My Lexus ES 300h: 4 years & 51,000 km update

The service interval of my car is 12 months or 10,000 km, whichever comes earlier. I have driven only 6,000 km since the last service.

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Bagheera has completed over 10 months since the last service. The norm is 12 months or 10,000 km whichever is earlier. Thanks to the continuing slowness in meetings and business movement in 2021 it has done only 6000 km since the last service. As I wanted a spot of denting-painting done we went in for a service + denting-painting job.

For the denting painting of the fenders, the 3M PPC had to be removed. I'll check about re-affixing it once again. But there is no 3M centre left around my place now.

The cost of the 6th service came to Rs. 33,000 and change. The denting-painting came to Rs. 19,000 odd. Both are reasonable in my view given the original cost of this car of Rs. 70L.

Toyota has extended the warranty on the hybrid system's battery to 8 years from the 7 earlier. This has been done free of cost.

The total cost of maintenance, all told, including denting-painting stands at Rs. 195,000 over 4.5 years and 51,000 km.

Photos below of the denting-painting cleanup. Bagheera is now looking spick and span like a schoolboy who just had a bath and oiled his hair.

Here's what BHPian Dhruv29 had to say about the matter:

It's time to move on from 3M, to be honest. There are many detailing outlets that can apply PPF on a car with much better PPF and quality of application as well.

I had 3M PPF applied on E-class on the front and back bumper back in 2015. When PPF was just introduced in the market. The quality of Llumar, X-pel PPF is much better compared to 3M.

I can recommend the House of Polish on Golf Course Road, Gurgaon. Till now I have gotten my ES, Tiguan and an S500 whole body PPF from them.

They remove the bumper, headlights, badges etc. so that PPF is installed without any cuts, which the guys at 3M were never able to do. Also, the orange peel effect and reflection of Llumar PPF is much better than that of 3M.

Here's what BHPian Baddychat had to say about the matter:

Bagheera looks anything but 5 years old.

The number of 3M centers have been dwindling in the NCR region over the last couple of years. I managed to find one in Sector 10 Noida last year when I wanted to get PPF done on my car. The workmanship was good at least when I used them last. You speak with them.

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