Oh for sure I can head to Cactus for when they're re-applying all that stuff to the car. Just give me a heads up as to when that's taking place. I'm about 15 minutes away. So I was just looking at our Tesla and we only did the full front wrap, and didn't find any other nicks and scratches anywhere else on the car. Does the full body wrap really help therefore?
Oooh door edges, I can see that being a good idea. But rear bumper why?
Accidental scrapes from things like shopping carts or when you are loading something into your trunk.
Along those lines, what about the bottom of all 4 doors? Or is that the door edges you were talking about?
Hmm, didn't think about the bottoms, only the edges where you might open into a wall or a door.
This was the first full wrap that I've done on a car. The front end protection is great, but I wanted something that would make the whole car shinny with an easy to take care of finish. In the past I would wrap all the front facing items and also the rear/side bumper. That has proven to be the most effective, although I would occasionally get some door dings. As a mater of fact, after I had the whole Lucid wrapped, I managed to open the rear door (2 times) against a workbench in the garage. Normally, this would have resulted in the door edge getting chipped. The wrap protected the door edge, although the wrap got gouged. It probably isn't repairable, but I may have to re-wrap that door.
Try using a hair dryer. Should self-heal with that or when it gets hotter in AZ, can just park it outside and it should self heal
It's supposed to self-heal without any heat or light, but since it has been whacked right on the door edge, it looks like the gap may be too large for self healing. I'll have Cactus look at it and see what they say. If they find that it should have self healed and it didn't, they will treaty it as a warranty repair.
Hi Alex, I'm curious about how your tinting has gone since you're in AZ. In particular, how the tinting has gone for the windshield. You also mention that you've tinted all of your cars in the past...did you experience cracking in any of the windows? I took our AGT to a tinting specialist this week and he recommended that we did not tint the windshield because it could crack. Could it be because he is using 3M vs. Prestige Spectry PhotoSync IRD?
I have never had any glass cracking due to tinting on any of my cars, including the Lucid. I’ve heard “stories” of warnings about cracking, but don’t know anyone who has experienced this. If you are going to tint your windshield for heat rejection, I would recommend using PhotoSync, since it has the best heat rejection. It also helps in the winter by keeping heat in the car.
Thanks, Alex.
Why do you prefer PhotoSync over 3M's Crystalline?
PhotoSync has the best Total Solar Energy Rejection (TSER) - even at 70% tint when compared to other brand tints. UV blocking is at 99.5% for all tint levels. IRR (Infrared Rejection) is at 98-99% for all tint levels.
From what my PPF guy told me about cracking, the issue is that because the film rejects so heat, the rejected heat largely sits on top of the glass and the increased temp directly above the glass actually causes the glass to break. I'm sure it's a rare case, but since I have not been bothered by the sun or the heat coming from the roof, I figured there was no need to chance it. I also won't tint the windshield because I am certain I'll continue to get cracks, and then you have to retint if you get a new windshield. Overall, tinting the side and rear keeps the inside pretty comfortable.
