Film on hood

strokeoluck · 03-16-2013, 05:27 PM

I'm looking at putting film on my the hood of my Z4 MR before taking it to the track this spring. I'm also going to put it on the bumper, side mirrors and maybe even back behind the rear tires, as I've notice some very minor road/stone "specks" on the paint back there. But my question is related to the film on the hood. I was at the car show today talking to a company rep that places film on cars and I have two questions for the group:

- What's the ideal amount of film on the hood? I believe she said the standard film application is to go up 12" (or 24"?) up from the start of the hood. But I'm thinking I might want to be safe and cover the entire hood. Thoughts?

- Once I cover the hood, do I ever wax it again? If not, then how does it look when I wax the other parts of the car but not the hood? Is the gloss difference fairly imperceptible?

Thanks.

3002 tii · 03-16-2013, 08:00 PM

Entire hood doesn't seem necessary, people only do the entire hood because they don't want to see a faint line going across the hood. IMO 80% of track debris will hit your bumper directly, the other 20% will be windshield or mirrors. I find that our hood is so low and long it actually doesn't see much abuse. The only thing that I noticed on the hood are tire chucks but those rub off easily. But gravel and what not is usually limited to just the bumper, or at least that has been my experience.

Me personally since I would only apply clearbra to the bumper and mirrors and tape the rest of the areas, ie first few inches of the hood and areas behind the wheels.

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strokeoluck First Lieutenant 23 Rep 325 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW Z4 M roadster Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minnesota iTrader: (0)	Film on hood I'm looking at putting film on my the hood of my Z4 MR before taking it to the track this spring. I'm also going to put it on the bumper, side mirrors and maybe even back behind the rear tires, as I've notice some very minor road/stone "specks" on the paint back there. But my question is related to the film on the hood. I was at the car show today talking to a company rep that places film on cars and I have two questions for the group: - What's the ideal amount of film on the hood? I believe she said the standard film application is to go up 12" (or 24"?) up from the start of the hood. But I'm thinking I might want to be safe and cover the entire hood. Thoughts? - Once I cover the hood, do I ever wax it again? If not, then how does it look when I wax the other parts of the car but not the hood? Is the gloss difference fairly imperceptible? Thanks.
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