Paint protection film: does it help fingerprints?

Greetings,

In thinking about my color choice, one factor is the paint protection film. I wouldn't get it on the white, but it seems to be very discreet on the dark colors like the blue or the green.

I was wondering, for those who have experience with these films: does it do anything to reduce fingerprints?

As I was reviewing my videos from this past weekend, I realized that closing the frunk basically involves having to press down on the front of the lid to make it latch, which might result in some pretty obvious fingerprints right there on the front of the car. If the film is less prone to showing prints, that would be a point in its favor (and in favor of the dark color generally, since the doors and the trunk have handles or power opening...)

contaygious said:

I don't have any on my black car with it. It's really tough. You can touch it and nothing shows up. At least with my invisa-shield.

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Really? None? Hmmmmmmmmmm.

I dropped by Menlo Park on my way to work today, hoping to see the white car again. Instead, I got to see the Green and the Silver. Both had the paint protection on them. To things surprised me:

1) The paint protection film showed fingerprints more readily than the green paint!
2) The paint protection looks great on silver.

Having seen it on white, I was expecting the film to have similar problems on silver, but it really doesn't. I did notice that a few edges were a little dark where dirt had collected, so that might need a little TLC from time to time. But I initially thought Tesla had peeled the film off the front of the car. Then I got up close and realized that it was still there. The yellowing that's obvious already on the white cars was not in evidence, except very slightly on the piece right in front of the rear wheels, where you could see that the silver was a little darker.

Honestly, this silver car looked so good that I think it's the color I'm going to get! The dark colors show blemishes too easily (fingerprints, dust, etc), the plain white, although I like it, doesn't have the depth of the silver. And the pearl white has the issues of repairability that pearl whites have, plus the paint armor doesn't look good on it (at least not the partial-coverage type Tesla is using). So.

contaygious said:

I can't decide if I should do full body wrap on white. I see R8s do it. I think it's around 2500-3500

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An option instead of the full body would be to do full hood and front fenders, so no lines. OTOH, I think the film at the rear edges of the doors is likely to be useful too, and so that will be problematic on the white paint unless you do the whole door.