Opticoat Pro Plus install pix on '16 A6
07-31-2015, 04:09 AM
#31
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And the Opticoat pro plus was $395 with $302 I believe it was to install just the Opticoat pro plus itself on the car exterior.
Have you checked the price to do the job again Snagitseven in your area after three years since the first time you did it and with using the pro plus??
Have you checked the price to do the job again Snagitseven in your area after three years since the first time you did it and with using the pro plus??
My insurance is paying $1825 for the whole job from my detailer's work order. I'm probably coming out pretty good when you consider I never had the Plus layer to begin with and the included inside detail.
When I'm there, I'll find out what they normally charge now for just the Opti-Coat Pro with Plus for a whole car including prep. I do know they charge $400 for a complete standalone detail on the outside - not sure what they would charge for the inside.
08-01-2015, 10:26 PM
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That is expensive if the work was paint prep and the Opti-Coat. My Opti-Coat Pro including full prep and labor was $350 full car and wheels all in. I would imagine the extra Plus coat would be about an extra $150-175 max with my installer.
Not everyone is willing to do their own prep and paint protection application but for those of us who want to leave it to the pros, $1500 is still way up there.
Not everyone is willing to do their own prep and paint protection application but for those of us who want to leave it to the pros, $1500 is still way up there.
08-02-2015, 02:58 AM
#33
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Yea, $350 seems reasonable to me for full prep and one coat. If I was getting it done at a dealer, that is what I would expect to pay knowing what is involved. I am not familiar with the plus coat and what is involved, but assuming it is like applying the first coat, 150-175 seems a little steep comparatively. Doing a good full prep takes more time than coating application.
08-03-2015, 07:48 PM
#34
So after having the full body wrap of Xpel Ultimate and Opti Coat pro plus exterior done on my 2016, I did notice a much more glossy look on my car. I was able to fully enjoy driving the car today. However, in my area, we had a freak thunder storm. The storm not only brought pounding rain, but marble size and american quarter size hail with it. Both my car and my wife's Mercedes were outside exposed to mother nature PMSing... I ran out to my wife's car and put it in the garage since she only has a ceramic coating on her car and I was worry about the possibility of dents and or scratches from the storm. When I returned for my car, the storm stopped and I was happy the Xpel did it's job and protected my car from the ice. I noticed my neighbor's nissan and dodge ram pickup had some marks on his car. As I was about to enter my house, the same neighbor was yelling all kinds of curse words since he had some dings and scratches from the ice. I went back to inspect both of our cars and they remained scratch free. I don't know how my wife's SUV survived without any marks, but I was certainly happy to see nothing after drying off both cars!
I will have to examine more closely in daylight tomorrow...
So here is one more reason to invest in a product that will protect your car.
I will have to examine more closely in daylight tomorrow...
So here is one more reason to invest in a product that will protect your car.
08-04-2015, 05:10 AM
#35
AudiWorld Super User
I would guess that hail stones big enough to dent the sheet metal would not be protected by even Xpel Ultimate. The film is just not thick enough to cushion a large, hard piece of ice. I suspect your neighbor's car has some pretty thin sheet metal.
BTW, many years ago in Denver, Colorado, we had a freak hailstorm with very high winds. I watched out the window at work as the baseball-sized hail horizontally went about pummeling all the cars in the employee parking lot. When I went downstairs to see what it had wrought, my Ford SHO looked like it had been in a war. Big, fist-sized dents over the entire body, rear window blown out with small glass pieces all over the interior, side mirrors destroyed and hanging down by their wires. My car didn't even get the worst of many other cars in the lot. Cost to repair back in 1990 was $11K or about $20K in today's dollars. Despite the clean-up and repairs, bits of glass continued to fall out of the dash vents for months until I finally traded the SHO. (Fortunately, this was before CarFax existed).
BTW, many years ago in Denver, Colorado, we had a freak hailstorm with very high winds. I watched out the window at work as the baseball-sized hail horizontally went about pummeling all the cars in the employee parking lot. When I went downstairs to see what it had wrought, my Ford SHO looked like it had been in a war. Big, fist-sized dents over the entire body, rear window blown out with small glass pieces all over the interior, side mirrors destroyed and hanging down by their wires. My car didn't even get the worst of many other cars in the lot. Cost to repair back in 1990 was $11K or about $20K in today's dollars. Despite the clean-up and repairs, bits of glass continued to fall out of the dash vents for months until I finally traded the SHO. (Fortunately, this was before CarFax existed).
08-04-2015, 10:02 AM
#36
AudiWorld Super User
It could have something to do with Audi's use of aluminum panels.
08-04-2015, 01:09 PM
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08-05-2015, 07:57 AM
#39
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I really like the S-Line badge on the wheel, wish it was an option here in the states. Did you install the titanium sports pedals as well or did it come stock with them?
08-05-2015, 08:58 AM
#40
Not sure who you were talking to. But I did not get the S-Line Badge. I also installed Aluminum sports pedals. I am extremely happy with them. I though they would be difficult to keep clean, but after 3 months they have zero dirt collected between the rubber and metal spaces. Well worth the money. I thought about the S-Line badge, but maybe next year I will change my steering wheel to the RS flat bottom wheel.