scoutdog

does anyone have experience with this product?
picked up my black 03 today

TheLex

It's not 100% invisible. Where it covers the hood, you'll see a slight orange peel effect even though the mfgr claims otherwise. Likewise, you can see the line demarcating x-pel from paint at certain angles. Seen straight on from a few feet away it's invisible for the most part. I think it's worth it if you are worried about rock chips. I like to go to Lake Tahoe and the drive up and back has a lot of little rocks kicked up by the vehicles in front of me, so while not 100% immune, the x-pel gives me an added sense of peace regarding my paint job.

Donegal TDI

Lex, did you fit this yourself, by any chance?

TheLex

I know some have done it themselves, but the installer has done it a lot more than I have and if there are installation issues like bubbles, etc., then I can point to him instead of myself.

petertt

Most of the materials are manufactured by 3M, and sold as Stongard, ClearBra, x-pel, etc. I recommend you have it professionally installed, this is not a do it yourself project. Stongard makes a nice basic kit for the Allroad. You may want your installer to cut some custom pieces for the foglights and leading edge of the roof above the windshield.

treerun

made with StonGard - pretty cool, I've had it for 2 years now and there's only a little bit of peeling, like less than 1mm around the grille. In addition of course of all the standard peices

Donegal TDI

Unfortunately, I have no option but to do it myself, and pester you lot in the process