PPF - your cost and type ?

[R2D2TOO]

You can pay to have full wrap PPF done, mine is that way.

Always an option, but I'm not interested in spending that much.

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[mkg3]

I dislike seeing edges of PPF in oddly random locations - like few inches of the leading edge of the hood. Not for me....

I dislike what you are describing too. A good PPF shop will wrap around the edges and you will not feel or see any seams.

The edges are dirt collector over time and will definitely be noticeable. Find a good shop that covers the edges.

 

[keamoro]

I dislike what you are describing too. A good PPF shop will wrap around the edges and you will not feel or see any seams.

The edges are dirt collector over time and will definitely be noticeable. Find a good shop that covers the edges.

My Model Y is the first car I didn't get a full wrap on, and it was totally fine. They wrapped entire panels though, and wrapped around edges, so you couldn't tell.

 

[R2D2TOO]

I dislike what you are describing too. A good PPF shop will wrap around the edges and you will not feel or see any seams.

The edges are dirt collector over time and will definitely be noticeable. Find a good shop that covers the edges.

Right, so a whole panel gets wrapped. For the rear bumper there's no obvious break, so I would expect to see edges there. But for the front panel I want to get done, it would be the whole panel with edges wrapped, like this highlighted area;

 

[keamoro]

Right, so a whole panel gets wrapped. For the rear bumper there's no obvious break, so I would expect to see edges there. But for the front panel I want to get done, it would be the whole panel with edges wrapped, like this highlighted area;

Go to the website of any PPF installer site, and they will usually show you exactly what's being wrapped. They have packages for common requests other than full.

The site isn't letting me attach anything, but for example, goto this page and scroll towards the bottom:

https://bayareadetails.com/paint-protection-film-ocdetailing/

 

[R2D2TOO]

Go to the website of any PPF installer site, and they will usually show you exactly what's being wrapped. They have packages for common requests other than full.

The site isn't letting me attach anything, but for example, goto this page and scroll towards the bottom:

https://bayareadetails.com/paint-protection-film-ocdetailing/

Right. If you look at the XPEL site they show this;

But I only want that front panel done. I'll check with the shop I plan to use. I'm sure they can do it.

 

[Jeremy3292]

Right. If you look at the XPEL site they show this;

But I only want that front panel done. I'll check with the shop I plan to use. I'm sure they can do it.

Any good shop can do whatever you want. You don't need to use Rivian's online configurator. My local shop is an XPEL dealer and I asked them to do what you showed above except the hood, mirrors, and quarter panel/fender area. I wanted to save some money but still do that big front end. I'm also doing the mirror black rear bumper piece bc it's going to get torn up.

 

[R2D2TOO]

Any good shop can do whatever you want. You don't need to use Rivian's online configurator. My local shop is an XPEL dealer and I asked them to do what you showed above except the hood, mirrors, and quarter panel/fender area. I wanted to save some money but still do that big front end. I'm also doing the mirror black rear bumper piece bc it's going to get torn up.

Exactly what I want as well. Ballpark cost, any idea?

 

[Jeremy3292]

Exactly what I want as well. Ballpark cost, any idea?

I got quoted $1,699 to do the entire front including the hood but excluding the mirrors and fenders. I wanted to save more money than that so I'm omitting the hood for $1,098 total - see pic below. I'm also paying $399 for the entire gloss back rear bumper piece. I've done ceramic before (it's great) but never PPF so I didn't want to break the bank on top of ceramic for $1,099. They're doing 4 year warranty full ceramic on the entire exterior including glass, paint, and plastics. This is a top tier shop btw also...they have all sorts of very expensive cars there all the time getting stuff done. So I feel good about the price.

 

[keamoro]

I got a few more quotes for installers around me, and every single new shop I ask, the price goes up haha. Here's one that's pretty close to me:

• XPEL Stealth: $6200
• XPEL Ultimate Plus - Full front, mirrors, rockers, door edges, rear bumper: $3100

This price tracks with a few other shops I asked around for. The initial pricing I got was pretty low, but the shop doesn't have a perfect track record, so you kind of pay for what you get.

 

[windshieldfarmer]

Everybody will need to decide what right for them. Not sure the price point of the R2 relative to the cost of the PPF is a good value proposition to me. I had PPF on the front clip of a Model 3 I owned for about three years. While it likely prevented a couple of small rock chips, it did not make a difference what so ever in resale. I don’t tailgate others and I don’t drive in extremely harsh conditions. I am getting ready to do a lease return on a BMW IX50, dark blue. In three years I don’t have a chip of any type on the front hood and the front bumper still looks extremely good, nearly new.

for my R2 I will like self apply PPF to the top of the rear bumper and perhaps to the metal kick panels at the door entries, both of which are high wear areas. About the only other place I would consider PPF is IR protection for the front windshield and front side glass tint…for purposes of comfort and hot weather range.

Rivian paint has the reputation of being fairly decent and resistant to chips. I recently looked very closely at the front clip of a friend’s 2024 R1S with 68,000 miles, many of which were accumulated on long trips. There were surprisingly few chips or dings. To each their own.

 

[macb00kemdanno]

If you decide to not to do the PPF and just do ceramic coating, or do nothing, recommend increasing your drivie following distance by at least 50% as Rivian has a very flat and vertical front facia that catches EVERYTHING. I've managed to only get 2 very small, but noticeable upon a close up, scratches/pits in 44k miles.

Kinda solidifies my opinion on PPF. 44k miles of driving without PPF and all you can find are two small pits that are only really noticeable on close inspection?

Yeah; I’ll save my $2,000 to $6,000 (partial to full wrap). . It’s not gonna increase resale value

For what it’s worth, our cars have 45,000 miles and 56,000 miles on them with no PPF. Nothing more than a few chips that are visible if you’re really looking for it.

 

[keamoro]

Resell value won't change. It's just what your tolerance is for chips. Also, I always have black cars, and you can see EVERYTHING. So take that into consideration. If you have silver/white colors, the PPF won't really help. But a black car? You can see every little thing.

 

[macb00kemdanno]

Resell value won't change. It's just what your tolerance is for chips. Also, I always have black cars, and you can see EVERYTHING. So take that into consideration. If you have silver/white colors, the PPF won't really help. But a black car? You can see every little thing.

Black cars exclusively? You’re a brave soul!

 

[keamoro]

Black cars exclusively? You’re a brave soul!

Foolish, I know

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