Does PPF Help Against Door Dings in Tight Calgary Parking Lots?
We've all been there: You park at Chinook Mall, come back, and find a mark on your door. Customers often ask if Paint Protection Film prevents door dings. The answer is: It prevents the chip, but not the dent.
The Physics of a Door Ding in Calgary Lots
A door ding consists of two types of damage:
- Paint Transfer/Chip: The other car's paint rubs onto yours, or the impact chips your paint down to the metal.
- Metal Deformation: The metal panel bends inward, creating a dent.
What PPF Does for Door Protection
Saves the Paint
PPF is 8 mils thick. In 90% of parking lot impacts, the film absorbs the scratch and prevents the paint from chipping. If there is paint transfer, it wipes right off the film.
What PPF Cannot Do Against Dents
Cannot Stop Dents
PPF is soft urethane, not armor plating. If someone swings a door hard enough to bend metal, your car will dent.
The "PDR" Advantage in Calgary
Here is the silver lining: Paintless Dent Repair (PDR) is much cheaper and easier if the paint isn't chipped.
If you have PPF, the impact usually leaves a dent with perfect paint. A PDR technician can pop that dent out for $150. If you didn't have PPF, you would have a dent AND a chip, requiring a body shop repaint costing $800+.
So yes, Full Body PPF or at least door coverage saves you massive headaches in Calgary parking lots.
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