What Critical Impact PPF Actually Covers
Critical Impact is where most people start. It puts CovrGard paint protection film over the entire hood, the front bumper, the headlights, the fog lights and the side mirrors. Those are the panels the road hits first, and covering them takes the most risk off your paint for the least money. Everything on the leading face of the vehicle ends up under film.
The difference between Critical Impact and full front is the fenders. Critical Impact runs the film edge to edge across the hood and out over the bumper and the lights. Full front adds both front fenders in full and starts at $2,000. If most of your miles are highway or gravel road, the fenders are worth adding. If you drive mostly around Bryan-College Station, Critical Impact covers what actually gets hit. If you want every painted panel covered instead of just the front, that is our full vehicle PPF, and if you want the finish changed while the paint is protected, stealth PPF does it in satin or matte.
This is prevention, not repair. Film cannot undo a chip that is already in your paint, which is why we inspect the finish first and correct what needs correcting before anything goes on it. If the paint is already where you want it, paint protection film is what keeps it there, and most clients pair Critical Impact coverage with a ceramic coating.
Critical Impact PPF starts at $1,600, and turnaround starts at one day. Final pricing depends on the vehicle, because a Raptor and a Miata are not the same amount of film or the same amount of labor. Every install is backed by our no-fault film insurance.
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How Does Your Vehicle Benefit With Critical Impact PPF
Rock Chips Stop at the Film
The front of a vehicle takes every piece of gravel the truck ahead of you throws back. Film takes that impact so the paint underneath never sees it.
Self Healing Against Light Marks
CovrGard film is self healing. Light swirls and fine scratches in the film pull themselves flat again with heat, so the front end keeps looking new instead of slowly hazing over.
Factory Paint Stays Factory
A front end with no chips is the first thing a buyer or an appraiser looks at. The film keeps the original paint untouched, and it comes off clean when you are done with it.
Cheaper Than Repainting a Hood
Refinishing a hood and a front bumper costs more than protecting them, and a repainted panel follows the vehicle on its history report. Preventing the damage is the cheaper line every time.
Backed two ways
The warranty covers the film failing on its own. CovrGard backs every panel we install for 10 years against yellowing, cracking, peeling and lifting. If the film failed on its own, the fix costs you nothing.
Our no-fault insurance covers everything the warranty does not. A rock big enough to tear through, a shopping cart in a parking lot, a key down the fender. None of that is a defect, so no manufacturer warranty anywhere pays for it. Ours does, up to $300 toward each panel, for the life of the film, with no limit on how many times you use it, and we do not ask whose fault it was. Full terms are on our no-fault film insurance page.
How We Install Critical Impact PPF
Wash, Decontaminate and Inspect
Every panel that will carry film is washed, decontaminated and inspected before any film touches it. Film locks in whatever is underneath it, so nothing gets covered until we know exactly what is there.
Correction Happens First
If the paint needs correction, that happens first, not after. Once the film is down, whatever was under it stays under it for as long as the film is on the car.
Cut to Your Vehicle and Installed Wet
The film is cut to your specific vehicle and installed wet, with edges wrapped wherever the panel allows it, so there is no visible line sitting on the face of your paint.
Rest Time Before It Goes Back
The vehicle rests with us before it goes back to you so the adhesive can set properly.
Critical Impact PPF Questions and Answers
Yes. Every install comes with our no-fault film insurance. If something outside your control damages the film, we cover up to $300 per panel toward removing the damaged film and installing new film, for as long as that film is on your vehicle. There is nothing extra to buy.
Yes. CovrGard film comes off clean when you are done with it. The paint underneath is the original factory finish, unfaded and without chips, because the film took everything the road threw at it instead.
The fenders. Critical Impact covers the hood, the front bumper, the headlights, the fog lights and the mirrors. Full front adds both front fenders in full and starts at $2,000. Critical Impact protects the panels that get hit most often. Full front protects everything that faces forward.
One day minimum. Some vehicles take longer, because more film and more complex panels mean more labor. We wash, decontaminate and inspect the paint first, correct anything that needs correcting, then install the film. The vehicle rests with us before it goes back to you so the adhesive can set.
They do two different jobs, and most clients run both. The film is impact protection for the front end. A ceramic coating goes over the rest of the vehicle for gloss and for how much easier the paint is to wash. Coating can also be applied over the film.
Installed correctly, you have to look for it. The film is cut to your specific vehicle and the edges are wrapped wherever the panel allows it, so nothing sits on the face of your paint. From a normal viewing distance the front end simply looks like clean paint.
Critical Impact covers the entire hood, the front bumper, the headlights, the fog lights and the side mirrors. Those are the panels that face forward and take the gravel first. The film runs out to the natural panel edges, so there is no line sitting in the middle of your hood.
Critical Impact paint protection film starts at $1,600. Final pricing depends on the vehicle, because a full size truck takes more film and more labor than a small coupe. We quote your exact vehicle before anything is scheduled.
“These guys did ppf on my car and it looks amazing.”
“I had PPF and ceramic coating applied to our Landcruiser by Envy This Detailing. Ricky and his team did a fantastic job. It looks better than it did on the showroom floor.”
“WOW. Cant say enough about Ricky and his crew. Finally a team that really and truly cares about his customers wants and needs and takes pride in their work. Had full front Paint protection , windshield protection film and tint done.”
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