Product Description

3M Door Protection Film is a super tough 6-millimeter thick clear coated urethane film that helps preserve your vehicle's finish. It's made from the same material as the professionally installed product used at car dealerships. It helps protect against chips, abrasion and weathering--including stone chipping, door dings, and most types of environmental damage. It is virtually invisible and clear-coated to help make it resistant to yellowing and staining. Once applied, no special care is required. The application is permanent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use wax over 3M Paint Protection Film?
Yes. When waxing the vehicle, some wax may build up along the film edges. This can easily be removed when dry with a soft cloth, such as a 3M Microfiber Detail Cloth (39016). Do not use any waxes containing dyes or waxes that are not recommended for urethanes. Abrasive polishes and/or rubbing compounds are not to be used.

What product s does 3M recommend to best maintain 3M Paint Protection Film?
3M makes a variety of products to help maintain the beauty of your vehicle. 3M Car Wash Soap (3M Part #39000), 3M Show Car Paste Wax (3M Part #39526) and 3M Liquid Wax (3M Part #39026). The best surface cloth to use is the 3M Detailing Cloth (3M Part #39016) since others may scratch the surface of the film.

How is 3M Paint Protection Film removed?
If desired, film can be removed at any time by picking up a corner of the film and pulling the film off the vehicle surface at a 90-degree angle. If the film has been present a long time, or if the film and vehicle are cold, a heat gun or hair dryer may be used to soften the adhesive, allowing easier removal. If any adhesive remains on the vehicle after removal of the film, it can be removed by using 3M Adhesive Remover (3M Part #03618), according to the package directions.

If 3M Paint Protection Film is removed from the vehicle, can it be re-used?
Once the film has been applied and set, the adhesive will not stick a second time.

After 3M Paint Protection Film has been removed, how do I get any excess adhesive off my vehicle?
If any adhesive remains on the vehicle after removal of the film, it can be removed by using 3M Adhesive Remover (3M Part #03618), according to the package directions.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2050 in Automotive
• Size: 36 Inches
• Brand: 3M
• Model: 08582
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Features

• Protects door edges from chips, scratches, and scuffs
• Apply by hand with no tools required
• Installation made easy with step-by-step instructions; just provide soap and water and squeegee
• Virtually invisible and cleanly removable
• Helps keep appearance looking new
• Each kit includes two (2) door edge strips

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Works well. Takes a bit of skill to apply
By James F. Strasma
My previous experience with door edge guards is with plastic U-channels that slide into position on the edge of a car door. Those work well, but are highly visible (ugly.)

This product is more like a thick semi-sticky plastic tape. It isn't all that hard to apply properly, but does require SOME skill. My first mistake was in only cleaning the outside of the car door beforehand. Since the tape is intended to fold over and also stick on the inside edge of the door, that too must be well cleaned beforehand. Once that was done, my results were excellent, in a total time of under 10 minutes. If you look very carefully from a few feet away the tape is barely visible - further away, it's entirely unnoticeable to me. Good to know my car doors are now invisibly protected.

Other pointers:
1) don't install over a sharp bend in the door. The tape is forgiving of minor changes in direction, but has nowhere to go in a 90 degree bend. I solved that by starting below that bend, which is fine as the tape still covers anything that might hit another object as the door opens.
2) If you need to shorten the tape (as I did), you may find it easiest to cut at a 45 degree diagonal from both directions, and then finish with a 90 cut between the diagonals - in other words, in the shape of 3 sides of a stop sign. That more easily approximates the rounded edge of the original tape.
3) If you care about existing nicks in the door edge, fix those first. As my 2002 Prius is a decade old this month, I didn't bother.

Finally, if your car has 4 doors, you'll need two of these kits.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Thin, but sticks well.
By D. C. Eaton
I ordered this not knowing that application requires a temperature of at least 55F. So I had to wait a few weeks to apply. It is a very thin material so time will tell if it provides any protection. Only 4 stars because it is so thin.

3/6/12
Today is warm enough, so I washed the door edge with soap, rinsed and dried. Oh oh! I discovered that the inner door edge on my Honda is ridged. The ridged material is a slightly rubbery material that has been painted over to match the vehicle color. This may make it harder to stick. However, application was fairly easy - the hard part is getting exactly half on the outer door edge and half on the inner. I did not get it as even as I planned, but it is clear so slight unevenness is not noticeable. Well, despite the ridged inner door edge the film did stick. Will it stick long term? Will it provide any protection? I will try to update in a few weeks.

3/22/12
Even though the inner door edge of my Honda is ridged, the 3M film is still sticking. I haven't bumped the door edge yet so I still don't know how much protection it provides.

11/22/12
Still sticking and no problems. It seems to be preventing paint chips at the door edge.

3/25/13
I would say there is a slight bit of yellowing (barely visible against the white Honda paint), but otherwise it is still doing good. I have changed my rating from 4 to 5 stars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Good Product But Offers Limited Protection
By Poogy
I've tried several other products designed to prevent the paint along the edges of my car doors from chipping due to bumping into walls or other cars, or just ... mysteriously. All of them were plastic bumpers that slide over the edge of the car door, which you position at the level where the door would be most likely to contact another object.

All of those have at least four drawbacks: First, they always fall off sooner or later, and eventually they will fall off and be lost. Second, being only a few inches long they only protect a few inches of paint, and they slide, so they may not always be protecting where they need to. Third, water and grime collect between them and the paint, leading to corrosion. And fourth, they're kind of ugly.

This product covers the entire edge of the door, and it has adhesive, and it's almost invisible, so all of those problems are avoided.

Applying the strip isn't rocket science, but it does need to be done very carefully or the strip will be poorly aligned, or stick to itself and at a minimum cause frustration. But the directions included are refreshingly clear and precise, so if you follow them carefully, there won't be a problem. Apply half (vertically) of the strip to the outside edge, slowly removing the backing as you go, and then wrap the other half around the edge of the door. The door edge must be cleaned or it won't adhere properly and if it does it will trap the grime there. Your hands should be clean or the grime on them may stick to the tape for all to see.

The strip is narrow--about an inch wide--and wraps around the door edge, so the part you'll see from the outside is less than half an inch and (unlike those bumpers) almost invisible.

3M is the master of adhesives, so the adhesive is strong enough to hold it fast for months, if not years, but you can pull it off if you want to without ripping off the paint or having it turn into tiny shr eds that have to be scraped off.

The downside (other than the need to apply it very carefully) is that these offer very limited protection, only from chipping within a half inch of the edge of your door--that's it. Unlike the little bumpers, these strips don't provide any padding, so if you do whack the door against something, you might dent your door or someone else's car. If someone opens his door into your car these do nothing; for that you'll need a horizontal strip that will cost quite a bit more.