First Clear PPF being installed on Cybertruck (Foundation Series)

[Arctic_White]

If the issue is just fingerprints, you can use a ceramic coat on stainless steel.

Many people do it on fridges and other stainless steel appliances to keep the fingerprints off.

It will also keep your truck looking cleaner for longer.

100% this.

If the goal is to keep the vehicle looking clean and consistent, ceramic coat is the way to go rather than getting PPF.

PPF is good for vehicles with actual paint. I have my Model S fully wrapped with self-healing PPF as it makes sense to do a PPF on a vehicle with paint.

I couldn't see why I'd do a clear PPF on a Cybertruck. I would, however, wrap it in a stealth black or some other interesting colour.

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[HellsNels]

lol everyone freaking out about finger prints, smudges, and grease. If only there were some cheap and abundant products to help with that:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QKLJSW...PSREIRBT&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

I'll save you $6,980.00

 

[Dirt Worker]

DIY 3M 2080 vinyl any color $1,000 and carbon fiber $1300. No easier vehicle ever made for diy wrap. If and when chip or scratch appears, peel, replace with leftover material.

 

[CyberGus]

I'm skeptical that any coating over stainless will hold up well over the long-term, but here's a guy that ceramic-coated a DeLorean:

 

[davelloydbrown]

By the time I get my CT, probably two years from now, they should have the best and cheapest wrap figured out, hopefully the cost is down and the batteries may even be better.

 

[C T Rick]

Like my dad use to tell me..

"Wrap it or Wack it"

Was he forward thinking?

Rick

 

[AustroTom]

The work and skill level to wrap a flat, curve free object is a fraction of regular cars.
$6k to wrap a Cybertruck feels just like the first Nissan EVs getting A/B six month service intervals.

This is a done in less than a day, $2k job at best.

I ABSOLUTELY agree. As a matter of fact it probably will be my first DIY project

 

[Tiberius]

all the hassle with a PPF is that the paint has to be good, so you spend ages working on the paint before you apply anything. Simple DG/water works for stainless with no paint = less work.
Regular cars are lots and lots and lots of compound curves. It takes real skill to do that properly and have it look good, definitely not a DIY job. Not a single compound curve on the CT.
Regular cars have paint, which doesn't take well to sharp knives used to cut film. Slicing those edges takes skill to cut film not paint, another not DIY job. CT don't care, run that knife down the door edge.
All those things mean most of the real skill (and expense) to wrapping are gone with the CT.
Cheap labor or DIYs can have at it - using skilled wrap techs on a CT is like getting a fine artist to paint a wall white (really expensive for little return)

 

[amanuel]

I actually wrote an article about how the CYBERTRUCK can be a big money maker for ppf and wrap shops because it only comes with 2 colors and it's very easy to wrap because it doesn't have curves. check it out

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

As a dealer, Do you know if they make like a transparent color PPF?

Would be so cool to do a bronze/copper/gold PPF but transparent so you can see the metal and grain!

Saw this edited pic a while back and love it!

'You'll never catch me alive, Copper!'

 

[scottf200]

The work and skill level to wrap a flat, curve free object is a fraction of regular cars.
$6k to wrap a Cybertruck feels just like the first Nissan EVs getting A/B six month service intervals.

This is a done in less than a day, $2k job at best.

mom not familiar enough to know what prep wouldn’t be needed

and I don’t personally follow the logic that the install difficulties are altogether absent - sure, the CT has more planar panels, but there are still in fact curves, and it’s not my impression that laying film over the even curviest vehicle is materially more difficulty than any other vehicle

but again, others here can educate on why the CT should take only 15% of the time to film compared to another similarly sized vehicle

I don't think it is nearly as easy as people are thinking. It is more than the flat surfaces as you have to go around edges and some odd angles of that to boot. KEEPing the edge 'locked' down is the challenge with limited surface tension. See this.

Most nuggets started around 10:10 min in or so.

 

[MilliVanilli]

Wouldn’t it be easier to just wrap your fingers

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I literally LOL'ed at this!!! Best post!

 

[T Sportline]

Xpel dealer here. This is the way! Lock that gorgeous stainless finish in and top it with ceramics. This is what I’ve been telling our future CT clients that don’t want to wrap.

We did an Xpel gloss ppf recently, looks cool!

 

[BannedByTMC]

What did you do to prep the surface, anything more than just a wash?

 

[Derektsla]

I have a model X that is both wrapped and with Ceramic coating. The wrap protects the paint and costs a lot, and the ceramic makes it much easier to wash and is much cheaper.

The questions are, can you just put ceramic on the CT? Will it stick? How shiny would it be?

I would love a coating that keeps the same finish and sheen, but just makes it easier to clean.

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