Owners/expecting owners in Canberra

[triode12]

I have just heard back from Craig at Autografika regarding paint protection film for my R, and I thought I would post an update to this thread:

"Things have changed a bit since I spoke to you last. We are now a Ventureshield outlet. In speaking with my supplier they advised me not to do full bonnets for a number of reasons, the main one being that the film isn't wide enough and can't be spliced to be made wider. They are currently working on the kit for the Golf R, the GTi kit is $726 installed, I think the R kit will be around the same price, possibly just a bit more expensive due to the number of cuts in the grille.

I will get back to you with an accurate price shortly. Mid december will be good for us, the R kit will definitely be developed by then as well."


I have asked about other possibilities for full bonnet and will update again when I hear back.

Unless things have changed at Ventureshield recently. They were bought out by 3M only about a year ago. I am pretty sure what he said isn't correct.

I have ventureshield or 3M film on my whole bonnet (and car). Universal Tint in Brookvale (now called AdvancedSurfaceTech) was able to get sheets large enough to cover the entire bonnet from 3M/Ventureshield.

I suggest making calls to Ozicozi Artarmon (now called surfacetech) and AdvancedSurfaceTech Brookvale to get an accurate picture of the situation. I am pretty sure you can get the whole bonnet done without splicing two sheets together.

Autografika may not have the ability to work with such a large sheet and may only want to rely on the downloadable patterns found on the Ventureshield site. Custom work requires the use of a large vacuum table and plotter/cutter. Both of which OziCozi/Surfacetech and Advanced SurfaceTech Brookvale have access to.