BMW M4 Xpel STEALTH Paint Protection Film installation is a satin matte clear bra. On this BMW M4 it is being used to protect the frozen orange BMW paint. There are two options with the Xpel STEALTH satin matte clear bra ppf paint protection film. One is to change your existing gloss finish into a satin finish, or the second option is to use the Xpel STEALTH to protect an existing satin finish. STEK DYNOflex windshield protection was added unfortunately after a few drives and there are hundreds of little sand blasting chips on the windshield. With this said, we still went ahead and protected the windshield from further damages by installing the DYNOflex windshield film and is now at our Redmond Washington Seattle ClearBra shop. 20% Xpel PRIME XR PLUS will be added to the side and rear windshield and 55% Xpel PRIME XR PLUS will be added to the front windshield to protect the occupants and reduce as much heat as possible while also eliminate 99.9% UV rays.
Seattle ClearBra Vehicle Protection Services
The main vehicle protection services we offer at Seattle ClearBra at our Redmond Washington shop are paint protection film PPF clear bra, be it transparent gloss finish or satin matte transparent finish. Another growing choice is doing a color change with STEK clear bra films. These color clear bra installations are far more difficult than a vinyl wrap. The challenge is they don’t have the conformity of vinyl BUT they do last a great deal longer, have a self-healing surface and build in ceramic coating. Generally, we do high-quality installations of clear bra, although we do offer budget packages that are not as extensive when it comes to parts removal or wrapped edges where needed.
Other protection services we offer through our Redmond shop are, Xpel FUSION PLUS ceramic coatings, Xpel PRIME window tinting services, vinyl wraps and STEK DYNOflex windshield protection films.
Summary of the BMW M4 Xpel STEALTH Paint Protection Film install
The satin orange BMW M4 clear bra using Xpel STEALTH and windshield protection film along with upcoming Xpel window tint, Xpel FUSION PLUS ceramic coating has went well so far. Once all is done clear bra wise, we’ll be adding Xpel FUSION PLUS ceramic coating to all of the Xpel STEALTH clear bra, outside windows, rims off with calipers and interior surfaces where applicable. At this point all remaining water under the original clear bra installation has dried up and a couple air bubble have been popped. We’ll be changing a couple pieces of the clear bra soon due to very minor installation errors, in which most would never notice, but we see it and not completely satisfied with the minor imperfections present. After this is done, the Xpel ceramic coating will be applied. There are also some extra pieces of clear bra to be added. These are mainly on the exterior gloss black trim areas. The water bubbles previously mentioned took about a week to completely dry up. Sometimes the water pools together and a little air bubble forms once all water is gone. Never press of these and a quick drop by the shop and we can easily remove the air bubble. This is why we suggest after 2-3 weeks schedule a time to drop by for us to have a quick look over your vehicle as a follow up to get rid of any air bubbles or a tiny edge that may have not totally set down during the installation.
Xpel Paint Protection Film
The 4 main clear bra films through Xpel have 10-year manufacturer warranties, self-healing properties and are as follows:
- Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS – This is a glossy transparent film used to protect most vehicles, be it on the body or interior pieces and interior screens.
- Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION – Same as the ULTIMATE PLUS except with FUSION PLUS ceramic coating applied during the manufacturing process.
- Xpel STEALTH – Satin matte transparent clear bra used to protect an existing satin finish on your vehicle, or to change from a gloss finish to a satin finish, while maintaining the original color.
- Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS BLACK – A clear bra film used to change a surface to a gloss black finish.
The benefits of a full coverage clear bra installation, beyond all panels protected from scratching and rock chips, is there will never be a need to polish the paint. This is because the Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS or FUSION paint protection film has a self-healing surface, that self-heals when its warm outside, allowing the film to heal from most minor abrasions. This could be from your washing equipment, careless hand, or item rubbing on the surface, especially when it’s a black or dark colored vehicle. To not oversell and exaggerate the self-healing properties, you can still scratch the film to a point of the clear bra surface not being able to heal. This would generally be by purposely scratching the PPF with a sharp object, or if someone tries to key the vehicle in an attempt to scratch the paint as some examples. The good news here is the Xpel ULTIMATE or Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION PPF clear bra will act as a barrier and sacrificial layer, very likely saving the vehicle from needing to go to a body shop for painting, saving time and money. Further to this, if you take your vehicle off-roading the pin striping usually done when tree branches rub down the side of the vehicle in most cases, self-heal when it’s sunny out. This would again save a good deal of time generally spent polishing out those fine scratches.
