Which PPF should you choose?

News / 2023, 27 April

How to choose a protective film for the bodywork of your car?

To find out which PPF (Paint Protection Film) to choose to protect your car, you need to know which is the best solution for the areas you want to protect, but also the benefit for your car to be protected by a protection film.

What is a PPF?

The PPF, i.e. a Paint Protection Film, is a clear self-adhesive film designed to protect your car’s bodywork. Indeed, the latter can be subjected to environmental aggressions such as gravel, scratches, acid rain, oxidation, bird droppings etc. This is why applying a PPF to the bodywork brings many advantages:

  • Absolutely clear: the protective films of the BODYFENCE range are absolutely clear films, they protect your car’s bodywork without altering its appearance
  • Self-cleaning: BODYFENCE protective films contain an anti-adhesion agent in their formulation. Therefore, dust and other dirt will cling much less to the bodywork, cleaning will be less frequent and considerably easier.
  • Self-healing: In the event of a scratch damaging the self-adhesive film, BODYFENCE protective films regenerate themselves through the heat of the sun or with hot water
  • Anti-gravel: Whichever season, the roads are sometimes loaded with gravel which can become missiles damaging the paintwork of your vehicle
  • Easy to install and to remove: It is as easy to install the film as to remove it. In addition, with our BODYKIT self-adhesive films you can choose pre-cut templates to fit the dimensions of your vehicle to save time and money

 

Some areas of the vehicle need greater protection against environmental aggression than others. For this reason, the bumpers, for example, need thicker and even stronger protection. For this reason, PPF DFENCEXTRM constitutes the perfect barrier against:

  • environmental pollution
  • deep scratches
  • gravel etc.

Which PPF should you choose to protect car doors?

For the protection of the doors of your car, the BODYFENCE range has been extended with in total five self-adhesive films:

  • BODYFENCEX
  • BODYFENCEXM
  • BODYFENCEXS
  • BODYXFAST
  • BODYFENCE

Four of these self-adhesive films are based on X-technology. X-technology is phenomenal and revolutionary. It allows, among other things, immediate self-healing, increased resistance to hydrocarbon stains or even an improved hydrophobic effect. We can offer you three finishes for absolute protection: gloss, matt and satin.

Which self-adhesive film should you choose to protect the bumpers?

To decide which PPF to choose for the protection of your bumpers, you need to choose a thicker PPF than normal because these parts are more subject to impact than others. At HEXIS, we have developed a self-adhesive film with a thickness of 210 µm: DFENCEXTRM.

It is ultra-thick for enhanced protection. This way you can drive safely off the beaten track. In addition, this self-adhesive film also features X-technology. It has been specially developed for:

  • protect off-road vehicles competing under the most extreme conditions
  • protect the most exposed surfaces

How to protect the bonnet of my car?

The car bonnet as well as the roof are relatively large areas on a vehicle. For this reason, what was needed was a self-adhesive film adapted to these dimensions. The BFWIDE vehicle body protection film is a protective film with no limits! It has been developed to protect the largest surfaces such as bonnets. It has a thickness of 210 µm and a gloss finish.

What is the durability of an FPP?

Several factors play a role in the durability of a self-adhesive film for bodywork protection. But in general, the more care you take of your product, the longer it will stay as new as the first day.

You should know that the guarantee depends on geographical zones and that a HEXIS PPF film can be guaranteed for up to 10 years. By contrast, BODYFENCEX is guaranteed for life*, but only if it has been applied by an approved BODYFENCE installer.

Finally, you can maintain your films with two products which are available in our catalogue. First of all, a polishing cream: BODYSHINE, which simplifies the ordinary maintenance of gloss BODYFENCE films. Second, you can use BODYRELOAD, which allows you to wash and protect PPF films without using water.

Regarding the guarantee of our self-adhesive films, you should know that BODYFENCEX is guaranteed for life. If you have any questions that you may have regarding the guarantee of our self-adhesive films of the BODYFENCE range, we suggest you click on this link to know all the information: http://www.bodyfence.net/solutions/warranty/.

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