So if you look at my profile, I live in the San Fernando Valley. Driving here one way if I'm lucky is a one hour drive. If I'm lucky. It took me two hours one way, both times.
The drive was well worth it. Every place in my area was charging crazy amounts for PPF. Doesn't matter the brand, either Suntek, 3M, or Feynlabs etc. it was always $5000 on the cheap end and the highest was $7500.
I found N-Tech by casting a wide net on the Xpel Website for Authorized Installers and I got super lucky. Everyone at N-Tech is a trained and licensed Xpel installer. That includes Luna, the assistant, and the owners, Yoshiki and Saiko Tani.
A couple of things I found out unwittingly that you should know is that they DO Xpel Window Tinting. It's not listed anywhere on their site. I saw the Xpel Window Tinting Sample Plaque at their office and had to inquire about it. The price was also competitive.
The queue to get your car taken in was pretty long but it's fair considering there's only 3 people working here. The service was very good however. Every question I had was answered fairly quickly and when I asked about needing a paint correction before having my car PPF'd, Luna said it wasn't necessary but she could accommodate it if I wanted it. Glad I declined and took her word for it because some shops make it sound practically necessary. Tesla delivered my car to me with microswirls everywhere, after putting on the PPF you can't even tell they're there.
Speaking of the PPF, they don't use Pre-Cuts. If you look at my attached photos, you can see on the rear lights that the PPF is tucked in and you don't get the unfortunate "small screen protector" effect where you can see that the PPF doesn't go all the way to the edge.
For the most part, the PPF is perfect. There's a few areas where I'm a bit concerned but the main part is the side-mirrors and the corner of the hood.
The Side-Mirror, isn't fully PPF'd. The side area towards the cabin isn't wrapped, but because it's not a high impact area, I'm not very concerned by it. However, I wish that expectation was set ahead of time because when you get a full all-around PPF you kind of expect it and other PPF installers, do install it there. The owner, Yoshiki said if it's an issue they'll do it if you ask, but wish I was told ahead of time.
The other area is the hood on the corner. I was told that due to the size of the PPF it's difficult to get it to go all the way and wrap around as there's not much area to make contact but if it ever lifts, they or Xpel will take care of it since it's covered by Xpel's warranty and N-Tech stands by their work.
I got the Roof Tinted btw, since there's no Xpel Tint Installers who will even entertain the idea of tinting the roof of a Tesla. I know it's partially heat rejecting, but I'm in the San Fernando Valley, and after a few hours of driving I can't enter a restaurant because when they check my temperature everyone thinks I have a fever. The Tint came out perfect, no problems. Nothing to really comment on here other than they are more than willing to accommodate and do it.
They do Ceramic Coating as well, but I'm not too familiar with the Kamikaze Brand. I watch ScottHD's videos on Ceramic Coatings and seeing alot of the big name brands fail at 6 months when they claim 5 years makes me too skittish to try them. Maybe in the future I'll give Kamikaze Ceramic a try, but not today. Sorry!
Going back around to service, it takes a few days to get the PPF all done. I made my reservation a month ahead. And then it took 10~ days to get the PPF all done. Luna kept me ahead of everything that was going on and made the pickup pretty seamless. When I came to pick it up, Saiko was doing a final check of the PPF and Tint. My interior had plastic all over the inside ( Thanks for keeping it clean and Covid Safe btw ) and Luna went over what they had done and what the warranty and everything would cover. After Saiko finished her check, Luna did another check, and then Luna and Myself did a full walk around where I can bring up any concerns I had ( see above side-mirrors and hood ).
After that, I was able to pay by splitting the payment between two cards, they thanked me for the business and I was on my way, super happy.
And I was that way for a week until someone broke my rear windows to steal a bag. Now, I can update you in 2 weeks regarding having them retint my windows lmao.
tl;dr - N-Tech was well worth the money. $1500 - $2000 cheaper than any Xpel installer in the valley but I feel I got MORE than my money's worth. Wait times for an appointment and install is a long time if you're impatient ( I've had all my windows tinted in a few hours, but they need 2 days ) but I feel like they're attention to detail makes up for it. They work on alot of exotic cars but I didn't feel like my Tesla Model Y was treated like a second class citizen. They do tinting but it's not advertised, but the quality is good.
10/10 love the service hate the 2hr drive. read more