When it comes time for washing your with Xpel paint protection film, the process is as one would normally wash the vehicle. This can be in a brushed drive thru wash, touchless car wash or hand washed. At Seattle ClearBra we always recommend hand washing, although not required. One cavate to this is if you have Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION clear bra, or a Xpel FUSION Plus ceramic coating applied, or any other ceramic coating for that matter, it’s always best that your vehicle should be hand washed, and never an automated wash. The reason for this statement is, harsh chemicals found in automated washes will rapidly remove the ceramic coating, thereby wasting the money or time you spent applying the ceramic coating, as it will need to be re applied much sooner. Xpel has a great companion product used to keep your ceramic coating alive called Xpel BOOST. This product is applied after washing and will help keep the hydrophobicity characteristics of your ceramic coating working.
Xpel PRIME Window Tinting
All windows will be done on the BMW M4 with Xpel PRIME XR PLUS ceramic series window tint, including the front windshield. Window tinting installations at our Redmond Washington shop can range from just a couple front side windows up to all windows on a vehicle, depending on what the client is looking for. With the Xpel PRIME XR PLUS window tint series you’ll have the highest amount of heat rejection from an Xpel window tint. You’ll feel far more comfortable driving with this level of tint, regardless of what shade you choose. In addition to the heat rejection from the window tinting you’ll also get near 100% UV rejection. Xpel PRIME XR PLUS series window tint film is the top end window tint film from Xpel, which stops the most amount of heat. Seattle ClearBra does offer a carbon series color stable window tint film called Xpel PRIME CS which is used to provide shading, while not providing much Infared heat rejection. The Xpel PRIME CS series window tint is more of a budget film, for those who simply want the tinted look and not concerned about heat rejection.
STEK DYNOflex Windshield Protection
Thankfully the STEK DYNOflex installation went along smoothly. This said, as previously mentioned there was 500 miles put on the BMW M4 before the windshield protection film was applied. This lead sadly to a great deal of sandblasting on the otherwise pristine surface. The STEK DYNOflex windshield film can cause a little bit of a wavy look when looking out the windshield that most don’t even notice unless pointed out. This said, it will protect the front windshield of the BMW M4 from rock chips, sandblasting and scratches from the wipers so it’s very much worth it. STEK DYNOflex is a sacrificial layer that will take the abuse, then can be changed once the protection film doesn’t look good anymore.
Xpel FUSION PLUS Ceramic Coating
As mentioned previously, Xpel FUSION PLUS will be added to the Xpel STEALTH clear bra ppf. Since the gloss pieces were done before Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION was available the lights and other gloss areas currently installed are Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS which doesn’t have ceramic coating. Instead of applying Xpel ceramic coating we’ll simply remove the small pieces and replace with the new ceramic coated film. As recommended with any ceramic coating application on the paint, we did a full wash, clay bar and no polishing on the BMW M4 as you cannot polish a satin finish. If it was a gloss finish, and you wanted to apply a ceramic coating you will want to do a full polish or you’d likely see a great deal of little swirl marks and minor scratches, especially on a dark colored vehicle. If taking your vehicle through drive through car washes or funds, have you focusing on the choice of clear bra or ceramic coating, we would always suggest do as much paint protection film first and foremost, then a ceramic coating. The reason for this is PPF will stop rock chips, sandblasting and other damages to your vehicle. Whereas the ceramic coating won’t stop any damages, may last 2 years or more vs the PPF lasting upwards of 10 years or more, with a full 10-year warranty through Xpel and a lifetime warranty on the installation through Seattle ClearBra.
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Xpel STEALTH Clear Bra PPF
Xpel STEALTH clear bra PPF paint protection film is a translucent satin finish clear bra designed to change the finish of your vehicles finish from gloss to satin matte or protect an existing frozen satin finish. Much like the Xpel ULTIMATE Plus clear bra, Xpel STEALTH has a 10-year warranty against bubbling, cracking, discoloration, or staining and a lifetime installation warranty through Seattle ClearBra. You can wash the vehicle as you see fit and even have Xpel FUSION Plus ceramic coating applied.
