5 hours ago, CanTechZ said:

In addition to paint protection film, I'm going to have windshield protection film applied on #957. Has anyone tried a product called Clearplex for windshields? My installer recommends it. He has done both of my Audis in the past, but only PPF.

Interesting, how much is the installation of this product? I might be interested.

46 minutes ago, Mike said:

Interesting, how much is the installation of this product? I might be interested.

I was quoted C$240 for the windshield film, installed. This was on top of the paint protection film work. Very reasonable.

10 hours ago, CanTechZ said:

I was quoted C$240 for the windshield film, installed. This was on top of the paint protection film work. Very reasonable.

... and appropriate.

After replacing the insanely expensive cracked windshield in our 2025 Mazda CX-70 next week, I’m going straight to a shop to get Tera Shield installed on it. ZRAuto. Claims its three layers, clear for ever, blah blah blah. No idea about price yet. If it saves me one windshield it will pay for itself. That’s the brand the place I’m going to uses. I’ve looked online, and found a couple of retailers selling DIY kits in the $200 USD price range. Might try the DIY stuff on the Datsun just to say I did it.

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On 8/23/2024 at 10:53 PM, fusion said:

I recently painted my 280z and want to add paint protection film in key areas.  The car is lowered and has wider tires with flares.  What would be the key areas to cover?  I'm assuming behind the rear tires from the bottom of the quarter to about 8" up, the rocker panels, the area behind the front tires on the fender from the bottom up to the body line, and the front valance/air dam.  Does that sound right?  Any other areas? 

Thanks

That sounds pretty good. The front of the car takes a pretty heavy beating over time as well. So, agree with Grannynot - part of the hood. You may want to do the front surfaces of the headlight housings and the three front lower panels as well.

I think below the blue lines here:

I think it best not to cut the edge so it is on the radius of a body line. Instead, I would cut it at the beginning of where starts to roll from flat... so about a 1/8th of an inch below that body line above.

With flares, you will need to do something with the front of the rear flares as well. My track Z started getting beat up there quickly. I put electrical tape on (I like the silver and black contrast). I planned on getting something like the Porsche 930 has, but just never have.

If you need to go with clear, consider doing something like this on the quarter panel. It will be visible. On the Z you may want to go from the front edge of the quarter panel (door opening) and along the 'waist line' body line... go far enough back to cover the front third of the flare and radius/curve the top edge down, so the PPF terminates covering about the front 1/4 to 1/3rd of the flare surface.

The top and front edges of PPF will collect a bit of dirt over time. Just something to be aware of.