Who Does Ceramic Coating Near Troy/Rochester
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Thanks....Justin already spoke with Marc and he said about $3,500 to take care of it. I know it is quite a bit of work, but that is a bit out of my price range - I was expecting about half that...
grr
FYI - I was looking at the same for my black '21 Yukon AT4 and stopped researching when I found out the typical cost is > $4k for a full sized truck. Pretty hard to cost justify.
Easily talking a couple grand for PPF / clear bra for the front end too. Again, pretty hard to cost justify.
I chose to do neither. Would be nice to have both, but you'll never get that cost back if you intend to sell at some point. JMO.
Easily talking a couple grand for PPF / clear bra for the front end too. Again, pretty hard to cost justify.
I chose to do neither. Would be nice to have both, but you'll never get that cost back if you intend to sell at some point. JMO.
dline
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JpMotorsports
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I sent you on Facebook the guy I use.
Rumblestrip
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So $65-70K for a truck and unwilling to spend 5-8% of the cost on keeping the appearance in the best shape?
To each their own...
Quick answers:
- At some point you accept it's a daily driven truck, including through MI winters... not a summer-only Corvette or Ferrari.
- Assuming I sell it at some point, no one is going to give me $5-8k over what similar trucks w/o those aftermarket add-ons are selling for. A dealer isn't going to give me a higher trade-in value in 3-4 years. It may make the sale as a used vehicle faster, but I highly doubt you'd get a higher asking price and certainly not what you invested on Day 1 on those things.
- As much as I like the idea of a clear bra given the shit roads we have in MI, I've seen many online horror stories when it comes time to remove/replace that clear bra. As in doing more paint damage coming off than it protected against. Looked like a potential headache I didn't need.
Again, if this was a summer only $100k+ fun car that you planned to own long term, I can maybe see the logic. Financially, on a DD, I just think it's a much harder sell.
Ceramic Coating is NOT a value added thing. My cars and trucks probably have an easier life than most peoples cars as they are always spotless inside and out and they are kept in a heated garage. My truck is not used as a garbage can, I never eat in it and it is always clean.
I paid a bit over 50k for my truck and $3500 is 7% of the cost of the truck. That is just more than I want to spend on an absolute zero value added product...
Just my .02....grr
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My truck was $53k back in 2015. It now has ~96k miles on it. It gets waxed (sealed with Rejex) twice a year. Other than chips in the paint on the roof, hood, and front fenders you'd never know it's that old.
For $3500 I can probably get my truck resprayed and cleared. I know I can do it myself for about $1400. I *might* consider getting a "ceramic" sealer if someone did it for like $800 and it lasted 5 years.
For $3500 I can probably get my truck resprayed and cleared. I know I can do it myself for about $1400. I *might* consider getting a "ceramic" sealer if someone did it for like $800 and it lasted 5 years.