This 911 Targa 4S came in with a deep forest-green finish that the owner wanted to keep exactly as it was. The goal was simple to state and harder to deliver: wrap the entire car in XPEL Ultimate Fusion paint protection film, finish the glass with window tint, and hand the car back looking the way it did when it left the factory.
Protection work only counts if you can’t see it. Every edge, seam and panel line has to look clean in daylight, not just under the shop lights.
Why a Targa is a different job
A Porsche Targa is a 911 with its own set of shapes. The roof section and the rear glass are not what you find on a standard coupe, and they change how the film has to be planned and cut. Before a single piece goes on, we map out where the film will start and stop, where the seams will fall and which edges will be visible.
The rear badge is a good example of how we work. Instead of pre-cutting the film around the letters, we remove the badges, wrap the panel, and then re-badge the car so it looks original. Pre-cuts around each letter leave small film edges where dirt builds up over time, and removing the badges avoids that.
Our Ultimate Protection Package
This car received our Ultimate Protection Package, with the entire body wrapped in XPEL Ultimate Fusion PPF, panel by panel, so every painted surface is protected.
In this photo the team is laying the film on the hood. Large panels like the hood take a team to handle, because the film is bigger than the panel itself. One person holds the film at the corners while the others keep it flat and clean, with the application solution keeping the adhesive slippery until the film is in position. From there it is worked out from the center toward the edges, pushing out water and air.
The rear glass: the hardest window to shrink
The rear window of the Targa is one of the hardest windows we shrink. It is very curved, and the curve changes direction across the glass. Flat film does not follow that shape on its own, so the film has to be shrunk into the glass with heat before it can sit correctly.
Before any film touches it, the glass is cleaned and inspected. On a curve this tight, any dust or debris under the film will show, which is why this is the part of the job we plan the most for.
Heat-shrinking the film into the curve
The film is first laid on the outside of the glass and shrunk with a heat gun, with the squeegee following right behind the heat. This is how a flat sheet of film takes on the shape of the glass.
Too little heat and the film will sit loose and show wrinkles. Too much in one spot and the film can overstretch. Each area has to be worked on its own until the film matches the curve.
Laying the film and squeegeeing it down
Once the film has the shape of the glass, it goes on the inside with application solution and is squeegeed from the center to the edges. Light, controlled passes press the film into the glass without pulling it out of shape, and the water is pushed out through the edges.
Then the glass gets a close look from several angles for bubbles, creases or lifted edges. On a curved glass like this one, the finished result should look like clean, dark glass with no sign of the film at the edges.
Why exotic owners trust us with their cars
Work like this is not something we learned on one job. We have the experience to handle exotics and high-value cars, where the price of a mistake is high and the owner is watching every step. A Targa, a supercar or any car with complex glass and body lines needs an installer who has done the hard versions before.
Some of the exotics and high-value cars that have come through our shop:
- Ferrari Roma
- Mercedes-AMG GT R
- Audi R8
- Corvette Z06
- BMW M4 CSL
- Porsche 911 Carrera in satin black PPF
- Classic Porsche 356
- Tesla Cybertruck in red color PPF
You can see these and more in our gallery.
That experience is why owners of high-value cars come back to us. They know we will plan the job, respect the car and give them a result they can be proud of. If you have a car like this, bring it in and we will walk you through exactly what the job will look like.
