Many of the shops in VB won't touch PPF anymore I guess there was damage and lawsuit along the way. The highest priced shop quoted me 1100 to start plus any additional time over what it normally takes them. All with no paint guarantee.

Starshield has a five year warranty and should be replaced then to avoid what you encountered.

 

Yes no guarantee of the paint.

 

I’ve heard ten years is the max, 7-8 years is better for the film to come off easily. Glad it is back to looking great now.

 

Does the lotus factory ppf have shorter life span than 7-8 years? Got my 2020 this year and while it looks good, was wondering about just that. The same thing happened taking off old ppf on my wife’s car but that was probably well over 10 years old.

 

On my 20' GT with 9k miles I could see it yellowing (white car) so had it redone and they said it was a pain to remove despite the age and mileage

 

I had PPF on my 2015 Macon and took it off myself this year. Just a lot of patience, a tea kettle, towels, and some finger strength. There's a ton of YouTube videos on it. Watch the ones that use hot water to soften the film and there is a technique to get the film off without damage. I did mine over several days; just did one panel at a time... It's crazy what shops charge to take that stuff off.

 

The old Starshield gets so dry that it cracks into 1/2" separate pieces. It can get bad enough to not come off as a sheet at all.