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Originally Posted by TheMidnightNarwhal
Ahhh yeah, I do expect/think they aren't as good unless it would be a more popular name brand.
My dad also went through one of those dealer applied coatings with a random brand I never heard about and it's already lost most of it hydrophobicity. Also I noticed he had swirls and he asked the dealer and they didn't even polish/correct the car before applying it  All that for 1000$ Canadian pesos lmfao for a ~ 60$ ceramic coating product. It's not part the SOP of the product to polish. Defeating the whole point of a ceramic coating since your paint isn't perfect under. So yeah... dealers are always scammers/stealers in my eyes and they don't sell high quality products, they sell things that makes them the most money/profit. Could explain why your experience with it isn't the best. |
It's actually a fairly popular brand in Australia and NZ. Properly applied, it will hold up just fine (no better or worse than the standard fair ceramic coating being sold here). The problem with dealer applied (usually through a third party) is that they request for no paint prep and usually only do a single coat application. So it's probably a $200 retail priced job that they charge $1000-1500 for to the consumer. Not to mention they don't explain any of the fine print or upkeep/maintenance requirements in order to keep these 3, 5, 7, 10 year "warranties". It's like getting your windows tinted from the dealer. They may say that you are getting ceramic tint, but it is literally the lowest of the low quality. I've dealt with many third party shops that do this work for dealers, and they often carry a secondary supply of "dealer film" that the actual shop would never use or sell you if you went there independently.