Xpel ULTIMATE Plus Clear Bra PPF
Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS Clear Bra
Seattle ClearBra offers Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS clear bra PPF paint protection film for installation to our Greater Seattle clients from our Redmond Washington shop. This is a top-quality, self-healing, glossy, translucent clear bra. Xpel ULTIMATE Plus is designed to prevent rock chips, sand blasting, minor scrapes and dings on the paint during your ownership for up to 10 years from the date of installation. Xpel stands behind their Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS clear bra for 10 years and Seattle ClearBra offers a lifetime installation warranty to protect your initial investment.
Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS and Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION listed below, will protect your vehicle from swirl marks, holograms and spiderwebbing, thus eliminating the need to ever polish your vehicle again. In addition to keeping your paint looking like new, the Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS paint protection film will give your vehicle a deep shine while making washing easier. You can wax, apply a sealant or have us apply Xpel FUSION Plus ceramic coating to your ULITIMATE PLUS clear bra if you choose.
Xel ULTIMATE FUSION Ceramic Coated Clear Bra
If you’d like to make an upgrade from Xpel ULTIMATE PLUS clear bra, there’s now Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION pre-ceramic coated clear bra PPF paint protection film. This new clear bra has all the same benefits as the ULTIMATE PLUS, expect with a ceramic coating already added, and a smoother surface. Xpel FUSION PLUS ceramic coating has been added to the Xpel ULTIMATE FUSION clear bra during the manufacturing process. This addition will make your job of cleaning your vehicle very easy.
A complimentary product to help maintain your ULTIMATE FUSION clear bra is Xpel BOOST. Xpel BOOST is a liquid you apply after you do a car wash by spraying it on your vehicle and wiping off with a microfiber cloth. This will help keep the life of the ceramic coating working longer then if you opt not to apply Xpel BOOST every so often.
Xpel PRIME XR Window Tinting
Seattle ClearBra offers quality window tinting services using Xpel PRIME XR tint from Xpel. This is a lifetime warranty Nano ceramic series of window tint, designed to reject infrared heat up to 88%. We also offer a standard carbon series automotive window tint called Xpel PRIME CS. In addition, we offer a top performance infrared heat rejecting window tint Xpel PRIME XR PLUS.
Options range from 70% VLT to 5% VLT with the higher number being the lighter film and lower number being the darker. VLT stands for Visual Light Transmission. 5% is known as limo tint in the window tint industry and the higher 70% film is virtually see through. The 70% is generally used on front windshield as it does very little to change the look of the window or limit the view from in or outside of the windows where applied.
70% VLT is legal in Washington State for the front windshield and about 24% is the legal limit for the front side windows.
VLT Percentages Offered by Seattle ClearBra at our Redmond Washington Shop:
- 70% – Has a very slight tint and almost unnoticeable. Used on front windshields to keep it legal or if you don’t want a tinted look but want the infrared and UV rejection offered by a Nano ceramic tint
- 55% – Is a bit of a tint and very easy to see in and out regardless of day or night
- 30% – Legal for the front side windows and getting towards the darker side
- 20% – Closely matches factory OEM tinted privacy glass that comes on the rear windows of vehicles
- 15% – Not legal on front side windows or windshield and is getting pretty dark
- 5% – This is referred to as limo tint and very hard to see in, and difficult to see out at night when no lights around
Xpel FUSION Plus Ceramic Coating
Seattle ClearBra offers a high-quality ceramic coating Nano sealant being Xpel FUSION Plus to help protect your clear bra or other unprotected surfaces. This includes paint clear coat, plastic trim, fabric, leather, rims, windows, chrome and many other areas where ceramic coatings can be applied. Ceramic coating is designed and proven to prevent the contaminants from sticking and destroying areas protected. If you choose not to have clear bra installed on all painted clear coat areas, it’s recommended to polish aka do color correction on those areas to remove swirl marks, holograms and spiderwebbing. This will allow for the best look possible by preparing the clear coat on the paint surface to be protected by eliminating scratching.
The following area specific formulas are available for your vehicle:
- Paint and PPF – For use on the painted areas on your Tesla and on the clear bra paint protection film
- Wheel and Caliper – For use on the rim faces and inner tubs of your rims and painted brake calipers
- Upholstery – For use on leather, artificial leather, vinyl and carpeted areas
- Glass – For use on the exterior glass panels
- Plastic and Trim – For use on the exterior non painted plastic moldings and trim areas
BMW M4 Xpel STEALTH Paint Protection Film
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