Don't Wrap the Whole Car: How Much PPF Your Car Actually Needs
More film is not automatically more protection. Cars do not get damaged evenly, and the coverage that suits a daily driver on Outer Ring Road is not the coverage that suits a garaged weekend car.
Coverage is a decision, not an upsell
The question people arrive with is *how much does PPF cost*. The question that actually decides the bill is **how much of the car needs it** — and that is answered by where stones, grit and door edges land, not by how much film will fit.
The front of the car takes the overwhelming majority of road damage. Everything behind the A-pillar lives a much quieter life. Spending equally across both is how a quote doubles without the paint being meaningfully safer.
The three levels, and who each is for
Partial front
Front bumper, part of the bonnet, and the wing mirrors. It covers the panels that collect stone chips first and leaves everything else alone. This is the sensible starting point for a daily-driven hatchback or sedan on a budget.
Full front end
Bumper, the whole bonnet, fenders, headlights and mirrors. The reason people step up to it is the bonnet: a partial wrap leaves a cut line across a panel you look at every day, and a full bonnet has none. It is the most commonly chosen option we fit.
Full body
Every painted panel. It is genuinely the right answer for matte paint — which cannot be polished — and for cars that are kept, shown or driven hard. For a normal city car it is a large amount of money spent on panels that were never at risk.
Bring the car in and we will tell you which panels on YOUR car are actually taking damage, and quote only those. Live prices for hatchback, sedan and SUV are on the PPF page.
Why PPF and ceramic are quoted together
Film and coating solve different problems, so partial coverage leaves an obvious gap: the panels without film still face UV, borewell water and bird droppings. Putting [ceramic coating](/services/ceramic-coating-bangalore) over the rest of the car closes that gap for a fraction of what full-body film costs.
Coating over the film matters too — film has its own surface, and an uncoated film holds water spots exactly like paint does. If you want the detail on how the two differ, [we wrote that up separately](/blog/ppf-vs-ceramic-coating-bangalore).
What to ask before you agree to coverage
- **Which panels** are included, named individually — not "front"
- Whether the bonnet is **full or partial**, and where the cut line falls if partial
- Whether headlights and mirrors are in the quote or extra
- What the **uncovered** panels are getting instead, if anything
- The film brand and batch, and the warranty card at handover
Prices at P91 are by body type — hatchback, sedan and SUV — for both partial and full coverage. Pick your body type on the [PPF page](/ppf) and the live price for that combination is shown before you book.