Paint Protection for Your Corvette

Automotive Elegance is the home to Americas Sports Car. Specializing in XPEL Paint Protection Films (Clear Bra), Ceramic Coatings & Window Tinting… many owners make their first stop in their brand new C8 with us here in Andover, MA. Many owners chose to protect their Corvettes with a Combination of XPEL Paint Protection Film & Ceramic Coating! It’s no secret that with a low-sling profile the C8 Corvette has that it’s more susceptible to rock chips, nicks and scratches…. And let’s be honest… there’s nothing worse than washing your new Corvette with less than 500 miles & seeing rock chips that can be prevented! XPEL Paint Protection Film (Clear Bra) is your solution; a virtually invisible physical barrier for your paint. This is the only product on the marketplace to preserve your new ‘vettes paint finish. Whether you’ve ordered it in Red Mist Metallic or Ceramic Matrix Grey Metallic, we can all agree that you want to keep the paint looking as new as possible for as long as possible!

The Automotive Elegance C8 Corvette Process

Once the vehicles paint is removed of defects such as swirl marks, light scratches, hazing etc., we would install the desired XPEL paint protection film (clear bra) package. Once the paint protection film is installed, it’s left to cure & dry as needed whether it be for a few hours or overnight. Before the application of Ceramic Coating takes place, a careful inspection of the paint protection film installation occurs. Keep in mind, the installation of Paint Protection Film is an art. There are general installation guidelines which all of our jobs must follow but no two installations will be the same! After the vehicle has completed the quality checking stage, we begin prep for the application of ceramic coating by completing a full panel wipe down with a product such as CarPro Eraser to ensure the panels are free of all foreign materials and residues. Now the careful application of Ceramic Coating begins. Working in small sections no larger than 2’ x 2’, the installer applies a highly concentrated liquid solution that bonds to the substrate on a molecular level and is then levelled off after flashing. This tedious procedure is completed on the entire exterior envelope of the clients’ vehicles. After the full exterior is coated in our climate-controlled facility, a final quality check is performed before the vehicle is left to cure for 12 hours (overnight) to 24 hours to help promote a proper cure process.

As much as you are longing for your vehicle after waiting months of searching or building your own C8 from GM, this level of protection is one you will enjoy when you look at your glossy, rock chip free ‘vette with, say, a few thousand miles, compared to looking at a peppered and chipped bumper.