11-19-2021, 02:15 PM | #31 | |
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In the pic below, the blue outline shows the factory piece which I will remove. The green outline is where I will apply Xpel Ultimate Plus. The area above is still going to pick up some chips, but without doing the entire side of the car, I have to stop somewhere, so I'm stopping with the top of the rocker panel (and live with the very small line that will exist under the door). If I had your Boxster and wanted to replace that film, I'd do some searching to see what kind of experiences other people may have had with cars that have lived similar lives. I'd be a bit concerned that removing it would take clear coat with it, so I'd want to be prepared to "do something" if that happened. That something could be a number of different half-assed solutions short of actually repainting.
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This also depends on the installer. Some are better at using a single piece where you wouldn't think they could, and some are worse at trying to force something that doesn't work. When cutting multiple pieces, there's also skill at choosing where to make the cuts and what pieces. When a really good installer does it, it can be really hard to impossible to find the edges without removing it. This is also part of what makes installation so expensive. It takes time and skill.
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