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  1. iMrMark

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    #501 iMrMark, Nov 18, 2022
    I'll jump in on this one, though I'm not the person with an F8 and full hood PPF so grain of salt to anyone reading it. I have spent some time going around recently talking with a number of installers in my area about this exact question, because I thought it was really interesting. They had no reason to give me grief or mislead, and I've spoken to 3x on the subject with consistent messaging overall and 1x who went so far as to pull me into the shop and show me the mechanics of how that works (or doesn't).

    Basically, any shop could conceivably do the bulking (pull a sheet and custom fit it for the hood) process in a way where the s-duct is without a seam or relief cut. The challenge is that the material is not itself designed to occupy a curved space in that manner, and so you end up with a fold that has to be cut, or a seam that has to be mated, or you stretch the material to form fit the space. The last one is what it seems like some folks have had done on their cars to avoid any cuts or seams in the area, and it is certainly something all the installers I spoke to said they could do. The risk (as was demonstrated to me by one installer) was that in doing so you 1) reduce the protection of the film itself by thinning it out from the stretch and 2) you risk compromising the clear coat on top of the film, which then ruins the PPF anyway.

    But all said it was certainly possible and there's nothing "wrong" with doing it that way, but it adds risk long term in that area since they have to essentially work the material and potentially introduce degradation. It also adds cost since to do that work correctly and to a level of quality, I was told they would want to add at least 4 or 5 hours to any quote, expecting product failures or simply to budget the time to get it really locked in and solid. I was warned that anyone who says it's easy and they can just whip it up was perhaps not being honest, but that yes, with time and money anything is achievable.

    One installer also commented that he's never seen rock chips in that area anyway, so in either route the risks may be a moot point. Though, fair to say too that the absence of proof is not proof in itself. : )

    Again, grain of salt, this was just my own experience and feedback from area installers in exploring this specific question. Always curious to know what others with more or different experience think as well!
     
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    #503 landasia, Nov 18, 2022
    there are relief cutouts on multiple places when I inspected at home. Sduct, side duct as well as rear bumper. I spoke with many installers before choosing this one. Two of the shops that work on many f8s both told me they do relief cuts - and they both use stek. I heard of shop in NorCal that uses thinner films without relief cuts on sduct. Its decently hidden and out of the way of rock chips so I do not mind.
     
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