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My Most Expensive Rivian Upgrade Does More Than Look Good: XPEL Stealth PPF
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Күн бұрынMy experience getting XPEL Stealth paint protection film for my Rivian R1T. I share what I got, why I got it, how much it cost, and what I think about the results.
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@99.Xion.99 6 ай бұрын
Hi jimmy, great video! Just wanted to ask how the xpel stealth ppf has been holding up after all this time? Ive been thinking abt getting the same for my new vehicle. Thanks!
@freshlycharged 6 ай бұрын
I love it. I talk about it in my most recent Rivian video… kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mphnapR7ubOqcpc.htmlsi=Zovg2vxyaOmsrRLm
@99.Xion.99 6 ай бұрын
@@freshlycharged thats great to hear that its held up well. Thanks for responding and keep up the great work!
@kompressahdnb 2 жыл бұрын
The matte finish looks great. You see the nice lines of the truck so much better.
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Love the finish, and after this weekends off roading adventure, the PPF did the job!
@shanew7361 2 жыл бұрын
I agree must be nice to have this guy's money. Lol
@moltenpros Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for showing the price because a lot of KZfaqrs tell you everything about the subject and totally leave out the price.
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@openmind6969 Жыл бұрын
Will get same color R1T.... might do same but only after having it for enough time to know its the truck I love for life... this helps reselling but obviously you never get that cash back. Love the stealth look. And must be great feeling it will look the same 8 years from now. More important in salt road winter weather climates for sure.
@zayugh 16 күн бұрын
I went with the stealth ppf from xpel here in Southern California from a very reputable shop for my Type R and spent about the same with the tint as well. It is costly but if you’re going to want to have your car looking new vs getting scratches every time you wash and drive it especially on a car like the Rivian then it’s definitely worth it. As far as longevity goes we will see how it holds up on my type R
@AuthenTech 2 жыл бұрын
Love the matte!
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ben!
@Okefenokee_Nole Жыл бұрын
That’s actually a really good price for Xpel Stealth, ceramic coating, and window tint.
@aiddaphomvisay9422 Жыл бұрын
That looks fantastic; very informative. Hope to do this to my future Rivian, which I am patiently saving for!
@nosferatu49426 2 жыл бұрын
Love the matte look much better than gloss. Hope it holds up well for you. 😀
@c0pyimitati0n 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so jelly of your awesome Rivian
@dbcooper69 2 жыл бұрын
Matte looks good on the truck. Glossy works for the car!
@nickw22689 Жыл бұрын
Still looking great after one year I hope! Amazing looking truck!!
@m_grace7633 2 жыл бұрын
It's the 2pac playing in the background that got me !!! 🤟🏿
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Legend!
@StumpCatcher 2 жыл бұрын
good taste Jc
@jasoncook1841 2 жыл бұрын
I have the same color reserved, really love the matt finish. I will probably tint both light bars as well. I'll probably use the same place, I'm in CO.
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Do it! They offered the tint for the lights but I passed on it. Would love to check it out!
@rnursemd Жыл бұрын
I can only imagine what it would cost to do an R1S! But, it's a nice job!
@FLG8r Жыл бұрын
looks great! have wondered about the need to apply ceramic coating and film; if you've spend $$$ to install ppf, then nothing wrong to spend more $$$ for an added layer of water repelling properties.
@Eric-xp1kl Жыл бұрын
My local Ceramic Pro dealer price matched Rivian/Xpel deal for $4,500 (Kavaca Matte or Gloss) fully wrapped, 12 yr warranty.
@curtisbme 2 жыл бұрын
@1:40 - amusing pulling up in a truck past tricked out looking sports cars that you can blow the doors off of.
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Ha! We should race!
@FrenchUsaEUC 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jimmy, euc rider here. Truck look soooo good!! I am trading my Tesla M3 for 2022 Tesla S (blue) in transit. Yes, I will do PPF in my new car with matte finishing. Thank you for your video. A lot of great information about PPF protection!
@sethjchandler Жыл бұрын
Wow. That looks amazing.
@frankjosephdaniels3733 2 жыл бұрын
looks great! I'm willing to work hard and get one myself!
@TKGZONE 2 жыл бұрын
Thats mad expensive. I assume the material doesn't cost much? You're paying like 90% for labor?
@build-things 2 жыл бұрын
Just the ppf material is about 2k and just the ceramic coat liquid is around $900 throw in the rest of the consumables at around another 300-400 almost 50% of that cost is just in material. Throw in 40-50 hrs of labour at what I'm assuming to be $100 ph and it sounds like he got a pretty good deal
@showroomsolutionsplusllc1253 Жыл бұрын
Especially with full truck tint and ceramic coating this was a deal
@user-wy9iz5xy3p 5 ай бұрын
Love your r1t with the ppf impact on the color. Is that the El Cap or Silver color ? Thanks.
