It's quite a dilemma for me. Factory fitted PPF saves the hassle and delay of getting it done after PDI. And let's face it, I want to get out and drive it ASAP after all this wait! But for all the care Lotus will take, they are not professional PPF installers and will be training a new team to do this. Unless they subcontract it to a nearby installer, but why would they do that and pay commercial rates? And volumes may be too big for a local outfit.
The panels could have been painted several weeks before build of the car, so off-gassing may be less of an issue. The new electrostatic paint system may also mean less solvent and gas in the first place.
Lotus did some selective PPF in high wear areas on the Evoras and mine has been OK in that area. The rest of the car was filmed by a specialist with Xpel and is still excellent after 10 years (helps that the car is garaged and low mileage).
I'm leaning towards getting my local installer to do it, as they will do paint correction, place film on the specific panels where I want it and will overlap the edges. But I'm still anxious about that adding 3-7 days to the day I can drive the car. That might seem a trivial wait, but I still only have "June" as a delivery date and really want to take the car to Goodwood on 23 June!