My previous Lotus was an S3 Elise SC, had the car for around 4 years (around 20K kms), front end on NZ roads was heavily paint chipped.
My new Emira arrived in July this year, after around 90 days shipping. We had PPF applied to the following area's. Full front including lights. Windshield frame up to roof, sills and rear wheel arches front and rear.
We have done around 3000km's to date, which includes Lotus and other car club runs on B roads at pace.
The car has zero paint defects from stone chips. The PPF installer does exotic cars, Ferrari's, Lambo's, Porsche's etc.
Got a special price for Emira's, cost me $3K NZD.
Cleaning is a lot easier, adds additional shine.