Gents - About to take delivery of a car in matte black paint. Wondering if should wrap it with stealth (matte) Xpel or standard ultimate ? Also curious if any special prep work should be done to the matte paint in advance of wrapping it. Any advice appreciated!
Stealth would be your film. If you went with the standard, glossy film it would alter the look in a not so good way. As for prep work there is not a whole lot you can do except to make sure the surface is very clean. No polishing can be done to that type of paint. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Do not put any chemicals on matte not even detail spray or it will create a sheen. For prep it just needs a good wash with a mild soap. Your installer should know and handle this.
Whilst expensive you are right to get the matt paint protected with PPF. I am starting to see a few used Range Rover SVRs in the trade now that are painted matt colours, and yes like all other used cars they come with scratches and stone chips. The trouble is, you cannot polish out the scratches on matt paint like you would on ordinary paint, expensive for the dealership as they now have to get the panels re-sprayed before being sold. I would recommend you do full complete panels rather than 1/3, 1/2 coverage ( bonnet / hood ) as the PPF line will be more noticable on matt paint.
yes, full car coverage with Xpel. any scratch means full panel repaint vs. fix...much cheaper to wrap unfront
When it comes to matte paint, wrap it! Things like bird muck, hand creams and other oils can damage the paint and being matte, it can't be polished. XPEL's stealth is fantastic for it. A PPF center local to me wrap matte cars all the time as the owners don't realise how much up keep the paint requires.
I have long wanted a matte paint car. I thought long and hard about spec’ing my STO in matte. However, every matte car I saw that had PPF looked much different with film than it did with the bare natural paint. To my eye, Xpel Stealth turns matte paint into more of satin sheen. I also do not love the glossy paint cars covered with Xpel Stealth for the very same reason. They just look a little too satin. Recently, I stumbled on this old video comparing a product called Satin Guard to Xpel Stealth. It seams like there might well be a good option for protecting matte paint without disrupting its natural color.
Highly recommend you look into Stek matte films. The ceramic coat is built in On a side note, the carbon fiber film was indistinguishable from real carbon, however they don’t do a 1X1 weave https://www.stek-usa.com/dynomatt Sent from my iPad using FerrariChat
