up to the styling crease, but I opted not to, at least for now. Since I have the rock rails and am getting the mud guards, I wasn't sure I needed to go with it. Plus, I wanted an invisible look (my installer doesn't use pre-cut kits and completely wraps everything around, so there are no visible lines or edges). STEK isn't cheap, so I had to draw the line somewhere.
In regards to using the Xpel installation gel, is this a one stop solution? Seeing videos of people installing PPF using both a slip solution and a tack solution... Would Xpel's gel effectively act as both?
