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      08-31-2017, 04:02 AM   #1
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I am not currently living in Germany yet but I will be in March of 2018. I will be taking delivery of my M3 at the same time and I am wanting to get it Ceramic Coated and Xpel Paint Protection Film on it. Is there anyone in the Grafenwhoer area that does this or in relatively close proximity? Thanks.
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Graves,

Congratulations on the delivery of your new M3. That mineral gray metallic is going to look amazing. To answer your question, we have many installers scattered all over Germany. Our closest installer to your location will be in Bamberg. If you would like to do some more research I have provided the locator link here. To ensure your M3 is protected, we recommend getting all the high impact areas covered like the full hood, full bumper, full fenders, mirrors, and the headlights. If you plan on tracking your car we recommend the rocker panels as well since those can get pretty beat up from the wide and sticky tires.

We hope this information is helpful. If you have any more questions, feel free to let us know.
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Congratulations on the delivery of your new M3. That mineral gray metallic is going to look amazing. To answer your question, we have many installers scattered all over Germany. Our closest installer to your location will be in Bamberg. If you would like to do some more research I have provided the locator link here. To ensure your M3 is protected, we recommend getting all the high impact areas covered like the full hood, full bumper, full fenders, mirrors, and the headlights. If you plan on tracking your car we recommend the rocker panels as well since those can get pretty beat up from the wide and sticky tires.

We hope this information is helpful. If you have any more questions, feel free to let us know.
Thanks for the response! I want the whole car covered and then I'm going to have it Ceramic coated. I found this place:

http://www.ts-folienmontage.de/tsfol...ile/index.html

Anyone else you recommend?
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You are going to have a hard time finding these services here in Germany. Especially in Bavaria. The one place i know deals with Installing clear protection solutions is Car Perform in Nurnburg. The folks there are friendly and are willing to help you. Had them do some PDR on my F80 and install clear protection i brought from BMW. They did a good job. They also sell their own but you can also bring your own. Please keep in mind that things in Germany like warranty, customer service and product availability is vastly different from the states. Also... try to make German friends as soon as possible. You will need them when the time comes...

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You are going to have a hard time finding these services here in Germany. Especially in Bavaria. The one place i know deals with Installing clear protection solutions is Car Perform in Nurnburg. The folks there are friendly and are willing to help you. Had them do some PDR on my F80 and install clear protection i brought from BMW. They did a good job. They also sell their own but you can also bring your own. Please keep in mind that things is Germany like warranty, customer service and product availability is vastly different from the states. Also... try to make German friends as soon as possible. You will need them when the time comes...
Thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna fly a friend out there and have him do it. He said a ticket and material and labor is free.
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Thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna fly a friend out there and have him do it. He said a ticket and material and labor is free.
Cant beat that... if you can go for it..! the ticket is about 500 to 800 bucks though SATO travel.
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Thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna fly a friend out there and have him do it. He said a ticket and material and labor is free.
Cant beat that... if you can go for it..! the ticket is about 500 to 800 bucks though SATO travel.
Yeah, I?ll see what happens.
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Yeah, I?ll see what happens.
Did you end up finding a spot for ceramic coating in Germany? I cannot find anything on Google at all--doesn't help I don't understand German language that great.
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Did you end up finding a spot for ceramic coating in Germany? I cannot find anything on Google at all--doesn't help I don't understand German language that great.
I have not found a spot. I am just going to wait till I get there and see what I can find. If not, I have a friend that does it and I will just fly him out and he can do it in my garage.
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I have not found a spot. I am just going to wait till I get there and see what I can find. If not, I have a friend that does it and I will just fly him out and he can do it in my garage.
I bookmarked this spot--will probably give them a visit when my F80 gets here in a few weeks. It's all the way here in Stuttgart but it's not that bad of a drive. I used to live in Vilseck in 2006 and made trips to Stuttgart a lot from there.

https://www.fuenfer-autopflege.de/%C3%BCber-uns/

I use Google Chrome and it translates everything for me.
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If you do get it done, let us know what you think. I live in Germany also (Ramstein area) and I want to do the same thing to my M3 once it gets delivered. I just signed all the paperwork today so it will be a while. Congrats on the M3 and moving to Germany!
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Just got some paint correction/detail work done and Ceramic coating put on at Fuenfer Autopflege in Weissach (close to Stuttgart or Leonburg). It's a small shop with only 4 employees, but it looks amazing--I'll send photos today hopefully since it should be sunnier out today.

650 euros for ceramic coat on car,
150 for an hour of polish/detail work, and
80 for wheels done in ceramic coating.
Cost was 880 euros total.

If you possess VAT exemption forms--they take this as well.
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Just got some paint correction/detail work done and Ceramic coating put on at Fuenfer Autopflege in Weissach (close to Stuttgart or Leonburg). It's a small shop with only 4 employees, but it looks amazing--I'll send photos today hopefully since it should be sunnier out today.

650 euros for ceramic coat on car,
150 for an hour of polish/detail work, and
80 for wheels done in ceramic coating.
Cost was 880 euros total.

If you possess VAT exemption forms--they take this as well.
Awesome! Need to find a place that does PPF.
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Anyone know of any other places?
Just about any German place that does Folien like http://www.german-cartec.de/willkommen/

There's also places like Autosalon in Kaiserslautern or what about the place in Bamberg that Xpel talked about?
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To ensure your M3 is protected, we recommend getting all the high impact areas covered like the full hood, full bumper, full fenders, mirrors, and the headlights. If you plan on tracking your car we recommend the rocker panels as well since those can get pretty beat up from the wide and sticky tires.
Agree with ^^^, especially entire front end and rear quarters.... I have to say XPEL that the Ultimate stuff you sold me in 2012 has really held up well and I'm sure the front of my ///M will look brand new when I change out the film...thanks for making a great product!
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To ensure your M3 is protected, we recommend getting all the high impact areas covered like the full hood, full bumper, full fenders, mirrors, and the headlights. If you plan on tracking your car we recommend the rocker panels as well since those can get pretty beat up from the wide and sticky tires.
Agree with ^^^, especially entire front end and rear quarters.... I have to say XPEL that the Ultimate stuff you sold me in 2012 has really held up well and I'm sure the front of my ///M will look brand new when I change out the film...thanks for making a great product!
I plan on doing it I just need to find a place that does Expel and Ceramic Coating.
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I plan on doing it I just need to find a place that does Expel and Ceramic Coating.
If you are on FB, we have a closed group for M drivers...or find us at M Flight website ( https://www.mflight.org/ ) and there you can ask admin to join, then talk to the guys who know all the spots for getting this stuff done...
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I plan on doing it I just need to find a place that does Expel and Ceramic Coating.
If you are on FB, we have a closed group for M drivers...or find us at M Flight website ( https://www.mflight.org/ ) and there you can ask admin to join, then talk to the guys who know all the spots for getting this stuff done...
Registered! Thanks man.
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Found a great shop to do the work if anyone else who is in the Grafenwhoer area is interested. Retired military and he comes very highly recommended. Just PM for details.
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