New California T paint peeled off with PPF

With a new car it's usually better to purchase the wrap through the dealer. You do not want people pointing fingers at each other while you're in the middle. The dealer would have a lot more leverage over the wrap installer than you would. They also have much more experience with the results of wrappings.

Today's eco-friendlier water-based paints are very soft compared to lead-based paints from 30 years ago. I think they're all crappy in that regard - everyone uses the same paints. That's one reason why car wraps are so popular nowadays. However, it's relatively easy to fix up the minor blemishes shown in your photo. Ask your SA politely to take care of it. BTW, what was wrong with the PPF wrap?

 

A good installer will warn you to make sure that the paint is fully cured before the wrap is installed ... you should never take a car straight from a body shop and have a wrap or clear bra put on it because it will pull the paint off with it if it is removed.

Whether or not the paint on your new car was fully cured from the factory is hard to say -- they will tell you at least 60 days from when the car is painted, but it probably takes that long to get the car from Italy to here anyway.

It's also possible that they were not very careful removing the wrap and caused the problem.

It's a little hard to tell from the photo, but if it's just that small edge where the paint lifted it looks like it could be touched up and the fact that it's not a metallic paint will help conceal the touchup if it's carefully matched and applied by someone who knows what they are doing. Then the wrap on top of that should make it invisible.

Detailers are very careful using buffers around the edges of the car because the paint can be very thin there.

If, however, there are other spots, or they feel like they need to refinish (repaint) a panel, you will want to make sure that you document everything with photos to show there has been no collision damage, because if you go to trade or someone puts a paint meter on there, you don't want to have to try to explain that the car was painted for cosmetic reasons with no proof.

Really sorry to see that!

 

It's possible that there was minor damage to the car during shipping. If so, the paint they used to fix it may not have been fully cured. Manufacturers are allowed some leeway to fix minor things that occur during shipment and still represent it as a new car. The dealer may not have a record of it (although I would think they should be able to track that down) as the fixes are done at the port of entry by FNA. Anyway, your dealer said they'd make it right and that is good.

 

My impressions from having spoken to sales people in car showrooms as well as wrap installers is that paint damage is always a risk when the wrap is removed. It's unfortunate that it happened to a new CaliT but I think the dealer will do an excellent job repairing the paint.

New cars often get damaged while in transit from the factory to the showroom, and it's not always just paint damage! Their owners almost always do not ever realize that.

Enjoy the car!

 

To answer your question: It's not unusual for paint to lift when removing any quality clear shield product. Alot has to do with HOW it's removed, warm weather, steamer, and chemicals help in the removal process and it cannot be rushed.

I have seen new cars, old cars, org paint, re-sprays, all have clear shield installed and/or removed ,with no rhyme or reason when the paint lifts.

It happens. It's good the Dealership is taking care of the simple paint repair for you.

S

p.s. Don't forget to have them disconnect your exhaust bypass valves before you pick it up! lol

 

I'm guessing more of a problem with the installer than the paint.

 

Hard to tell the damage from your picture.

It looks to be a small area or areas like stone chip size and not a palm sized swath of paint that has come off leaving bare primer or metal.


Since your paint is new and not faded, it should be fairly easy to touch up and get a good color match.

Try not to sweat it too much . Enjoy the car!

Ps I never got films for fear of paint coming off when the film was removed. So I learned how to live with and fix stone chips instead.

I'm not sure about how long it takes to fully cure paint. I do think letting the car sit outside in dry warm sunny days for a few weeks is a good thing for the paint. Also I suspect metallic paints are more durable than non metallic due to the metal flakes.