@budokai5904 Жыл бұрын
There are a couple KZfaq channels who sent their Rivian PPF vehicle to detail shops to have it reviewed. Seemed like aftermarket was the way to go as there were some bubbles and creases in the rivian ppf
@ErinKrasniqi 2 жыл бұрын
Can you review a scooter called Yume S10? I'd love to hear your opinion on it, there's not many reviews on it. I'm also thinking about buying that scooter. I always love your reviews on e-scooters and I think your review on it would be amazing!
@MasadaGP 3 ай бұрын
God bless u bro. Good energy 👑
@JoMiTo83 2 жыл бұрын
Matte was the way to go.
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
100%👌
@chrisperrywv 2 жыл бұрын
That looks so good
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris!
@chrisperrywv 2 жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged of course man! Love to check it out if I’m ever in the area. Probably one of my top 2 favorite EV’s- and my favorite if price was no option.
@howardfreedman4289 Жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Great truck and great job with the PPF and ceramic. However, I would have taken the chance with the Rivian option though. Apparently Rivian customer care is second to none and the PPF would go hand in hand with the vehicle warranty I would assume. I like having one point of contact (one throat to choke) whenever I can. What could I do the $3k I would have saved as well.
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I tried contacting Rivian several times and had no luck. It was pricey but sure glad I got it before this last Labor Day camping trip. That self healing really works!
@howardfreedman4289 Жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged Well, I'll retract my statement about great customer service 😁 You did good. Enjoy!
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
@@howardfreedman4289 well, customer service was always very responsive for all my issues. No one seemed to have any info on the XPEL program when I called.
@ryananding2456 Жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged this is because you have to call an XPEL corporate installer. I called my Austin XPEL location and they knew right away.
@rzwodzwo2470 2 жыл бұрын
Looks awesome! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@StumpCatcher 2 жыл бұрын
great idea!!
@StumpCatcher 2 жыл бұрын
I wud choose both..matte on doors and hood, glossy everywhere else!!🤪
@christopherward5841 9 ай бұрын
Looks great
@rickdeckard9810 Жыл бұрын
Excellent choice of color and finish. Please let us know if it' was worth it.
@epowermarine Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I'm actually paying even more, getting full UV on all glass and more tinting, for South Florida. Question for you on the RIVIAN badges. Did your guys take them off, and put the same ones back on, or did they buy a new kit from Rivian? My guy is saying it's tough to get them exact unless he buys the kit. thx
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
They took them off and put the same ones back on.
@oidbio2565 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful vehicle! I was wondering if you already have a few scratches which might be a bit too deep for a buff to remove, could this material “fill in” scratch grooving?
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
If you already have scratches, that needs to be corrected beforehand.
@Fixingthingz4u 2 жыл бұрын
Its basically a 3M film like what we had on out text books at school its nothing more it will help like Jimmy said with medium scratches and heating it will is the similar to stetching it so they will disappear. Is it worth it yes if you have the funds :)
@oidbio2565 2 жыл бұрын
@@Fixingthingz4u Thanks for the reply. I’ll have to become a sales rep for the company :) I can get a very decent e-bike for that amount of money!
@JerR22 2 жыл бұрын
Looks much better. Scratches and keeping clean it's my dad's thing. He'll have to see this. 🤣 As far as gloss or matte depends on the color. The green shiny looked alright. Just can't get used to the looks of those trucks though, sorry. I hope your EUC was charging on the way there, if that's a thing it can do? ✌️
@markaprill6501 Жыл бұрын
Jeez that is expensive jimmy…..it does look great. Your wife looked on the fence about it.
@enavenav7451 Жыл бұрын
LOOKS NICE !
@oidbio2565 2 жыл бұрын
One more question: are those electric unicycles easier to balance on than a regular unicycle…like when you are getting on the beast?
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I’ve tried a regular unicycle and can’t do it.
@shaypal4426 Жыл бұрын
definitely mat
@gunsmokezz Жыл бұрын
Got my car done in expel stealth too. I’m looking at getting a chemical coating now for hydrophobic properties. Any reason why you went with ceramic pro ? Expel has thier own line for stealth wraps
@weatherman8123 7 ай бұрын
What was the car color before the wrap?
