Detailer and Clear Bra in Philadelphia

I have seen a few cars having the bra installed by Algars guy and it was a very nice job. I would just speak to them.

 

Nick oaks, plain and simple. Nick oaks...he is the best around that is a fact

 

We use ClearGuardX exclusively because of durability and clarity. Give the manufacturer, Prestige Film Technologies, a call to see if they have an authorized dealer near you:

408-657-3880 or

[email protected]

Good luck.

 

Algar installed Xpell Ultimate film on my spider and the job was outstanding.

 

I have several white cars and in the past all films turned yellow due to uv light. This was 8 years ago.
Have any films Developed resilience to not turning yellow

 

^^ RE no yellowing = yes.

Most of the older formula films would/will yellow or get a tinge to them somewhat overtime, even though most of the discoloration is from dirt bonded to the film not the urethane itself turning color. The old school 3M Scotchgard film - still being mfg.ed and sold - had/has some yellowness to it right off the roll - along with way a lot of orange-peel texture. Most others were/are just compressed raw urethane on top fused to base layer of uncompressed urethane, thereby somewhat less porous on top but still raw urethane nonetheless.

The Xpel Ultimate film has a true proprietary topcoating that will not turn yellow and is warranted for 10 yr.s not to along with other warranted features incl. self-healing for swirlmarks / minor scratches which is a very nice feature for dark colored cars. I've seen it on i.e. Corvette white which is about as white as white gets for abt. 2 yr.s on daily driver and the film and underlying paint are like the day the car was painted.... the uncovered areas not as much prob. bc needs clay-bar and polish to get dirt out of clear-coat. The Avery Dennison Nano-Fusion film also has true top coating but in other ways not near the quality of the Xpel Ultimate film IMO. Both of those films you can write on with a Sharpie pen and it will just stay as beads of liquid on top and wipe right off, no penetration whatsoever into underlying urethane so dirt, bird droppings, water spots / acid etching, bug guts etc. no penetration at all wipe right off.

3M is supposed to have new film out prob. by SEMA in Oct/Nov and will probably be class leader but until then they are not really in the game anymore. That is thier typical MO w/ all their auto products, wait and copy and further perfect what others have done with their unlimited R&D resources and then ride that out and milk it until they are forced to "innovate" again.

 

I have had my spider since early March and it still looks good as new. Fortunately I have not had to test the self-healing properties as of yet, but it does do a great job with bird droppings. I had the 3M film on my Cali and it seemed to have a bit of an orange peel look. This film is much more clear. I had the car hand washed and the guys did not notice the film until I pointed it out.

 

Algar did my entire hood on my 575 with Xpel.
Very happy with the results. Since it has the self healing qualities I never have a swirl mark on my hood.
The 575 and FF hoods are wider then 60" so I do have a seam along the top of the hood along the windsheild. If you are taking delivery of a different model it should be one piece and the film should be unnoticeable.
Good luck and congrats!

 

My understanding is that Algar recently has a new (to them) person doing their clear bra's. If this is correct, he is the same person the McLaren dealership uses and is quite experienced and skilled.

 

pm me if you want his contact info , I have used in 3 times this month . Highly recommended , and yes , he just started working for Algar last week .

 

My understanding is the outfit that has long-time serviced Algar with protective film products keeps a full schedule and can get overbooked so they tried a fill-in or had a buyer specifically request other person or something like that and consensus was a lot of gaps were left in the precut pieces used, parts of hood left uncovered etc. I don't think the fill-in left anyone in awe.

Boy news travels fast and loose in the info. age.

 

Algar installed my clear bra last year and did an excellent job.

 

My advise, if you have an F car let Algar handle it. They know who they're dealing with, from their world renown and award winning techs on down.

They don't habitually win top ranked customer satisfaction awards by happenstance.

I do have some personal knowledge that clear protective film products are very difficult to work with, esp. to make totally imperceptible and invisible as some clear-bra people apparently have pushed the envelope to. Meeting that 100% perfection standard 100% of the time when the manufactured films themselves can on occasion have minor defects that don't show until the film is fully cured etc. is almost impossible.

And I also have personal experience that on that rare occasion when there is an issue no matter how small with a clear-bra Algar will see to it that it is fully remedied.

These films are great products that really do work. I highly recommend them.... esp. on great cars ;-)

 

EJ Core from rock guard in Allentown is the
Installer they are referring too. I got him hooked up
with the Main Line dealerships after he did a my
Panamera. He does good work and typically uses Expel film.

 

Grand Prix Concours Preparation

One of the top in the country and Tim is local!
He worked on my cars before being wrapped.
Highly recommended!!

 

Years ago I introduced Algar to a guy that I am pretty sure became their film guy. He did the Gallardo and the Gran Turismo I had back then. He was located at the time in Bala Cynwyd and I remember him being very good in fact I think I wrote a post about him on here.

 

And he also did redid my 430 the person Algar had at the time messed it up!

 

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EJ has been my go to person for paint protection in all my cars. Most recently he did my 1M and Mclaren Mp4-12c. No one can beat EJ quality and detail on his work.He is very easy to work with and Very responsive by email or text. In addition to Porsche and Mclaren of the main line he just picked up work at Algar Philadelphia. Not a bad group of accounts!

Call him at 610 428 2969