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Originally Posted by Old painless
I would ask for ZERO dealer prep.
Leave the car exactly the way it came off the car hauler, dirty and untouched.
Otherwise, some dealership monkey with a rag and a buffing wheel is going to make a mess of your paint in a attempt to make it pretty for you. Let the shop that is doing the PPF clean your car.
Also, no dealer stickers or emblems any where on the car!
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This x2. The dealer will "install" hairline scratches if they as much as touch the vehicle. The clear coat is indeed brittle unfortunately, but not "crap" at all, it's just touchy. Many say this is par for the course with recent cars.
Also +1 on the ceramic coat, both on the paint and the wheels if you want to do easy touchless washes and very easily get rid of brake dust. I didn't do PPF for $4-5-6k because this isn't a Bugatti Chiron after all, and have a few tiny rock chips on the front bumper, but nothing major.
Oh, and don't forget to get big ass splash guards from day 1, otherwise the clear on your quarter panels will look like snow in no time. No, the paint matched GM splash guards won't cut it.