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@El Frazoo

Pictures of the filmy beast, as promised:

First, caught form the side to get the worst possible light to accent that the film is there and how much of the hood is covered.

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In the next photo, the windshield is to the right, top of the headlight left center and this shows how much coverage there is above the headlights.  The fender curve crests about there so anything hitting above that will glance off (or so the theory goes.  And you know about theories....)  The little black dots are bug hits from last night.

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The next photo shows the upper and lower pucker cut-aways.  This occurs because of the crazy number of curves all going on in the same area, so any thicker film will bunch up beside the headlight as the curve forces the film back on itself.  This is the cure.  Note that there are zero dings in the unprotected areas, too.  The edges stand out because they're dirty.  I usually clean them before a show or something with a detailing spray and a Q-Tip along the edge to remove the tell-tale black residue from washing.

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This next shot shows the impact point of the only object that has broken through the film, happening back in 2007 or so.  It fell off a big truck in front of me on I-195, was about the size of a walnut and sounded like a bat hitting a baseball when it hit.  I put a small dab of clear nail polish on it from time to time to prevent anything getting in there under the film.   Other than that, there are no other punctures, zero stone chips and only 4 or 5  or so impacts that left a surface scar.  I actually have more dings on the rear wheel flares on their forward surfaces.

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And this photo shows normal (LED 5000K) light like outdoors.  The film pretty much disappears unless you really look for it.  I got some discoloration between the headlight bucket rubber gasket and the film, but that might be from el cheapo Asian headlight gaskets and would probably happen on any car, film or no film.

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Again, this was BASF (Germany) Optical-grade film at 8mil thickness.  IIRC, car films vary in thickness from 6mil to 10 mil (at least when I had this one applied) and for a 356, I would go with the thickest one that they can apply.

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