Who Did Your Clear Bra (Atlanta area) and...
 

...were you pleased with the results? Cost? Type? How much coverage?

(thanks in advance)

Derek Johnson, Atlanta Protective Films - Atlanta's Choice For "Clear Bra" PPF

600 for hood, bumper and mirrors. He also did my C6 and is the only one I will let do my cars, as he is a perfectionist. I had the corvette originally done by someone else and was very disappointed.

Same guy did mine. Good guy.

Thanks for the replies, guys! Looks like he has been trusted with some EXPENSIVE cars !

Without doing a lot of research on Xpel film (here and internet), is this the kind that you wax or don't wax? (the wax I use, Ultima Paint Guard +, can be put on the poly/plastic parts according to the directions, unlike some other waxes that say NOT to get it on trim)

That price, how much coverage on the hood?

AND, finally, would it do either of you any good to mention your real names for some kind of discount (for either you guys or me)?

Yes, you wax Xpel. Standard coverage on a hood is like the first third. But Derek will go over all your options with you. He can even do the full hood if you want. You can tell him that Ben with the blue 370Z recommended him. Mine was the first 370Z he ever did.

Oh, and I forgot to ask... DOH !!

I read his site over pretty much...not that there is a lot there but...

It's not clear to me where he says they won't use a knife on your car/paint. It LOOKS like maybe they wrap the edges...is that true?

No, there's no wrapping. All his pieces are precision cut beforehand. He cuts them before he shows up at your place to put them on.

I guess I didn't catch that...he travels to my house?

Yeah. If you have a garage, he'll come do it in your garage. He came and did mine in my garage.

Well, dayum ! Thanks for the reply. +1

Yep, he loves me because I have central airconditioning in my garage, and it was late June!

^ The height of decadence... LOL. Well, not actually. Jimmy and Tammy Fay Baker's air condtioning in their dog house tops that... Hehe.

actually, I powdercoated the rotor hats on a set of cheap chinese rotors for a local customer and the plating peeled off, so I didn't charge him anything, even though it peeled in the wear area. He and I became good friends, he sells AC for Cool-Ray, and pulled 2 brand new undersized units out of a house and replaced them, so he called me one day and asked if I wanted a free air conditioner for my garage/shop, all I would have to pay is the installation parts, and he would install it for me, so it was a no-brainer!

It is the most awesome thing with a large powdercoat oven running at 400 degrees in August with outside temps near 100 and being able to keep the shop at 70 degrees :D

Well, hell ! What goes around comes around and in a good way this time !

yep, every time I have had any issue with a customer, I have gone out of my way to resolve it in a manner that is satisfactory to them, and they are my best supporters and repeat customers.

Derek (Atlanta Protective Films) did mine, too. He's a perfectionist and a really nice guy to work with.

Bumper, 24" hood, headlights, triangle area beside the headlights, A pillars, mirrors, splash guards, and the area right behind the rear wheel wells. $700.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...IMG_0152-2.jpg



I had painted my lower bumper and fangs and back bumper right before bringing it to Derek and he covered up the portion where I painted it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...z/DSCN1078.jpg



This is Derek right after he finished my car. I took my car to his location north of ATL.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...z/IMG_0273.jpg



My car is also on his Flicker site.

Flickr: Atlanta Protective Films' Photostream

Slynky -

I just noticed you're in McDonough. I'm just down the road in Locust Grove!

A good way to run a business. Seems like too many people are just out to fleece you these days.

Well, imagine that ! TWO people on the poor souf side of town (Atlanta) having enough money to get a Z... :roflpuke2:

Wife pops down to Tanger about once every couple months in her blue RSX (that says, "HER RSX" on the tag). We used to have friends down that way but they got divorced and we kind of quit hanging out with them.

[EDIT] Just noticed you have Atlanta on yours...wifey told me to get the "Atlanta" off mine and put McDonough on it instead... LOL

Wow, your car looks great ! That's exactly the color my wife would like to have but she's worried about the money and having two 2-seaters for daily drivers. We have two kids (15, 18).

I'll have to talk to Derek and get him down my way. I already have a paint chip out and two different dealerships don't carry touchup color--it has to be ordered so it won't be in the next few days.

That color of yellow is probably the best yellow I've ever seen on a car. (or else the 350/370 is just the right car for it ;) )

Painting the fangs black on any colour Z MB excluded of course, makes the Z look even more bad a**! Nice Z btw:tup:

I just saw Derek today, and let me tell you, it was worth the drive up to Canton. His work is sick. There is a reason he has a never-ending stream of Ferraris, Porches, Lambos, etc.

While I have not seen the work of anyone else in the Atlanta area, I can't imagine anyone else could do better than Derek.