Vendor New Tesla Keyed and Vandalized

In recent weeks, we have seen a wave of cars coming to us either after being repainted from vandalism or the paint protection film has been damaged from intentional vandalism. This brand new Tesla came to us today because the customer's car was vandalized (keyed) while he was out for dinner with his wife. The hood and the front fenders were badly keyed and in some areas, you can tell they tried very hard to leave marks and the film tore in some parts.

Fortunately those parts are protected. We will be removing and replacing these pieces today...more photos to come, but from our assessment, there is no damage to factory paint.

KonceptCars said:

Saving grace for this owner. If you don't mind me asking, where about was the vandalism? Hopefully the suspects aren't just targeting Model S's, or any vehicle for that matter.

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This took place somewhere in San Francisco.

broncophil said:

It says F COPS, maybe it was targeted at MS owners, and someone who doesnt like police.

did it belong to a cop?

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No. The owner is with a tech company.

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EV_Steve said:

I'm impressed that the film stood up to that abuse. Do you know what brand it is? Now I really want a dash cam.

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Yes, it held up surprisingly well considering that there were serious tears in the film in some areas. We wrapped all of the edges, so even the most exposed areas were properly protected. The product we use is ClearGuard Nano - their latest generation product (ultra clear - clearer than any other product we've used, the self-healing is faster than anything we've used and is about 30%+ thicker than Suntek....just slightly thicker than Xpel). There were some damage that self-healed with heat, but apparently some that were not repairable and the customer was ok with it considering his paint underneath is likely ok.

We just removed the hood piece and no damage fortunately! Here was our film removal process - now on to the fenders. Will post more pics later or tomorrow...

There is also an area on the hood that says "F*** Rich PPL" - so not sure if it's directed towards Model S owners, but this is very concerning.

We removed and replaced the hood and fenders. NO PAINT DAMAGE! Not even a scratch in the paint.

tomas said:

yes. Want to trust but this looks like a scare tactic sales job. There's a rash of one?

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That is correct, as we have stated this is a customer's car. He brought this to us after realizing it was severely damaged and had already contacted the insurance company because he thought there was damage under the paint protection film. The estimate for repair was going to cost the insurance company $5000 to repaint and blend the doors. Had this car not have the clear bra on there, he would have been down 2 weeks without the car whereas we replaced the bra in one day's time.

Sorry to see you think this is a "scare tactic" from us. We would like to make known some very important points here:

1. We are an clear bra + window film installation company based solely in Fremont, CA
2. By us posting this, it does not benefit us by scaring someone to get the clear bra done who may be hundreds or thousands of miles away from us
3. We posted this to show the efficacy of today's paint protection film product (ClearGuard Nano) and how it saved the owner's factory paint.