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G82 M4 Goes From BSM to Frozen Black with Xpel Stealth
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com First step was to do a full frozen conversion via Xpel Stealth. Thanks to the boys at Nano Defense here in Calgary. Super professional and helpful, could definitely see the desire for them to also want to nail this job. It is not complete however we are a full day into it. Will add pics along the way. Also doing a tint and ceramic coat to body and wheels. Once complete, will head to spacers and a HAS kit as soon as BMW has released it. ENJOY Last edited by bmbob; 05-05-2021 at 07:37 PM.. Reason: pictures added |
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From what I've heard, the cost of the Stealth is about $5K-$6K (USD), which is about the same cost as getting the actual frozen paint but without the maintenance headaches. |
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If you really want frozen, i would just fork over the $5k to get the true frozen that will last the lifetime of the car, rather than 5 years or however long the wrap lasts. Either way, looks great! |
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Will definitely post photos as soon as I pick it up on Friday! |
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For me, I live in a winter city and it's my daily driver so if the film has issues in certain areas i'm cool replacing those spots to look new. |
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04-28-2021, 09:35 PM | #9 |
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Are you wrapping the black accent pieces in frozen as well?
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Hmm, this has me thinking a little bit about possibly doing the Xpel Stealth as well. I wonder how this would work out with Twilight Purple… 🤔
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One deep scratch or even a small fender bender...then what? You can't buff it out. You can't send the thing back to the BMW factory. At your favorite local body shop color matching factory frozen is going to be practically impossible. You'll probably have to repaint the entire car just to be happy with the end results. And the costs are not going to be pretty. And imagine what that does to depreciation and resale. Last edited by OSee; 04-28-2021 at 11:04 PM.. |
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You decided to PPF your car, cool deal. You don’t have to justify it to anyone, especially not by making ridiculous comments. And yes, I think your car looks great too. |
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I agree the oem frozen looks better, in the showroom. The issue is that where I live I have yet to see a frozen black car (benz included) that looks mint. I always can see several areas of concern which makes the color look "inconsistent" (all I meant). For sure this likely rests on the owner's ability and knowledge on car care but it in their defense when you have roads that are sand blasted, graveled and salted then add snow to the mix a frozen paint is up against it. If I lived in Texas I likely wouldn't think twice about getting oem frozen but here in Canada I wasn't going to get an oem frozen to wrap it with xpel (required) just so I knew it was real. I am looking forward to comparing the two in person, hopefully I can find one nearby and we can do an actual side by side comparison. |
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wow awesome! Looking forward to some more pics
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I think this Stealth wrap can be summarized as follows- 80% of the look with 20% of the hassle factor compared to a "true" frozen color. Being lower maintenance and fully reversible does count for a lot in the northern snowy environment. And your point about dreading what to do in case of an accident on a car with frozen paint makes it very difficult to justify getting the frozen color, at least for me. I do love seeing it on other people's cars! |
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Posted rest of the photos, it's 100% finished now. Ceramic also applied to wheels. Tint is at 30% (in last photo)
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Again, apologies for coming off that way - I think your ppt looks really good! |
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Absolutely amazing especially those last few series of pictures.
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That looks great! But wow, would it be hard after waiting for 8 month for my car to get it and then hand it right back. How long did it take them?
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