Ceramic Coat or PPF OEM Carbon Wing?

[LogicalCC]

Should I ceramic coat my oem carbon fiber wing, ppf it, or both?

I feel like perhaps the ceramic coat would be sufficient since it should not really get any rocks or debris back there. What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

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[lflouie]

Should I ceramic coat my oem carbon fiber wing, ppf it, or both?

I feel like perhaps the ceramic coat would be sufficient since it should not really get any rocks or debris back there. What are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance!

I did both. I use an I door car cover for my car and I noticed some surface scratches on the leading edges and sides from using the cover. Ceramic is a good coating but adds minimal impact protection. Applying Ppf then ceramic coating provided peace of mind....and coating took only 10 mins.

 

[Clark_Kent]

Path forward depends on your use cases and tolerance for maintaining the aesthetics of the wing. Is it a daily driver? Is it your 4th car that sees a few hundred miles per year? Is it garage kept? Is it stored outside? Will you trade out of it in the coming years.

If it sees light to moderate use and is largely garage kept, ceramic coating should suffice. If the car is used in more "extreme" situations, you may want to ppf and ceramic coat if you want to preserve how it looks. If you plan to get out of the car in 3 years - irrespective of how the car is used - do nothing.

 

[MooMoo]

you can definitely get some chips on the carbon wing I might have 1 or 2. That said its just a wing lol and the clear on these wings is not even that great so if in 5 years you still have the car just get it re cleared

 

[LogicalCC]

I did both. I use an I door car cover for my car and I noticed some surface scratches on the leading edges and sides from using the cover. Ceramic is a good coating but adds minimal impact protection. Applying Ppf then ceramic coating provided peace of mind....and coating took only 10 mins.

Thank you for your feedback! How did the PPF come out? - I know with all the creases on the wing, it may have to be done in pieces.

Path forward depends on your use cases and tolerance for maintaining the aesthetics of the wing. Is it a daily driver? Is it your 4th car that sees a few hundred miles per year? Is it garage kept? Is it stored outside? Will you trade out of it in the coming years.

If it sees light to moderate use and is largely garage kept, ceramic coating should suffice. If the car is used in more "extreme" situations, you may want to ppf and ceramic coat if you want to preserve how it looks. If you plan to get out of the car in 3 years - irrespective of how the car is used - do nothing.

Mr. Kent. I always appreciate your detailed responses with various scenarios to think about haha.

This is a garage kept car that I would like to keep forever and will likely only see a couple thousand miles per year.

That said, curious to see what other people have done. I may end up doing both.

you can definitely get some chips on the carbon wing I might have 1 or 2. That said its just a wing lol and the clear on these wings is not even that great so if in 5 years you still have the car just get it re cleared

Wow...thanks for sharing. Wouldn't think it could get any chips. But I hear you, I could just get it re-finished. We'll see.

 

[Clark_Kent]

I had my first ceramic coated, the second I've done nothing to. I will eventually get it ceramic coated, but I'm in no rush. I have no plans to ppf. I will likely pay a good amount for a proper custom job and I view it as burning daylight, especially for how I use the car.

 

[MooMoo]

I ceramic coated mine as I thought PPF was overkill.

Ceramic coating the wing takes literally 10 minutes, easiest thing I ever ceramic coated lol so worth doing

 

[T41WN.1]

I did both. I use an I door car cover for my car and I noticed some surface scratches on the leading edges and sides from using the cover. Ceramic is a good coating but adds minimal impact protection. Applying Ppf then ceramic coating provided peace of mind....and coating took only 10 mins.

If you really care about the car, this is the way to do it. PPF also greatly reducing the clear coat from peeling and on the wing, it is actually quite easy to do yourself if you want to save money.

 

[lflouie]

Thank you for your feedback! How did the PPF come out? - I know with all the creases on the wing, it may have to be done in pieces.



Mr. Kent. I always appreciate your detailed responses with various scenarios to think about haha.

This is a garage kept car that I would like to keep forever and will likely only see a couple thousand miles per year.

That said, curious to see what other people have done. I may end up doing both.



Wow...thanks for sharing. Wouldn't think it could get any chips. But I hear you, I could just get it re-finished. We'll see.

I have a great Xpel dealer that does my ppf. For the wing Xpel has a one piece pre-cut form that covers the top, sides and leading edges...and extends over the back edge of the wing. This was the only areas of the wing where I needed ppf. I don't think there is a complete wing form (underside) ...but they could custom cut the remainder.

 

[LogicalCC]

I have a great Xpel dealer that does my ppf. For the wing Xpel has a one piece pre-cut form that covers the top, sides and leading edges...and extends over the back edge of the wing. This was the only areas of the wing whee I needed ppf. I don't think there is a complete wing form (underside) ...but they could custom cut the reminder.

Thanks for sharing those details. I assume the shop that I go to should be able to pull up those pre-cut forms as they are an authorized Xpel dealer as well.

 

[TypeRD]

I just went with ceramic. My car isn’t a daily and is in the garage most of the time. I agree with the idea of just re-clearing it if/when needed. Little nicks can be filled in with a clear pen in the meantime too. Jus my $.02

 

[airs]

Ceramic only imo. Check out some videos of people trying to remove PPF after a few years - eek.

 

[T41WN.1]

Ceramic only imo. Check out some videos of people trying to remove PPF after a few years - eek.

I think the videos you are watching are PPF removed after 10 years or so. Usually you'd remove and replace PPF after 5 years or so and it defintely does not look like what happens in those videos.

 

[airs]

I think the videos you are watching are PPF removed after 10 years or so. Usually you'd remove and replace PPF after 5 years or so and it defintely does not look like what happens in those videos.

I forgot to link the latest one I saw -

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