I was looking at vinyl wrap initially, but then found out it doesn't protect the paint (thanks to you!). Paint protection is primary reason to do this, followed by matte finish. I was planning initially on a matte blue vinyl wrap anyways, so it's not like I was going to change the color radically. But the matte wrap paint protection gets me the best of both worlds :-)

gotcha. For sure. When my r8 was vinyl wrapped i dropped a piece of wood on the corner of the hood and it ripped the vinyl :( 400$ fix right there. It did protect the paint but vinyl does not self heal and is very weak

The Xpel and Suntek provide protection but you can still get chips. I got the Xpel Ultimate from the side mirrors down to the front of the car. The way I look at is "it's piece of mind". I've noticed some areas where the film has been chipped and it hasn't healed properly but I can only imagine how it would be if there was no protection at all. Considering how expensive it is, you need to know how much you like the colour of your car. You might be better off just repainting after a few years and have something different.

while that is true, u gotta consider that repaints usually devalues the car, not to mention body shop paints arent always as strong as oem paint. Iv had my car repainted many times , and professional quality. But they chipped way easier than original paint, and when trading in i took a huge hit because it was repainted

Thats a great point (avoid the re-paint, unless you plan on keeping it for a long time)

That's correct. For the most part, vinyl is not self healing. I usually say, it takes a hard sharp hit to typically cause vinyl to tear, but usually a hit that hard would actually have caused damage to the paint as well.

You're lucky it is 4-5 days. My Q7 is getting a full Matte PPF wrap upon delivery and it will likely be 10-12 days.