It came out great. They didn't do the rock rails or steps. I hesitated about the MIC top, but they said they'd done them before.
If it's from a reputable place and you don't mind shelling out that kind of cash it's worth it. Paint will look newer longer. I got mine done a week or two after I bought it. It's gotten mud, sand, snow and dirty water from off-roading and after I wash it the paint still pops and looks brand new (except for small dings and trail rash).
Thank you! That's the push I needed. Now scheduling 3 days without the bronco is up next!
I had my wife's Agate Black Explorer professionally ceramic coated as soon as we took delivery of it. The local shop offers good, better, best treatment levels. I think all include paint correction. The "better" level comes with a four year warranty while the "best" level comes with a 10 year warranty. She never keeps vehicles more than four years so we chose the "better" level and could not be happier. We ALWAYS use the touch free car wash which does a good job but nothing beats a handwash. Hand washing gives it a show room shine and the water beads up and runs off and bird crap rinses right off. Total cost was $1,900. He also will inspect it once each year and fix any problems. For a guy that hates to wax, it was well worth the investment.
To be honest, you’ve already done the hard parts. Applying coating is the easy part. Personally I’d save 1150 bucks and buy a quality coating and apply it yourself.
My daily is a 2020 Mustang that just hit 115k miles. A month ago it was looking like it had 115k miles so I went over it with a Dr Colorchip kit for touch up, clay bar'd the entire car, then ceramic coated it in my garage. It now looks like it has 5k miles.
It’s not really about the shine - it’s about making it easier to clean later on
