3M Paint Protection Treatment - Review

When I purchased my Linea in April, 2009, I thought long for whether I should go for any Paint Protection treatment or not. Since Fiat's Paint job is top-notch & it was brand new car that time, I decided to wait for 1 year & I was sure that by then the car will have some inevitable scratches & Swirl marks. Eventhough, I maintained my Linea exceedingly well, those inevitable scratches/ swirls came. Primarily the culprit was the car washer guy though I've instructed him many a times on how to wash the car :confused

As soon as the car completed 1 year, I headed to TASS for 3M Paint Protection Treatment. What followed thereafter & the detailed Review on the treatment is in following link (page 5):

http://www.teamfiat.co.in/forum/sho....4-FIRE-Emotion-Pack&p=278&viewfull=1#post278


I would recommend 3M Paint Protection after 1 year after the car develops a plenty of inevitable scratches , swirl marks etc etc. As it is I was about to spend a plenty on Waxes, scratch removers, Polymer Sealants etc - all foreign brands thro' ebay.com I usually do waxing every 4-5 weeks burning so many calories which I do not have in surplus !!! I'm now thinking of doing it only after 3rd month. Then on 6th month, again a free coat of 3M. Again I would do waxing on 9th month. Then on 12th month the 2nd coat of 3M. So, for next 12 months, I think instead of having to do waxing 10 times, I might end up doing it only 2 times.

And above all the feeling of seeing your car in LIke-new, showroom delivery wet gloss finish. Awsome !! That feeling itself is kinda Paisa vasool. Yes, engine dressing is not much, 3M guy himself told me. It comes free / included in the package.

3M is costlier in Mumbai. A Forum friend gets it done at Chennai at Rs. 3000/- for 1+2 coats. Its even available in Chennai on single application/coat basis. He got the 4th such application done at Rs. 1000/- for the single application instead of 1+2 package.

 

Teflon is different & is a Brand of DuPont. It adds a layer on the car & hence the cracking issues you mentioned may develop. Thats why Teflon is not recommended.

However, 3M Paint Protection treatment is different. You can get details in the link I provided in my Ownership Report (link mentioned in above post). I did not go for it for the 1st year. I contemplated hard between 3M & WAXOYL & finally went ahead for 3M but only after the car completed 1 year. My thought was Fiats paint finish was topnotch - why to go for it inn 1st year? Instead do it after 1st year when your car is bound to develop inevitable swirl marks & small scratches. On papers I found WAXOYL better than 3M as they also use something called "100 Paint Sealant". However, their reach in Mumbai is very limited.

Yes, ihrishi. Ryan from dinitrol also posted on Linea Users Club & I spoke to him also. It was just that I had actually dwelve on 3M/ WAXOYL way too much & did not want to go thro' the process again as I'm sure it might have resulted in inordinate delay & I might have ended up not doing any treatment at all. So just went ahead with 3M.

 

2nd free application for 3M Paint Protection treatment is approaching and so is the 30K kms service . I think I would get both done together.