I have heard cases of yellowing and/or cracking with some products. My conclusion was this is a product-specific issue that may have either showed up after the product was left installed beyond a certain number of years without being replaced. High heat or high sun exposure probably accelerated these issues for the affected products. I don't think all brands were affected. (I am not aware of cases of Xpel failing in these ways).
On October 1, 2017 11:18:39 PM CDT, Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >In the Prius community I have heard people extremely dissatisfied with >the clear film >to protect the car, because after several years of UV exposure, it >deteriorates and it >is almost impossible to remove, making a good looking car a mess when >de >film becomes >old enough that it starts looking bad from the surface damage and you >try to remove it. >Cor. > >-----Original Message----- >From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Haudy Kazemi >via EV >Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2017 4:37 PM >To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List; Bill Woodcock via EV >Cc: Haudy Kazemi; Bill Woodcock >Subject: Re: [EVDL] Clear stick-on film for protecting your EV > >Vinyl wrap is similar to some of the protective films but not >identical. >I don't believe any heat shrinking is used for Xpel clear films. Xpel >is >also thicker and more resilient making it more effective against rock >chips and scratches. There are some pretty impressive threads with >photos on the Tesla Motors Club forums showing how effective clear >protective wraps like Xpel can be. To my eye, Xpel looks a lot like the >flexible clear protection films that are available for mobile phone >screens in that it provides scratch/gouge protection and probably a >little bit of impact protection. > > > > >On October 1, 2017 6:08:25 PM CDT, Bill Woodcock via EV ><[email protected]> wrote: >>It's a vinyl wrap. They can be done on any car, it uses a flexible >>adhesive film, applied, heat-shrunk, and trimmed, not pre-cut for >>specific cars. >> >>People commonly get new cars wrapped if they know they'll be selling >>them, and want to protect the original paint (unwrap again just before > >>sale). Typically you get an opaque wrap, not only does it look better > >>and give you a lot of new color choices, it also protects the paint >>underneath better. >> >>I wrapped my Smart ED in matte black with a matte battleship gray Le >>Mans stripe. >> >> >> -Bill >> >> >>> On Oct 1, 2017, at 15:56, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Occasionally I watch MotorWeek on PBS just to see how well and often >>they >>> report on EVs. >>> That episode #3704H was not about EVs, but did have 1 pih. The >>car-guy shop >>> segment had a company showing how an easy to apply film could >protect >>the >>> body (like window tinting, but clear to protect the vehicle). The >>vehicle >>> they demoed on was a Porsche ice. But this product would also be >>applicable >>> to plugins, if that company had pre-cut pieces for them. >>> >>> If I had just taken ownership of a Bolt or Tesla-3 EV, I would >>consider >>> installing this film to help protect the EV from scratches, dings, >>and other >>> debris from stones thrown from the vehicle in front of you. >>> >>> Interestingly, when I searched their web site, though not all EVs >>were >>> listed, they did offer quite a few. So, since the 2010 production >>EV's >>> beginnings, some companies that mainly provide services to ice, are >>now also >>> offering them to plugins: >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/Tesla/Model_S >>> Tesla-S (& there is a Tesla-X page) >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/Chevrolet/Bolt_EV/LT >>> GM Bolt >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/Nissan/Leaf/SV >>> Nissan Leaf (different pages for each trim) >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/BMW/i3/Mega_World >>> BMW i3 >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/Kia/Soul_(US)/EV >>> Kia Soul EV >>> >>> >>http://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits/XPEL_US_and_Canada/Passenger_ >>Cars_and_Light_Trucks/2017/Volkswagen/Golf/e-Golf >>> VW e-Golf >>> >>> http://www.xpel.com/products/ >>> products (there are more plugin pages than what is above) >>> >>> [video >>> https://youtu.be/YSK4nWLZLL8 >>> XPEL ULTIMATE & STEALTH Paint Protection Film ] >>> >>> http://www.xpel.com/locator/search/clearbra_installers/ >>> installers >>> >>> http://www.motorweek.org/ >>> >>http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/archive/index.jsp?pgmid=2346&date=20170 >>901 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: >>> http://evdl.org/evln/ >>> >>> >>> {brucedp.neocities.org} >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from: >>http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >>(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >>(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20171001/b4df >ed9a/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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