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I’ve been Detailing for 20 years , and was a general mgr of a BMW dealership and a BMWNA rep for 20 years. here’s my answers to your questions.

Do not confuse PPF with ceramic. Paint protection film is to protect against rocks and debris that would damage your paint finish. Is usually put on the front of cars. A ceramic will not protect you against the rock bashing into your car. It is used to keep the car clean and you don’t have to wash it as much.

XPEL is a great product. Go to their website and look for a detailer that applies it. Don’t let anybody charge you a huge amount to put ceramic over a PPF, because there is no prep. Paint needs to be polished and that’s quite a bit of labor so that’s why the cost goes up before a ceramic goes on , however with XPEL PPF you don’t do anything except wipe it down and apply the ceramic.

Anything that you have put on a car by a dealer can be taken off with a random orbital and polish application. A polish Such as Maguires 205 will work fine. Then A wipe down with the paint cleaner such as Carpro eraser and you’re ready to put on the ceramic. Everything a dealer sales for protection is total crap. It is usually a polymer, it is not a ceramic, their cost is about 60 bucks, and the sky is the limit on what they charge. They have nobody really trying to put it on and they certainly don’t do the right prep. Because it would take entirely too much time. It’s a wipe on/walkaway product that is nothing but dealer profit. Dealer Paint Protection is the new rustproofing scam…