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Should I wrap my is350 or leave it alone?

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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 09:35 AM
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A layer of plastic over my paint still isn't appealing, especially not for $1600 for just part of the car.

Total waste on a depreciating asset. Car gets totaled the next day and all that money just went to waste. Cars are meant to be driven, no need to coddle.

My Lexus is now five years old and pristine paint. Best of all, I did it while saving $2,000.
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Old Aug 11, 2020 | 07:53 PM
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I'm going to end up leaving her alone, some good points about enjoying that black paint job. I don't see anything else I can do to the car either.
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Old Aug 16, 2020 | 03:12 PM
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Decided to leave her like this


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Old Aug 16, 2020 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by EZZ
Completely untrue. The film goes wraps around the entire panel and gets tucked in between the panels. There are no lines and if there are, your installer sucks. As I said, mine was $1600 for the entire front of the car including fenders, bumper, rocker panels, and rear bumper area. The film self heals so you get a pristine looking car all the time and my bumper doesn't look like it got a shotgun blast after a month driving on the 5 highway. Completely worth it.
completely agree 100% - my car's full front end is wrapped over the edges just like yours with xpel ultimate and it is SO worth every damn penny knowing that my car has no rock chips covering the front bumper cover, hood, fenders, etc.
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Old Aug 18, 2020 | 07:42 PM
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Also have a Caviar and been thinking of getting this exact color in wrap, but we get a lot of weather in east coast.


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