PPF Over Cracked Paint

[chops13]

So my new-to-me 2016 Fiesta is lowish mileage for the year, but still a bit rough. Especially since it seemed to be a city car from Philly. The paint is cracked and flaking off in a few spots on the front bumper as you can see.

My goal is to stop it from getting worse... so am I crazy for thinking about buying a roll of PPF and slapping it on there? I know if I ever have to take it off, all that paint is coming with it - and more probably. But it's already at the point of needing a respray anyway, so I figure it will be worth it to stop the damage at this point.

What am I missing - any reason why this wouldn't be a good idea?

 

[dhminer]

Sounds good in theory if you don’t mind there being a big ass air bubble where it’s cracked because my guess is you won’t get perfect adherence there.

 

[chops13]

Sounds good in theory if you don’t mind there being a big ass air bubble where it’s cracked because my guess is you won’t get perfect adherence there.

Ah interesting... I'm hoping if the PPF will stick to clean paint, then hopefully it'll stick to clean plastic. Luckily it's not in a super visible location... is what I keep telling myself.

 

[dhminer]

It will probably be fine if you do a good prep job. Try it! What’s the worst that could happen?

 

[dhminer]

Ah interesting... I'm hoping if the PPF will stick to clean paint, then hopefully it'll stick to clean plastic. Luckily it's not in a super visible location... is what I keep telling myself.

How’d it work?

 

[chops13]

How’d it work?

terrible. I have neither the patience nor the skill to apply that stuff properly. Haha