Built Day 31- Paint Protection Film Prep

Day 31- Paint Protection Film Prep 

Putting the Car on the Floor

We have arranged for guys from Signs And Graphics UK Ltd (see link on the RHS of the page) to come round on Saturday 18th December to fit Paint Protection Film to the car. They are currently the guys who fit PPF to cars for Caterham themselves, which is where they will be the day before coming to us, so will have had plenty of practice. They have quoted the total cost being around £350 for the whole car, having had experience with them in the past, however they have never done a full wrap on one so we are unsure as to whether this is going to be very accurate. 

To get the car ready for the guys we are going to lower the car, roll it onto the drive and give it a clean. However before we could start the trolley jack wouldn't lift any weight put on it, only raise up and down on its own. After a bit of tinkering we decided to remove the filler plug only to find that it wasn't particularly full. After a quick top-up it was working fine, so once the wheels were all on we lowered the car to the floor.

Rear Jacking Point. We found that if lowering the front first, from this height, that the oil cooling hoses foul on the jack. 

First time on the floor!!!

As close to complete as we've had so far.

We didn't know if they want the catches off or not so we've left them on. We also removed the IVA trim from around the exhaust port to allow them to put the film right up to all the edges. As it's a bit late and we don't want it to get dusty again between now and then we will wash it the night before.