Real Numbers. No Guessing.
Partial front from R4,500. Full front end from R12,500. Full body from R27,599. Those are our real starting prices — and below, the six things that decide where in that range your car lands.
Paint protection film in Pretoria is priced by how much of the car you cover and how complicated those panels are to cover. Not by the square metre, and not by a flat per-car rate. Here is where our tiers start:
| Coverage | From | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Partial Front | R4,500 | The high-impact strip: leading edge of the bonnet, bumper and mirrors — where almost all stone chips land. |
| Full Front End | R12,500 | Full bumper, full bonnet, front fenders and mirrors. The most commonly chosen option. |
| Full Body | R27,599 | Every painted panel — doors, roof, pillars, boot lid, quarters. Total coverage. |
If you only read one line: most owners who are protecting a car they intend to keep choose the full front end, because that is where the damage happens and where resale value is lost. Full body is for cars where the paint itself is a significant part of the value.
Two identical models can come back with different numbers. These are the reasons, in roughly the order they matter.
The single biggest factor, and the one you control. Doubling coverage roughly doubles both film and labour. Start with the panels that take the hits and add later if you want to — film can be extended panel by panel.
Film has to be stretched, heated and settled into whatever shape the panel is. A deeply sculpted performance bumper with vents, a splitter, sensors and radar cutouts can take twice as long as a flat, simple one. Time is most of the cost of PPF, so shape shows up directly in the price.
There is a real difference between entry-level film and premium self-healing film — in clarity, in how it handles heat, in whether light swirls disappear in the sun, and in what the warranty is worth. We quote the grade we would fit to our own car and tell you what the cheaper option costs you long-term rather than quietly fitting it.
Film is optically clear. Anything under it — swirl marks, etching, orange peel from a previous repair — gets sealed in and magnified. If your paint needs correcting first, that is real hours with a machine polisher and it belongs in the quote. New cars usually need a light polish. Three-year-old dailies often need more.
A film edge that stops on the visible face of a panel will always be a line you can see and a place that eventually lifts. Wrapping the edge means taking off badges, lights, grilles or trim so the film can be tucked behind. It is the difference between a job that looks invisible and one that looks like film — and it takes hours.
If the car already carries old, yellowed or lifting film, that has to come off cleanly and the adhesive residue has to be removed without damaging the paint. On badly aged film this is slow work and it is quoted separately.
What we will not do: quote you a full-body figure when your car needs a front end, or skip correction to make the number look better and let you find out under the film. If a partial front is the right call for your budget, we will say so.
Two local factors make the case stronger here than in a lot of places. The first is road surface — Gauteng highway commuting throws a genuinely high volume of stone chips at front ends, and the N1, N4 and R21 are where most of our clients do their kilometres. The second is sun. UV exposure here is punishing, and film with a proper UV inhibitor takes that load instead of your clear coat.
The honest counterweight: if you drive a low-value car short distances and are not concerned about resale, film is a luxury. We will tell you that rather than sell you a full body.
This is the question behind most PPF enquiries, and the answer is that they do different jobs — one is a physical barrier with thickness, the other is a chemical layer that changes how the surface behaves. Neither replaces the other. We have written the comparison out properly in our PPF vs ceramic coating guide.
If you are choosing on a fixed budget: film on the front end protects against impact damage that cannot be polished out. Coating on the whole car protects against chemical and UV damage and makes the car much easier to keep clean. Most enthusiast cars that come through here end up with both, in that order.
A partial front — the high-impact strip across the leading edge of the bonnet, the bumper and the mirrors — starts from R4,500. It covers the areas that take the overwhelming majority of stone chips for a fraction of the cost of a full front end. If the budget is tight, this is where the money works hardest.
Because film is fitted to shapes, not to square metres on paper. A bumper with deep curves, vents, sensors and a splitter takes far longer to fit cleanly than a flat one, and time is most of the cost. Removing badges, lights or trim to wrap an edge properly adds hours too.
On a front end, almost always — and a respray never quite matches the factory finish next to the original panel. That is the actual comparison most owners are making, whether they realise it or not.
If your paint has swirl marks or etching, yes — film is optically clear, so it locks in whatever is underneath it. On a new car this is usually a light polish. On an older car it is a real part of the job and it will show in the quote. See our detailing packages for what correction involves.
Yes, for a ballpark. Send us the make, model and year on WhatsApp with photos taken in daylight and we will tell you which tier fits. We confirm the final figure once we have seen the paint, because that is the part photos hide.
The film carries its manufacturer warranty, and we confirm the exact terms in writing with your quote before you commit. We would rather show you the paperwork than quote you a number of years verbally.
The service page has the full tier breakdown. The project walkthrough shows what a front end actually looks like coming together.
Free, no-obligation quote. Send photos on WhatsApp and we will tell you which tier your car actually needs.