I am interested in your experience applying it youself. How did it come out?
I rewinded and rewatched the install DVD until I was comfortable doing it. Highly recommend to have a 2nd person help you with large peices. My wife helped me. You need access to a garage. Car must be washed/cleaned.
I've installed only headlight kits on 3 cars before but never body kits. The product is thin yet offers good protection. Its an improved version of 3M film since its more invisible. The alcohol mix is used to apply the film to the paint once your satisfied with the placement. The soap/water mix provides lubrication when applying with a squeegee. Constantly spraying you fingers is a must.
The first peice we installed was the hood since I thought it would be easy. Wrong. This was very hard!! Start with something easy like the fenders for practice. We had to remove and redo the hood 3 times. There is a tiny cutout indicator to mark the center. Just couldn't get it right.
We took what we learned installing the hood to do the front bumper. Again the front bumpers were installed with 2 people and this time it was a perfect fit. I actually cut the front bumper peice in half then applied left first then right. Very good coverage area for front bumpers with this product. Took a 600 mile trip and zero chips. Very happy!!!
Mirrors. They provide maybe 45% coverage. Very poor. I know you're suppose to stretch the film but they could've just made the film larger. Did not fit right but installed anyways.
Fenders. Good coverage fairly easy to install.
Foglights. Full coverage easy to install.
Headlights. Hard to install. I have experience with headlights so I was able to install despite the odd shape of the CX-5 headlights by stretching and using my heat gun. 1st timers should hire a shop.
Door trim. CX-5 already came with door trim from dealer. I used the supplied door kit for my car instead. Very easy to apply.
Black grill peice above logo. Fairly easy to apply.
Final thoughts- Have to purchase bulk film to redo mirrors and I want to redo hood. Bulk film is cheaper than pre-cut film. But for under $300 we have 98% coverage of front bumper, 98% coverage headlights, 99% coverage foglights, 45% coverage mirrors, 95% coverage of lower hood section (I installed wrong) and 98% coverage frontal fenders.