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After a year and 3000 miles on my ERA, I decided to forego the wrap. I have a few rock chips--they are badges of honor. It doesn't stop me from driving the crap out of the car.
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Same. When I first purchased my ERA, the paint was still nearly perfect after 23 years (and less than 5k mi) with only a single chip and I felt it was important to protect and maintain. I talked to all the major shops in the Seattle area and none of them would touch it because there are no existing patterns for these vehicles since they are all different. I finally found a guy that does mobile detailing that was interested, and scheduled time at a local detailing shop for him to do the work, but I had brought it into a separate shop to get some work done and they wound up taking way longer than expected (problems resealing the intake - which I ended up having to redo myself anyway) and things fell apart and we never got our schedules aligned again.
I've put close to 5k mi on myself now, and have embraced the wear on the paint as giving it character, making it look more authentic - a.k.a. giving it a patina.
It was also going to cost $5-8k if I recall for the install, and if you need to replace it every 8-10 years, how much more expensive is a new paint job at that point? Of course there's something to be said for sticking with the original paint.
Oh, also: the previous owner bought black leather spats for protecting the read fenders. Unfortunately, the underside velcro that holds them on didn't survive a few trips in the rain, so now I'm trying to figure out a solution there. Love the look though. Matches the tonneau cover.