Ceramic Coating, worth it?

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I’ll never buy a new vehicle and not get it coated within a few weeks ever again.

I would think a clear wrap would work better. Not the whole thing, just where you need it.

Just had a '19 black car totally clay barred and ceramic coated... it's like a freakin' mirror and way easier to clean without water spots. It was around $700 but worth it IMO.

Thinking of doing it on the '17 but will likely not be worth it if we trade it in any time soon.

I have some combination of PPF and ceramic on every vehicle I own. It depends on what you want out of the car really. If i had a white car i planned on keeping 1-2 years, i wouldn't do anything. But all my cars are black and i keep them forever so i have one or both on all of them. My daily SUV has just ceramic. I paint corrected it myself and applied it myself. My toy car has PPF on the front clip with ceramic on top of the PPF and on the rest of the car. I paid to have that one professionally done. Also if you want the best shine you need to do a paint correction first, even on a new car. Factory orange-peel is bad once you've seen it next to one thats had it removed.

Soft touch drive thru is ok just nothing that uses stiff bushes bc it will scratch the coating.

If hand washing only on a very regular basis, worth it.

Otherwise, not worth it.

ETA... Getting the wheels done is definitely worth it.

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the average length of time that a person keeps a vehicle is 18 months


wtf?

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it's true. but, it calculates all vehicles including fleet and such. i kept one of my trucks for 14 years and then bought 3 in 4 years. kinda fricks up the average.

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Also if you want the best shine you need to do a paint correction first, even on a new car.

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Are there any places you would suggest to get the ceramic coating done?