What is the primary difference between a ceramic coating and a clear bra?

It is true: Both ceramic coatings and paint protection films that we install here at Chicago Auto Pros provide protection for your vehicle’s paint and exterior surfaces. However, the most notable difference is that our ceramic coatings are mostly designed to lower daily maintenance routines, keep stains at bay, and add gloss. Paint protection films are polyurethane vehicle wraps that prevent light surface damage and resist defects caused by unpredictable hazards.

Ceramic coatings are low-maintenance, so why do they need to be detailed?

Because ceramic coatings are not completely indestructible against swirls, scratches, paint chips, or abrasive surface damage, keeping them clean when the need arises keeps them looking high quality and staying effective. Likewise, ceramic coatings require professional detailing to maintain their lifetime warranties, as opposed to public car washes, as those drive-thru efforts can and will scratch them or cause marring.

Can I cover my paint protection film in a ceramic coating?

Absolutely! Utilizing both a ceramic coating and a paint protection film to give your automobile the ultimate in value, shine, and perfection is an extremely proactive effort. Here at Chicago Auto Pros, our paint protection films keep defects from reaching your actual finish, while the ceramic coating on top of them will further enhance the quality of your vehicle's paintwork.

Ceramic Coating | Everything Is Not Always as It Seems - Audi A4 Wagon

October 29, 2017

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CERAMIC COATINGS

A white car with red brake calipers is parked in a parking lot.

At first glance this Audi looks like a simple, tastefully modified, A4 wagon, and you would be right except for one thing. This car is much more than that. This is someone's dream, their expression of automotive passion and many long hours of building and fabricating. What originally began life as a fairly simple A4 wagon, has now been transformed into an S4 Avant, a car we never saw stateside.

The 2.0L 4 cylinder turbo engine has been replaced by a tuned supercharged V6 , a big brake kit now fills the Vorsteiner wheels as KW suspension and aftermarket sway bars help keep the car planted. The interior has been changed and the exterior is fitted with many subtle modifications to bring everything together. It's the little things in the build that grab your attention and hold on to it as you try and decipher what is original and what has been changed.

To finish this car off properly, it came to us.

A full paint correction removed scratches, swirls and other imperfections in the paint and left behind a flawless finish. To protect the car and make cleaning easier we followed the correction with C.Quartz Professional ceramic coating on the body, wheels, glass and everything else you see on the outside of the car. We are honored to have been a small part of this build and wanted to share with you some of the after shots so that you too could appreciate it