PPF
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Let’s approach this from a different angle.
You buy a new truck. You pay thousands of dollars for PPF all around. Over the years, the PPF gets chewed up instead of your paint job. The paint may be fine, but the truck still looks like **** up close with all the tear marks and bubbles. PPF needs to come off when you trade to capitalize on the mostly safe paint underneath. Your truck is not worth thousands more when that happens.
… or the PPF never gets chewed up and you wasted money.
… or you could have parked that money in a mutual fund on day 1 and netted a better ROI.
… or you could have pocketed that money and re-sprayed the worst panel(s) for a fraction of the cost, possibly not needing any paint to begin with.
PPF is a waste for the majority of owners unless you’re super **** about the paint and you’re willing to treat PPF like a subscription.
Now let’s talk about the aftermarket parts you referenced. I spent about $2000 on my sound system. Speakers, sub, amp, wiring kit, sound deadener, etc. Everything but the sound deadener and maybe a 4ga power line is going into the next one. 90% of my investment is carrying over to the new truck as this one goes back to stock with a few hours of work. Can you transfer 90% of that PPF? Even if we take a more model/year specific upgrade like shocks or a leveling kit, those can be sold off and taken back to stock. You won’t recover everything, but it won’t be the level of loss like PPF.
You buy a new truck. You pay thousands of dollars for PPF all around. Over the years, the PPF gets chewed up instead of your paint job. The paint may be fine, but the truck still looks like **** up close with all the tear marks and bubbles. PPF needs to come off when you trade to capitalize on the mostly safe paint underneath. Your truck is not worth thousands more when that happens.
… or the PPF never gets chewed up and you wasted money.
… or you could have parked that money in a mutual fund on day 1 and netted a better ROI.
… or you could have pocketed that money and re-sprayed the worst panel(s) for a fraction of the cost, possibly not needing any paint to begin with.
PPF is a waste for the majority of owners unless you’re super **** about the paint and you’re willing to treat PPF like a subscription.
Now let’s talk about the aftermarket parts you referenced. I spent about $2000 on my sound system. Speakers, sub, amp, wiring kit, sound deadener, etc. Everything but the sound deadener and maybe a 4ga power line is going into the next one. 90% of my investment is carrying over to the new truck as this one goes back to stock with a few hours of work. Can you transfer 90% of that PPF? Even if we take a more model/year specific upgrade like shocks or a leveling kit, those can be sold off and taken back to stock. You won’t recover everything, but it won’t be the level of loss like PPF.
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PPF has come a long way. The have self healing stuff now. When it hits the sun or you go over it with a heat gun the scratches and nicks go away. My wife has it on her 17 Audi. Not a flaw on it. People are amazed it’s wrapped
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And she had it since 2017 on her 17 Audi?
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Yes had it done when she bought it. Feels soft just feeling it on the car it’s like your touching paint doesn’t feel different at all
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Not sure where someone got the price of 5-8K.......sounds like more theft than quote.
