How has your paint held up?

[lefkonj]

My Gen1 was only ceramic coated and 27k miles, paint was really good. My Gen2 has 5k miles, same ceramic and it looks great. Majority of my miles are highway in the Northeast.

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[silverxlb]

Somehow the front nose panel cracked the clear (acrylic?) layer that sits over the paint. Replaced and added ppf without further issues.

 

[iansriv]

'23 R1S (17k miles) with front quarter PPF and ceramic. Looks as good as the first day I got the car.

 

[EV-by-the-Sea]

28k miles -- no PPF -- still looks pretty good to me (aside from the damage that can be attributed to my wife's driving "skills"). Certainly better paint quality than any of the Teslas I ever had (though I suppose that's not saying much).

 

[Hillbilly]

My paint is great. I just wish that the body panels were stiffer.

 

[bigsky]

I'd say my paint (launch green) is in pretty good shape. I wrapped the front of my truck a few weeks after I got it - I wish I would have done the whole thing - but I have the ability to see what my paint looks like on the rear as it ages.

We have a white Toyota 4Runner with the worst pain Toyota has ever put on a car. It's thin and impossible to keep looking nice. the Rivian is way better than that, but has some swirl.

I would consider Rivian paint to be sort of middle of the pack in terms of quality. I'm pleased so far.

My 2004 4Runner looks actually very good still. A few paint dings here and there, of course, but I have waxed it faithfully every year (it would take me a day and a half to finish the job.) No paint fading, discoloration, nothing. So much so that my 4 Runner looks far better than paint on vehicles 1/10 the age.

 

[bigsky]

I suppose I'll never know how good or bad the paint is. Like my other EVs, my Rivian has had full-blown, professionally installed thick 10-mil XPEL PPF coated with Opti-Coat Pro+ ceramic coating from day one (actually after the mandatory 30-day, no driving, post-delivery waiting period to let paint cure).

Reasons why XPEL shall keep my beast finish mighty shiny and pristine looking even better than new forever:
1. Bug splatter comes right off with little effort. No elbow grease needed forever
2. No auto cleaning detergents. Waterless washes only with Opti-Coat cleaning solutions.
3. No way, no how to any car wash ever
4. Wax jobs, polishes need not ever apply.
5. No swirls, no stains, not even from bird you-know-what
6. No yellowing, no peeling. Guaranteed for life or fixed gratis, full stop.
7. Total peace of mind.
8. As if all that were not enough, I also always stay well the hell back from vehicles in front of me. Costs nothing.

9. Because I own my cars forever and keeping them pristine matters a great deal to me.

 

[sub]

My paint still looks nearly perfect. But I have a bunch small dents.

Just looking at a panel harshly can leave a dent.

 

[moosetags]

We have a Rivian Blue R1T. We have had her for almost 2 1/2 years. She sits outside in the Florida sun and we are three houses off the Ocean. Her paint looks as good as it did when it was new.

Brian

 

[bigsky]

My "fantasy" PPF as you call it. 5 1/2 years on my Tesla Raven, that vehicle looks as good as new, even better, actually. Fully wrapped not on PPF but XPEL PPF with Opti-Coat Pro+ ceramic coating. Done professionally by folks who do that for a living, not by some fly-by-night, DIY, or by a vehicle manufacturer as a side job that will only slap plastic onto body panels as is, not even let the paint cure, let alone do paint correction. As always, you get what you pay for.
In fact, couple of weeks ago, a man approached me to let me know that my Tesla was the shiniest, best looking Tesla he ever had seen.

Other things about this PPF "fantasy nonsense": no elbow grease needed ever. No damaging car soaps and detergents; car washes no way; bug splatter comes right off with very little effort, if any; no waxing ever needed; cleaning done through waterless washes with Opti-Coat No Rinse Ceramic Rinseless Car Wash and finished with Opti-Coat Hyper Seal Ceramic Paint Sealant, arguably the most hydrophobic substance known to mankind.

More "fantasy nonsense" still: XPEL PPF on my EVs shall never yellow, peel, etc. Guaranteed for life, and even if any of that ever happened, it will be replaced and ceramic coating reapplied gratis, no questions asked.

Complete peace of mind for those like me who care about our rides and want to keep them looking good and mighty shiny or even better than when purchased forever.

PPF, and PPF done right is for the discerning customer, not for those who could not care less about how their vehicles or vehicle paint looks. Either way is a-oaky, perfectly fine.

To suggest that PPF is "fantasy nonsense" only makes you look as if you have a depraved, wanton, hopelessly astonishing level of PPF ignorance only topped by your audacity to actually manifest it and show it off publicly.

 

[ironpig]

My 2004 4Runner looks actually very good still. A few paint dings here and there, of course, but I have waxed it faithfully every year (it would take me a day and a half to finish the job.) No paint fading, discoloration, nothing. So much so that my 4 Runner looks far better than paint on vehicles 1/10 the age.

Is it white? Ive always had good luck with Toyota paint for the money, but this white is terrible. I guess it was even a recall issue - https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10170749-9999.pdf

 

[Leeda]

100% better than my 2022 Tesla Model Y, that paint was a joke. I think Earl Scheib could have done a better job on my Tesla.
I have 24k miles and maybe 1 or 2 small stone specs, good job Rivian.

 

[Ptteach]

My LA silver is amazing. Two years in and 16,000 miles and it looks like brand new. Many trips from Washington state to California. Had the front covered with PPF for the bugs. Surviving well and looking great even with PNW snow since it lives outside (my gol cart is inside since I cannot lock it).

 

[1stPlace]

I have 64k miles on my '23 R1S, with multiple off-road trips involved. One friend came over to help polish some pin stripes once. I personally use my vehicles--I don't collect them forever to look at. I run my car through a brush-heavy auto car wash every other day, because a clean car from a distance beyond 5 feet matters more to the most common judgmental person than some type of top coat degradation, and I see prospective customers/business daily. This isn't a collector's item or a track car. Use it. Or sit on your PPF "asset" for 30 years before talking about it like one. Your choice. I'm attaching a picture of mine within last 5k miles if someone wants to take a shot. I think it still looks damn good.

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