Hi all,

I'm in the process of getting my entire Silverstone Metallic S2000 PPF'd, but there's some distortion that happens when viewing the PPF'd car through polarized sunglasses, worse than what's typical. I've seen other silver cars with PPF and they don't seem to exhibit the same problem.

I'm trying to decipher if if's specifically due to the S2000 Silverstone paint and how it interacts with PPF so, I'm wondering if anyone out there has PPF'd their Silverstone s2000 and if so, would you mind reaching out? I'd love to chat with you.

Many thanks in advance community.

 

That's crazy. Are you able to take a picture of it through your sunglasses to show effect?

 

its not uncommon. tilt your head to the left and right and you'll see the cross polarization effect change. Remember, you'll only see that effect with polarized sunnies on. I see it with my 3M PPF but could care less ultimately.

darcy

 

Darcyw is quite right. Not only do the polarized sunglasses have an angle (usually horizontal for sunglasses) to be viewed through but the effects of the film depend on how it is oriented too. Pull off your sunglasses a few inches away as you rotate the glassed to see the effect. Same thing happens to sunlight on water. You will be able to see right through and then with rotation, it becomes white reflection and almost opaque.

I have Expel film on my headlights and the effect is noticeable. Just the way it is.

 

Ian, yes taking photos through your sunglasses or through a polarized lens will capture the effect. For all that commented, yes it's known and common that PPF presents differently when viewed through a polarized lens, what I'm curious about is to what degree, in particular with Silverstone. Is there a little distortion on 1% of the car? 75% of the car? Darcy, would you by any chance be able to post or pm me a photo?

 

I had this happen on a different silver car that I have with front end ppf. The shop that applied it said that the distortion should go away after the car has sat in the sun for several days. In this case, it didn't go away even after a month. So, they redid it and found they had stretched the ppt some when applying it that was causing the distortion when viewed through sunglasses and camera lenses. So, I would recommend leaving the car in the sun as much as you can for several days to see if it improves. If it doesn't go away, I'd take it back to the shop that applied it so they can redo it without stretching the ppf.

 

Not sure if this applies here but the underlying surface affects how paint looks. Front end of the S2000 has (I think) steel fenders, aluminum hood, and plastic bumpers. Even more variations possible if repairs were done. Before and after PPF application would be interesting to see. (What Darcy said.)

-- Chuck

 

I'll post some pictures of before and after when I get a chance. If anyone has any photos of their cars with PPF through a polarized lens it would be cool to see the baselines.

 

The car has 15k miles and all original paint, never been repainted. I completely understand the polarized distortion phenomenon, very well researched on the subject matter and with experience on my other cars, and other cars I've seen. What would really help right now is seeing if anyone has PPF on not just silver paint, but specifically Silverstone Metallic Paint to rule things out. If anyone has any photos it would be supremely helpful. Please let me know, thank you!

 

I get this on my PPF as well, I also have Silverstone Metallic, I think it's from my ceramic coating. For some reason, anyplace that I have ceramic coated the ppf it has this distortion when I look at it with Polarized sunglasses, but anyplace where I have just the regular paint and ceramic coat, it doesn't happen. My other vehicle is a Polar Silver Porsche 993, and it doesn't have the same problem. I just assumed it was some crazy combination of PPF, Silverstone, and my particular ceramic coating, and my sunglasses lol.