[pit1]

Picking up the car in a few weeks in SC, 600+ mile ride home.

Looking to protect the front end before XPEL is applied.
Has anyone used Track Wrap or similar product for temporary protection?

[AlexCirci]

Originally Posted by pit1

Picking up the car in a few weeks in SC, 600+ mile ride home.

Looking to protect the front end before XPEL is applied.
Has anyone used Track Wrap or similar product for temporary protection?

I just traveled 1500+ miles in the car after delivery.

I picked up some of that Con-Tact Clear Liner - http://www.target.com/p/con-tact-bra...0/-/A-11172260

I would NOT recommend this stuff. It was a pain in the ass the cut and form to the front bumper. I put some on the hood and it flew off while driving. It left a lot of residue too.

I ended up stopping at a Lowes and picking up some 3M painters tape. I've used this multiple times on cars in the past it. It works well, easy to apply, and doesn't leave (much) residue. Save yourself some money as this stuff is only like $7 a roll.

Here's a picture for reference. Excuse the quality but you can see the hood has the painters tape on it because the clear liner flew off. I also applied some to the front bumper in places that the clear liner didn't stay.

In hindsight I would have just done the entire front/hood/mirrors/front fenders in the 3M painters tape.

[saint3448]

One word. Road warrior. Wait that's two words.

Get it, it works and is super easy to remove.

[supersam]

I got this stuff off amazon for 30$ called Road Wrap. wrapped the whole front end in about 30 mins. It held up decently for a couple days until I dropped the car off for XPEL at a facility 200ish miles away.

It comes off easily too, stretchable, no residue left. get a felt tipped bondo applicator thingy as well

[omasou]

OMG. Just drive the darn car.

I put the clear film on my C32 custom fit on the entire front, rockers, under the bumper behind the tires, etc. and not going to bother doing that again.

I may put some on the headlights, rear quarters when the factor stuff gives out (if it does) and maybe under the bumper behind the tires but that's it.

[MTHRAR]

Originally Posted by AlexCirc

I just traveled 1500+ miles in the car after delivery.

I picked up some of that Con-Tact Clear Liner - http://www.target.com/p/con-tact-bra...0/-/A-11172260

I would NOT recommend this stuff. It was a pain in the ass the cut and form to the front bumper. I put some on the hood and it flew off while driving. It left a lot of residue too.

I ended up stopping at a Lowes and picking up some 3M painters tape. I've used this multiple times on cars in the past it. It works well, easy to apply, and doesn't leave (much) residue. Save yourself some money as this stuff is only like $7 a roll.

Here's a picture for reference. Excuse the quality but you can see the hood has the painters tape on it because the clear liner flew off. I also applied some to the front bumper in places that the clear liner didn't stay.

In hindsight I would have just done the entire front/hood/mirrors/front fenders in the 3M painters tape.

Aww man, that does suck about the contact wrap. It was definitely not easy to put on in terms of contouring the crevasses of the bumper etc, but I also only had a 40 mile drive and I applied it quickly with the help of 2 other people, so it'll definitely hold up on shorter trips. I didn't have a ton of time and painter's tape would have taken probably twice as long as the contact paper, but wasn't necessary for the trip I was making. Hopefully everything worked out in the end though...

Edit: Surprised about the residue though. I know you had a rough trip home due to rain and such, but I read other people have had no problems with residue (I didn't have any either).

[AlexCirci]

Originally Posted by MTHRAR

Aww man, that does suck about the contact wrap. It was definitely not easy to put on in terms of contouring the crevasses of the bumper etc, but I also only had a 40 mile drive and I applied it quickly with the help of 2 other people, so it'll definitely hold up on shorter trips. I didn't have a ton of time and painter's tape would have taken probably twice as long as the contact paper, but wasn't necessary for the trip I was making. Hopefully everything worked out in the end though...

Edit: Surprised about the residue though. I know you had a rough trip home due to rain and such, but I read other people have had no problems with residue (I didn't have any either).

Yeah I'm sure the weather had something to do with it. The rain, the heat, and the amount of time it was left on the car were probably key factors to the residue left behind.

Made it home with no rock chips so in the end I'm a happy camper.

[omasou]

Look under your bumper behind the wheel bet it's peppered

[nachob]

Originally Posted by pit1

Picking up the car in a few weeks in SC, 600+ mile ride home.

Looking to protect the front end before XPEL is applied.
Has anyone used Track Wrap or similar product for temporary protection?

I used traktape. Great stuff! Takes time to install but stays on. Fellow 1Mers used it in euro delivery for up to two weeks