Advice welcome re: Ventureshield

[Hendrikus]

As I posted recently, I am the proud owner of a new car; I am considering whether in an attempt to avoid stone chips etc it is worth getting the car protected with a Ventureshield or Paintshield or similar type of wrapping?

It will cost about 700 or 800 pounds by the look of it. Do people think it is worth it? Or is it better to save the money and send the car to a decent SMART repairer once a year or so, and spend a few hundred pounds on touching up any chips etc?

Any advice/experience gratefully received. thanks. H

 

[spyderman]

Unless the dealership applies it, you'll invalidate your warranty.

 

[snarf]

ORIGINAL: spyderman

Unless the dealership applies it, you'll invalidate your warranty.

This is true, but some OPCs turn a blind eye which is ok so long as they continue to do this should you need a replacement engine.

I had paint shield fitted to the front bumper; would I fit it to my next car? Not sure, it does what it says on the tin but some stone impacts do leave a witness on the film surface and about a year after fitting a few small marks started to show on mine that could not be polished out - I think they might even be underneath the film.

In 2006 the largest film size available from 3M would not cover the complete bonnet and protection back to the A pillars was quite expensive so I decided to limit protection to the bumper. About six weeks later the car was baptised with its first chip on the off-side wing.

On balance it is probably worth fitting to those cars with colours that are difficult to "touch-up" (e.g. GT Silver) but I think the better option might be to choose a non-metalic colour and work on your art and craft skills.

 

[Lancerlot]

Don't bother - for 800 squids you can repaint the front end (probabaly more than once!) [8|]

Regards,

Clive[8|]

 

[jbm]

Hi, I'm afraid that I'll have to disagree with Clive - while the cost may be similar, the advantage of the film is that stone chips remain virtually invisible, whereas they show up quite clearly on the paint surface. I must admit that my experience is purely on dark-coloured cars (1 Slate Grey and 2 Basalt Black), so there may not be such a difference on light coloured cars. Swindon OPC have been perfectly happy with the film from a warranty point of view.

 

[Spy]

You would hope that common sense would prevail and the only thing affected would be the paint warranty - how can protective bodywork film affect the mechanical integrity of the car ??

Unless of course they spout gibberish such as the

"Sir, the protective film disrupts the aerodynamic ergonomics and efficiency on the car, disrupting the airflow of the car, increasing drag and therefore straining the mechanical components. It is obvious that your engine failure is due to the protective film sir !"

 

[Alex L]

ORIGINAL: Lancerlot

Don't bother - for 800 squids you can repaint the front end (probabaly more than once!) [8|]

Regards,

Clive[8|]

I actually rather regret not doing it direct from the factory, but then again on a silver car my stone chips are nowhere near as noticeable as on my old black 997. I would have had to get a FULL body bra wrap though (wayyy more than 800 quid!) as I have chips now in positions that wouldn't have been covered by any normal bra templates. So I suppose from that perspective if 25% of the chips are going to be missed by a normal bra wrap then that rather puts into question whether there is a point at all.

 

[spyderman]

An OPC will charge you at least twice what it would cost to have the process done yourself.

 

[jdpef356]

ORIGINAL: Hendrikus

As I posted recently,  I am the proud owner of a new car;  I am considering whether in an attempt to avoid stone chips etc it is worth getting the car protected with a Ventureshield or Paintshield or similar type of wrapping?

It will cost about 700 or 800 pounds by the look of it.   Do people think it is worth it?  Or is it better to save the money and send the car to a decent SMART repairer once a year or so,  and spend a few hundred pounds on touching up any chips etc? 

Any advice/experience gratefully received. thanks.  H

Hi

We are hoping to have Venture shield come and do a presentation at our July Club night (region 24 Cambs and Beds) No doubt they will have some sort of special offer for those that wish to take up an offer on the night - you are most welcome to join us and find out more before committing your self and car to the naked protection [] Keep an eye on PP on e mail me

 

[Robin M]

You can now have the complete bonnet done. I have also had the front of the car to about 6 inches back from the headlights, a peice of the top of the roof and the the side edges on the Cayman air intakes on the side of the body done. I drove the car home from the dealers and picked up a rash of small chips on a Black non metallic car in a 75 mile journey and decided to go for it. It can always be removed with a heat gun if need be. It is more difficult to remove dead insects from than just standard paintwork though.

 

[Lancerlot]

ORIGINAL: Robin M
It is more difficult to remove dead insects from than just standard paintwork though.

Won't polish up as well either! [&:]
Regards,
Clive

 

[Sandy59]

It is more difficult to remove dead insects from than just standard paintwork though.

Strange, I found it very easy to remove the bugs from my P/Shield film.

Anyway I ended up getting my whole car done (B.Black) due to all the small white dots appearing everywhere, the sills were peppered white after a couple of thousand miles. So I bit the bullet and despite the cost never regretted it, complete piece of mind and no marks of any kind on the film in 12k miles.
Yes there was a little bit of an orange peel effect, and if you looked closely you could see some edges if you knew they were there.
Fair enough you can easily get things re-painted, but the way mine was going I'd have been looking at a complete respray at some point, maybe it's just the roads up my way !!

You can see my film here : http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=53993
The bonnet can now be done in one piece and folded over the edges I believe.

Having said all that my next one is going to be white, so don't really know if I'm going to do it again to be honest.

Cheers,
Sandy

PS - My OPC had no issue with it, bought the car from me and sold it on with the film.

 

[garyw]

ORIGINAL: Sandy59
PS - My OPC had no issue with it, bought the car from me and sold it on with the film.

I'd consider that a good outcome and not the norm....
Many OPC seem to be realistic, sadly not all of them are...

In grey my stonechips don't seem to be showing up too bad, I'm not too fussed and will just have the car refinished as and when required.


garyw

 

[jonathanw]

I have been a fan of paint film for some time. Originally with only the front third of the bonnet and bumper being done. On my latest car I had Paintshield fitted to the enitire front of the car up to the windshield. Although there is some loss of gloss I think the complete absence of stone chips is a big bonus and would do the same on my next new car. I had the film applied pre-delivery at the OPC and expect no problems with the warranty when I need it later this year.