I received a trade in quote from Tesla on my early build Foundation series

[mongo]

Wanting to change the color is a valid and logical reason to wrap a Cybertruck. But I was responding to someone who gave this answer as to why put PPF on a stainless steel panel:



The Cybertruck panels do not rust. That was a common narrative before there were enough Cybertrucks in real owners hands for people to know better, but now we have all seen that those rust narratives were false. Mine lives in the rain, snow, sunshine, mountain passes with chloride de-icers, and acidic tree droppings and has gone over two months with zero washing or cleaning (I did clean the windows a couple of times). It looks like this:

Yes, it has dirt and grime on it, but it's not rusty and nasty looking. Here's a better shot:

That's two months of road grime on it. Normally I wash it with soap and water every 2-4 weeks and it looks like this (still dirty, but not nasty looking):

Wrapping is a personal choice, I agree with that. I don't agree that an unwrapped Cybertruck becomes rusty and nasty looking, or that it's difficult to maintain. That's what happens if you follow those silly Youtuber "detailing" videos that recommend harsh chemicals that strip the passivation layer off the Cybertruck. Soap and water doesn't strip the passivation layer, neither does Sprayway.

Agree, it doesn't rust; but if someone doesn't like the fingerprint patina (stain, nasty), and spends a little extra to more enjoy the look of their multi-kilo-buck purchase, that doesn't seem unreasonable.

First year we were hand washing with dish soap and plastic scrubbys. Second year, we did that maybe one. This year we found cheap you spray site to de-mud it. This is infinitely more effort than our previous cars got, but their paint is a lot more uniform.

Front end is an atomic bug smasher though, that does get a little TLC.

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