Having custom paint on your Ferrari or Lamborghini is a common sight but we forget that more often than not, these paintjobs might not be the most perfect when coming right out of factory. Car surfaces usually have a lot of imperfections which are reflected into the paint and manufacturers often don’t have the time to get into the nook and crannies and make it perfect.
This is where professional detailing comes in and people like Larry from AMMO NYC shine. He is one of the most famous detailers and has a crazy attention to detail. He explains in detail how and why the car doesn’t come with proper paint and points a lot of irregularities and imperfections which might be something that you do not want on your brand new hypercar.
We can see that the car has been haphazardly detailed at the factory. The owner of this Revuelto asked their dealer to not touch the car and took it directly to a professional dealer. We can see that there are a lot of imperfections in the paint which is not a unusual sight on even high end cars like this. It also required wet sanding at some areas because regular polishing won’t work. The car is paint corrected properly before applying PPF to it.
Why Is Paint Correction Important Before Applying PPF
When applying PPF, it is necessary to have flawless paint as the PPF would automatically accentuate any of the imperfections in the paint. It is also necessary for the car to be absolutely clean as the dust and imperfections will later cause issued if they get trapped behind the film. Applying PPF is a tedious job and one would want to do it perfectly in one go rather than removing the PPF properly.
Cars which have such exclusive paint options and are also quite expensive are worth spending the time and money on. PPF is a way to safeguard your paint from small imperfections and chips in the future. We can also see the guys put Ceramic coating on top of the PPF just to have an extra safeguard over the paint and to make it feel natural to touch.
