Look it up, there is another brand called window skin. Both are 8mm thick, but when I inquired about it at a tint installer they said exterior window protection is a waste of money because it hasn’t been perfected to last. To me it still seems like a worth while investment anyway.
That’s not my cup of tea. I stay away from “all” dump trucks and despise tail gaters when they run up on me. FYI my OBX Sasquatch is being delivered this week and read these horror stories in the forum of cracked and chipped windshields. I’m being “preemptive” to assure it doesn’t happen to mine, although it will mostly be a “hanger queen” due to the fact my other ride is a 2022 Maverick XLT.
I just heard the same thing about 30 minutes ago from my local shop. They also said in areas that get high rain that it will with in time create streaks that are horrible to see through.
Of course it's not going to last. It is meant to be sacrificial to protect your windshield. No different than PPF, except the windshield film gets more abuse. Not just from rock chips, but from the constant rubbing when you have your wipers on.
I leave a country mile between myself and the next vehicle. The problem really only occurs when some bum decides to wedge in and slam their brakes. The worst offenders for this are usually Altimas, but the dumb "stance-trucks" (dumb offset wheels and exposed rubber-band tires on a pickup truck) are awful for slinging rocks in the air. I avoid them as much as possible.
As my 7th grade math teacher Mrs. Seidenberg pounded into our heads, “cows, pigs, or horses?! UNITS MATTER!!!” Exoshield is NOT 8mm thick, it’s “8-mil” thick. A “mil” is 0.001” or “a thousandth if an inch”. A “mm” is just a bit less than 40 thousandths, 0.040”. So “8-mil” is WAY mess than “8mm” (roughly 320-mil or 0.320”).
Thanks for much for the honest review! It’s comments like this that help us continue to protect the community. Glad to hear you still have the original windshield! Shoot us a message when you are ready to get a new kit
