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PPF vs ceramic coating: which does your car need?
They get sold as alternatives, but they solve different problems. One stops physical damage, the other stops chemical damage. Here is how to choose.
Advice & guides
Good advice.Better decisions.
Practical guides to choosing a service, understanding the cost and looking after your finish, from our Braintree studio.
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Pricing
How much does PPF cost in Braintree and Essex?
The three starting prices for XPEL film, what makes one car's quote differ from another's, and what to look at when comparing installers.
Guides
Full Frontal, Track Pack or Full Car PPF: which coverage should you choose?
What the three XPEL packages cover, the questions that decide between them, and why the biggest package is not automatically the right one.
Guides
Does your car need paint correction before ceramic coating?
Why a coating needs prepared paint underneath it, why even a new car gets assessed, and how the right level of correction is decided.
Aftercare
How to wash and maintain a ceramic-coated car
The care routine that keeps a coated car looking the way it did at handover: first wash, weekly method, what to avoid and when to ask for help.
Guides
Is ceramic coating worth it? An honest answer
It depends entirely on how you use the car and what you expect it to do. Here is the straight version, including when we tell people not to bother.
Pricing
How much does car detailing cost in Essex?
Real numbers rather than 'contact us for a quote'. What each service costs, why prices vary so much, and what you should be suspicious of.
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