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05-24-2017, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Obsidian3K

It's been the better part of a decade since I looked into protection films, but one of the main concerns at the time was that, since the films included UV protection, after a few years in the sun, the panels (or portions thereof) that had been protected would be a noticeably different color than unprotected panels.

Is that still (or was it ever) a valid concern?

I'm not sure any of the films on the market have UV protection since film is rarely installed over all the painted surfaces. UV protection is provided by most of the paint coatings which presumably are applied to the whole car.