@gt500dreamer 2 жыл бұрын
Matte finish looks awesome, but i think it’s a bit too much $ for what it does. Very labor intensive driven cost. Makes me think someone with proper cutting tools and halfway decent skills could apply coating themselves.
@jbsrfrdude Жыл бұрын
Did they have to do any paint correction before installing?
@customer7575 2 жыл бұрын
Holy crap that’s expensive. No matter how far you park from people, some clunker will park next to you and hit your vehicle when they open their door, so maybe this will work. But will it protect you from the Tesla haters you see that love keyying electric cars? Hopefully this helps too. Curious though if other truckers would coal another truck.
@oidbio2565 2 жыл бұрын
Wow do Tesla haters actually key them? Sounds like electrifying the vehicle’s body when parked might be a deterrent. Once the key gets down to metal, the jerk becomes ground!
@customer7575 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, not only the key but you will get electrocuted too. Don’t ask me how I know, I once connected a battery charger backwards as a teen, when I sat on the seat with my leg touching the frame, my body vibrated with electricity and I almost killed myself! Same with the NY subway, no need to touch them with keys to shock you.😎
@oidbio2565 2 жыл бұрын
@@customer7575 lol! Yeah it was a toaster, a stuck piece of bread and a knife for my shocking experience! I wonder if that was because some paints have metal flecks in them? I don’t know
@build-things 2 жыл бұрын
Yes it will be protected from being keyed. In theory the only thing that should be able to Penetrate the ppf is a ceramic blade
@willrogers8454 Жыл бұрын
Nice video! So just to clarify, did you opt out of the ppl that Rivian offers? I realized you had a private shop apply ppl as well. Wasn’t sure if you did half and half…that’s what I plan on doing.
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
They didn’t offer the PPF straight from the factory when I got my truck.
@willrogers8454 Жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged ok. So I added that option on my order for my R1S (front only). Figured I’d have the rest done by a local shop. $1500 for the front was pretty hard price to beat. I was quoted between $8 to $10k in the Bay Area for the whole vehicle.
@dealerxpress Жыл бұрын
Do they have to remove and reinstall the emblems? If so, were they able to save them or had to buy the new ones? Maybe they cut around the emblems?? LMK.
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
emblems removed and reinstalled
@plutobars7700 2 жыл бұрын
Any update on Suru Cycles and Works electric scooters?
@kennychen2209 Жыл бұрын
Did you purposely have them put RIVIAN back on lower than before?(on the tailgate)
@natiej 2 жыл бұрын
Did you do anything to the bed and bed cover?
@palash.biswas Жыл бұрын
I paid $10K+ for Xpel in Seattle area 😞
@zacharyrae1735 2 жыл бұрын
Did you ceramic tint the rear window or roof glass?
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
I ceramic coated all windows. I tinted all windows except the roof glass.
@Fixingthingz4u 2 жыл бұрын
PPF is very overpriced for what it is but hell yeah if i was loaded why not Jimmy ;)
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
It saved my paint job after going off roading the other day. So glad I got it.
@Fixingthingz4u 2 жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged Definetly helps mate just high cost but less than painting so happy you like it also love your content quite refreshing.
@shanew7361 2 жыл бұрын
I agree lol
@twothumbs8925 2 жыл бұрын
Are you getting the cyber truck to?
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
I have it reserved. We’ll see. Loving the Rivian!
@twothumbs8925 2 жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged I have the Cybertruck reserved to, but that Rivian is sweet!
@mini2nut67 2 жыл бұрын
$7,700 for one day of labor? I think you are cwaaaaaazy!!!
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
It took them a day to get the PPF on. It took 4 more days to do the touch up, ceramic coat, and window tint.
@shanew7361 2 жыл бұрын
I agree way overpriced
@mini2nut67 2 жыл бұрын
@@freshlycharged You have a lot of discretionary income to spend. It’s a truck dude, not a Porsche!
@bayramcelik5939 Жыл бұрын
U just made iy nt rt1 they used saym material I payed $5.700
@JustEasyIT Жыл бұрын
when your truck gets totaled in a minor accident all that money goes out the window
@freshlycharged Жыл бұрын
It’s covered by insurance
@rayrayray 2 жыл бұрын
You’ve had it less than a month. How would you know it stays clean? lmao
@H0wHoW 2 жыл бұрын
second comment
@connortheshredder7184 2 жыл бұрын
First comment!!!
@freshlycharged 2 жыл бұрын
So fast!
@teddy_123. 2 жыл бұрын
Yoooo
@SameinPriester-ms5yr 3 ай бұрын
Matte. Bee you ta full!!!!
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