Detailer's - London & Surrounding Area
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Check out detailingworld.co.uk for lots of local detailers along with examples of what they do.
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Has anyone thought about having the car delivered without the dealer prep with all of the packing and stickers / film still in place?
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I plan on doing this... I did with my previous car and then arranged for my detailer to then take the car and give it the works
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I’m not quite at your level there mate haha but nice work... mine will be an hours drive to the detailer on the day
I only kicked up a fuss because I am planned to be getting Paint Protection Film, otherwise knowing my luck I’d get a stone chip on the way down.
£1680 including VAT for front end only; bumper, bonnet and wings.
Stupid expensive but I’d be devastated if I had stone chips.
It’s not far off of one really good front end respray. The thing is with PPF, it will stop chips.. it’s not a maybe. If I leave it, I will get stone chips. Certain things you can’t control, I can control the stone chips so I’m going to.
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+1, you’re very lucky! I drive very carefully and stay well back, but if there are ever stones that fly up from the other side of the road they are all destined to hit the front of my car. All of my chips all except for 1 are on the drivers side.
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The 3M PPF is fairly cheap to buy in strips - the professional ppf costs come in the custom kits and labour. I was thinking about getting a custom piece for the bonnet from the US and having a go at applying it myself or trying to get a film large enough for it from amazon etc and cut it to size.
Do you think it feasible to diy this? In any event, if you **** it up, you can just peel it off and bin it.
Do you think it feasible to diy this? In any event, if you **** it up, you can just peel it off and bin it.
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You could DIY it, but anything you find cheap... isn’t the proper stuff.
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It is the same 3M stuff - the cost is all in the pre-cut and labour. My thoughts are that, if you can diy it, you can strip the stuff once it becomes a bit tatty (which it will as you can't polish it out) you can strip it and go again.
^ This
@Evil Diesel - I came close with my S4 when I collected it new in May 2105
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/thread...lue-b8-5-audi-s4-black-edition-saloon.247421/
I was told the majority of the white transport film has to be removed as part of the PDI
Lets face it, if you collect it with all the transport film left on & there is an issue with the paintwork, will you have any comeback ? Just a thought ...
What I was thinking is that you strip the film at the dealer and then **** off with it before their YTS lads can lay into the paintwork. I agree that you have to clear the car from defects in the paint before leaving.
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I bet the Max Protect UNC-R is to thank too John, it helps greatly with resisting stone chips as its a rubber membrane
