About Pasadena Thousand Oaks
Excellence meets the art of protection
Ten years of high-end automotive work, held to one standard. Today that standard is applied to paint protection film, fitted by hand and indoors, on cars where the paint underneath is worth more than the film going over it.
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A standard, not a service list
California Film Solutions is built on a single idea: anything worth putting our name to is worth doing to one standard, on every car, in every bay, every time. Ten years of high-end automotive work and dealership experience sits behind that.
Today that standard is applied to paint protection film. It is why edges are wrapped rather than trimmed short, why nothing leaves before it has cured, and why we are willing to stand behind the work for a decade.
- 10 years Transferable warranty
- 8 mil Film thickness
- Wrapped Every visible edge
- Two studios Fully enclosed
An owner’s eye on someone else’s car
Every vehicle here belongs to somebody, and usually to somebody we have not met. We work as though they are standing behind us.
Precision before pace
Panels come off where they need to. Edges tuck out of sight. Nothing is hurried to make a slot, because the only work worth doing is the work that still looks right in year five.
The fiftieth car
Anyone can finish one car beautifully. Our standard is that the fiftieth is indistinguishable from the first, on a different marque, in a different color, by a different pair of hands.
Judgment, not upsell
Two levels of coverage, and an honest view on which one a car needs. We will tell you when the front end is enough, and we will tell you when it is not.
Three finishes, one urethane
The same self-healing film and the same ten-year transferable warranty in every case. The finish only changes what the surface does with light.
Clear
Optically clear over factory paint, with a ceramic topcoat. Invisible from three feet away and the default on most cars.
Matte
A satin surface laid over gloss paint. The look of a factory matte option, and it comes off cleanly if the next owner wants the shine back.
Colored
A color change that protects rather than merely covers. Panels come off for a paint-like fit, and the original finish stays underneath.
We know the cars, and the people who sell them
Ten years across high-end automotive work and dealership experience sits behind every car we take in. We understand what a discerning owner notices, and we understand the business that delivers the car to them.
So the warranty is ten years and transferable. It is registered in your buyer’s name at handover, at no cost to you, and it stays with the car through every owner after that. Protection you paid for once becomes something your buyer keeps.
- Two coverage levels, priced per car
- Front-end in 1–2 days, full vehicle in 4–5
- Condition photographed under raking light before we begin
- Warranty registered at handover, transferable thereafter
What happens before a car leaves
The finish is the part everyone sees. These are the parts that decide whether it still holds up in a decade.
The unseen edges
Shut lines, badge surrounds, the lip behind a mirror. The places nobody photographs are the places film fails first, so they take the most time.
Raking light
Every car is inspected under raking light before it goes back. Anything short of right is redone here, not discovered later by the person who bought it.
Cured, not rushed
The adhesive is given the time it needs, indoors and under heat. A car released a day early is a car with a lifting corner three months later.
Handed back better
Decontaminated on the way in, finished on the way out. Every car leaves in better condition than it arrived, without exception.
Two studios, one standard
Both fully enclosed and climate controlled. Nothing is fitted outdoors, and no car leaves before it has cured.
Pasadena
2025 E Colorado BlvdPasadena, CA 91107
- Fitting
- Fully enclosed, climate controlled
- Curing
- Indoors, under heat
- Inspection
- Free annually for covered vehicles
Thousand Oaks
3863 Auto Mall DrThousand Oaks, CA 91362
- Fitting
- Fully enclosed, climate controlled
- Curing
- Indoors, under heat
- Inspection
- Free annually for covered vehicles
Open a wholesale account
We work directly with dealerships only, franchise and independent. Tell us the marques you carry and roughly how many cars a month you would film, and we will come back with per-car pricing for both packages.
Existing accounts: contact the studio directly for scheduling rather than using this form.