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Man. I need to find a brick wall to bang my head into. That seems so stupid.

The article pokes at the pure EV cars. But honestly I think that order to create them, especially for the SUV/Xover came from Geely itself. The sheer insanity of the drive corps had to build EVs and especially SUV and crossover EVs is stupid.

I have NO idea lol. It was done by PO. About the only thing I could probably tell is the percentage if I had a light meter on it at the PPF place. They said it was good quality. I thought it was just the OEM privacy glass for the longest time, didn't know it was aftermarket.

Well, that didn't take long. I had full body PPF installed early June. Was at a car show when the event organizer announced over the speaker "will the owner of the blue Lotus come to the booth." Dread filled me. There is only ONE reason you'd get an announcement like that if you aren't...

Thats actually not legal. They can't change the specs and reduce the power after the car has been sold. Ford lied about the SVT Cobra back in the day and ended up having to spend millions to retrofit all the sold cars with new intake, exhaust, and a tune. You bought a car with 400hp, if that...

Heck as long as the Caltrain can take it I would be happy with a tune that just bumps the limiter to 7200. Just doing that alone would probably add 15-20hp and would actually increase power under the curve substantially because average power would go up a ton. But complete access to the pcm...

I could only step up to a C8 Z06 Z07 package car.

Same happened to my Focus RS. Had 1 spot where a rock pierced the film but didn't damage the paint under, it became a little bit of an eye sore as it looked like a Mole on a white car. The other spot was a rock that hit so hard it tore through the film, and actually took a chunk out of the...

Went on a road trip. Car earned some badges of honor. Gotta get a windshield chip repaired. :(. Hope they can repair it. Definitely gonna get the windshield film. The PPF on the paint did an amazing job. Glad I went with the thicker 10mil for the front end, a-pillars, and roof. 330 miles. Some...

Man. This annoys the hell out of me. I don’t think it’s a bunch so much as a failure for the infotainment UI guys. It frustrates me so much that I can’t touch and drag maps in car play. My 2017 Focus could do it. Instead you have to try and move it with arrow buttons. This has to be a...

If I don't like it then maybe in the next year or two I'll have the film removed and do a bulk PPF install so there are zero seams anywhere.

Sad, they already started applying it and it has the cut-outs around the badges. I'll just have to live with it. Because of timelines for a cruise, I originally told them to do the cut-outs because I didn't know if they were bolted in from the back.

For everyone who had full body PPF. I am trying to find out for sure. Are the badges bolted in? Or just stuck on with double sided sticky tape? Reason being, if they are sticky taped, then I'll have the PPF guys remove the badges and then have no seams around the badges. Then just put them...

Part of me wants to just remove the plastic engine cover completely. And let the engine be completely exposed. The only reason I don't is it really doesn't save that much weight, and it does keep water that comes in from the lid from splashing down on everything. I want my car back lol. I...

Hah, I also went for some Ice Cream too. Local place makes it in house, so good. I try to go once a month.

Dropped it off for a full body PPF since I intend to drive the crap out of it and don't want to worry about rock chips and other damage just from driving. Full Body PPF. XPEL ULTIMATE PLUS 10 on all forward facing parts and roof. Regular XPEL ULTIMATE PLUS on the rest of the car. I won't see...

I saw that, but even though it says "OEM Replacement" I wasn't sure if its as actually the OEM part.

Welp, better or worse, it's at the detailer to have full XPEL 10mil installed for the bumper, hood, fenders, a-pillars, mirror caps, and roof. And regular XPEL ultimate for all other panels. 70% front windshield tint, and ceramic coating after PPF on the body and wheels. ouch. $$$$. I do...

I paid $500 for this skid plate for my Focus RS, and I can tell you a hell of a lot more design and material went into this one. The OEM Ford plate was a POS fabric based one. And would scoop up snow/ice during the winter, which caused it to deform and sit lower, scooping up yet again MORE...

Yeah, I tried sanding it by using a hole punch on some sand paper and gluing the end to the eraser end of a pencil.

Sad news. Went to wet-sand it, and before I even got there, I went to wipe the panel down with a bit of soapy water and a microfibre towel to remove anything on the paint and the touch-up wasn't adhering, peeled right off in some spots. :( I spent like 20m prepping the filler and surrounding...

That is still a possibility. I did consider instead of ppf on the mirrors having them wrapped in a CF wrap.

This is where I'm leaving it for the night, the touch-up needs to cure fully before I can try and level it out. I'm not happy with the 2nd hole from the left. I think it's raised up too much, and I might have too much primer in there. If I do then when I go to level it out tomorrow, I'll...

24hrs later, holes look pretty filled. Feel pretty solid. I did notice a bit of crowning in the light reflection, so I might lose a bit of paint when I sand the area after adding the touch-up.

Totally didn't even think of plastic screws. Might have had to drill the heads off though since not sure I could get them cut down flush enough. Oh well, too late. Maybe if I have to fix it again in the next few days. The bumper is pretty thin there, so there isn't much for a screw to grab...

Okay, 2nd application is done, just needs to cure now. I don't think it will sink much further. I'm gonna leave it here and then use a layer of primer, then touch-up Seneca Blue, and slowly layer that up, and finish with clear on top. Then I should be able to wet sand it smooth and buff. And...

I'll be honest, even if I were to apply the touch-up paint to a dip in the paint, it would look better than bumper plugs sticking up, and causing the PPF to bubble around them.

Application #2 waiting to set so I can remove the tape and see how much more I need to fill. I may get to a point where I can't use the tape and will have to very quickly fill, then wipe off the excess. We'll see how it looks after the 2nd application. Might need a 3rd, or 4th to get to a...