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Originally Posted by Decep
There's a ton of BS out there with ceramic coating but it DOES offer a very thin layer of protection, if you've looked at stuff that has been coated with a microscope. I'm not at all saying it helps against rocks or impacts but it does form a layer over your paint to HELP prevent etching from bird shit etc.
Disagree about PPF looking worse than paint after a few thousand miles, maybe it was true years ago but the modern stuff is incredible. As long as you stick with the good stuff like 3m and xpel.
And i dont know where you get the idea that applying PPF is the same job in terms of difficulty as applying ceramic coating. If you can wax a car you can apply ceramic coating, can't say the same for PPF, that stuff is a pain in the ass. Ceramic coating is piss easy and there's a lot of pros out there sending their kids to college off this stuff (all the more power to them).
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I agree that PPF coatings have come a long way in the recent years. I had used it back in 2004 on my Lotus Exige. As for ceramic coating, my BRZeee was treated to a coating about 7years ago, it was a drawn out affair, something that I wouldn't do myself.. not having the patience or the right tools to correct paint etc..
I suppose if you were torn between the two, why not start with the PPF and then switch to ceramic if the PPF fails...