armourfend or not to armourfend !!!!!!!
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Got me there Lady....I have to say I've never asked how long it would protect the paint work. Surprised then to hear that you've seen 'BADLY SCARRED' cars with protection. Hope I haven't wasted loads of money...When I saw the protection on the demo car at Castle...I only say a line of film across the bonnet no more than that. Looked ok to me.
Alan.
Alan.
mrs topaz you've been putting in some posts over the last few days!!! ...worse than me
aND WOT's ALL THIS SHOUTING THEN ? shift key stuck ?
me only jokin me julie!
armourfend ? I don't think it's worth it myself, the bodywork looks odd with it. You're going to get stone chips - sorry but that's the way it is! With the crystal topaz i think they will be less noticeable
just enjoy it - and then get it re-painted (huh, easy for me to say!)
sp
aND WOT's ALL THIS SHOUTING THEN ? shift key stuck ?
me only jokin me julie!
armourfend ? I don't think it's worth it myself, the bodywork looks odd with it. You're going to get stone chips - sorry but that's the way it is! With the crystal topaz i think they will be less noticeable
just enjoy it - and then get it re-painted (huh, easy for me to say!)
sp
....magic I've always thought armourfend looks worse than stonechips. Nothing looks worse than stonechipped armourfend though. Armourfend can't prevent all stonechips though the big ones may be smaller. If you really must avoid stonechips drive everywhere slowly, don't do trackdays and generally use the car as little as possible. Don't spoil your beautiful car by wrapping it in clingfilm.
I think that the decision as to whether to amourfend or not comes down to 2 things:
1) How much is the respray?
2) Can you see it (the armourfend that is)?
In the first instance, as my car is painted in a cascade colour, when I insisted that the car was blown over to get rid of the stone chips (and it had quite a few) the dealer complained that the paint cost nearly £500 per litre. They used 1 1/2 litres, quite a sum given that the labour and preparation costs would not be cheap either.
As far as the visibilty is concerned, I personally think that the armourfend is less visible in lighter coloured cars. It seems to be more visible in the blues, blacks and dark greens. Also, the cleaner your car the less visible it seems to be so keep buffing!
I put it on mine at the cost of about £800 and nobody has spotted it or made any comment so on balance I am pleased that I did it. Since having it done I have covered 2500miles and there are no stonechips whatsoever.
Hope this helps!
1) How much is the respray?
2) Can you see it (the armourfend that is)?
In the first instance, as my car is painted in a cascade colour, when I insisted that the car was blown over to get rid of the stone chips (and it had quite a few) the dealer complained that the paint cost nearly £500 per litre. They used 1 1/2 litres, quite a sum given that the labour and preparation costs would not be cheap either.
As far as the visibilty is concerned, I personally think that the armourfend is less visible in lighter coloured cars. It seems to be more visible in the blues, blacks and dark greens. Also, the cleaner your car the less visible it seems to be so keep buffing!
I put it on mine at the cost of about £800 and nobody has spotted it or made any comment so on balance I am pleased that I did it. Since having it done I have covered 2500miles and there are no stonechips whatsoever.
Hope this helps!
I've had amourfend on both my TVR's and I must say I wll have it again.
My tuscan is Pearlised Azure blue, quite a deep blue and it looks fine, no distorsion of colour on the bodywork, and when you come to sell the car it helps.
Amorfend can also take their pannels off and put new ones on which is a dam sight cheeper than a re-spay.
Looks like im the only fan of Amourfend on this post
My tuscan is Pearlised Azure blue, quite a deep blue and it looks fine, no distorsion of colour on the bodywork, and when you come to sell the car it helps.
Amorfend can also take their pannels off and put new ones on which is a dam sight cheeper than a re-spay.
Looks like im the only fan of Amourfend on this post
I agree with Damo also.
I just picked up mine which is a 'Cascade Copper' at £500 litre. Its a small price to pay to add amourfend me thinks in this case. It doesn't show up on mine at all until you get close to the car and even then its not that visible.
As Damo says, it depends what colour you go for as to whether you feel you need to protect your investment.
Alan.
I just picked up mine which is a 'Cascade Copper' at £500 litre. Its a small price to pay to add amourfend me thinks in this case. It doesn't show up on mine at all until you get close to the car and even then its not that visible.
As Damo says, it depends what colour you go for as to whether you feel you need to protect your investment.
Alan.
I had it on my GTS Blue Griffith, and although you could see a faint line (especially after polishing if you weren't careful to wipe away all the polish from the edge), you did have to look pretty closely.
I ran the car for 3 years, and didn't pick up any noticeable single stone chips. I was so impressed, I even got it fitted to my race Westfield for those gravel trap moments!
I'd definitely get it on my next TVR.
I ran the car for 3 years, and didn't pick up any noticeable single stone chips. I was so impressed, I even got it fitted to my race Westfield for those gravel trap moments!
I'd definitely get it on my next TVR.
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