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Old 10-19-2020, 03:49 PM   #9
John V
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Originally Posted by Nick M3 View Post
I guess they are a lot better than they used to be. The last time I did one, it looked horrible ~ 2 years in.
Unquestionably. I'm remembering Bren's white M3, in which the film turned almost completely yellow. That was really, really early in the days of PPF. There was a step change improvement not long after that that made the yellowing go away, and then another one in the 2010-2012 timeframe when the self-healing films came on the market. I'm sure there have been more improvements since then.

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Originally Posted by FC View Post
I'm tempted to give it a go on my own since I am pretty good at that sort of thing,
Resist that urge and pay someone to do it. more than likely you'll need to order two or three pre-cut kits if you try to do it yourself and you'll burn an entire day. A good installer will bang it out in no time and it'll look better (fewer stretch marks, better edge adhesion, etc).
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