Saved By The Clear Bra

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Husker Z

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Well, my clear bra officially paid for itself yesterday, probably 3 times over actually.

I was pulling into a parking spot that had a high curb and I knew it, so I was stopping well short of it. Well, there are two "holes" in the asphalt where cars park and the front tires have left indentions in the asphalt and as I went to hit the brakes, my tires fell into the indentions and slammed my bumper into the curb. I was sick! I got out and looked at it as I walked to the door and could see what I thought was a large scrape all across the front. Well, being super pissed, I just went in and ordered my stuff and as I was waiting I was trying to think if the bra wrapped far enough to protect it. Well, as I come out, I squat down and check it out and sure enough, the marks I saw were actually the bra wrinkled up and any scratch was actually UNDER the bumper and you can't see it unless you get down and look. I simply went home, cut the wrinkled portion off and thanked 3M for making such a nice product.

Just thought I'd share as I about puked when I hear the initial noise.
 
I hate that the bra had to sacrifice its life, or at least a portion of it. BUT, better that than a paint job on the bumper.
 
jastg said:
How difficult do you find it to install a clear bra? I'm just curious.
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I actually did the hood with little to no difficulty, but I never got the stones to do the bumper as it looked like a daunting task. I took it to my little shop that has done all of my tinting and he charged me $200 for the install. He quoted me that price without ever doing an R before. Well, it took his best guy 8 hours to finish it and he said it was one of the hardest ones he'd ever done, so I'm glad I didn't tackle it.

The thing about it though, you can work with it as long as you want, you aren't going to lose it and not be able to do anything with it. BUT, the pros have techniques and tools that are a big help, that I don't have.

I guess my suggestion would be, if you have a really curvy bumper with lots of cutouts, take it somewhere, you'll never get it where you are happy with it. This guy that did mine flat out killed it, it looks unreal. In fact when I walked up to it to pick it up, I was convinced he didn't get it installed, I had to really search for a line.

I really like it overall. The only thing that bothers me is that you can see the line on the hood and will always be able to see it, no matter what. It's not that noticeable, but, I know it's there. But, it's better than a bright chip in the Sonic Blue paint.
 
Husker Z said:
I actually did the hood with little to no difficulty, but I never got the stones to do the bumper as it looked like a daunting task. I took it to my little shop that has done all of my tinting and he charged me $200 for the install. He quoted me that price without ever doing an R before. Well, it took his best guy 8 hours to finish it and he said it was one of the hardest ones he'd ever done, so I'm glad I didn't tackle it.

The thing about it though, you can work with it as long as you want, you aren't going to lose it and not be able to do anything with it. BUT, the pros have techniques and tools that are a big help, that I don't have.

I guess my suggestion would be, if you have a really curvy bumper with lots of cutouts, take it somewhere, you'll never get it where you are happy with it. This guy that did mine flat out killed it, it looks unreal. In fact when I walked up to it to pick it up, I was convinced he didn't get it installed, I had to really search for a line.

I really like it overall. The only thing that bothers me is that you can see the line on the hood and will always be able to see it, no matter what. It's not that noticeable, but, I know it's there. But, it's better than a bright chip in the Sonic Blue paint.
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We have a guy here in town now doing full hood, fender, bumper wraps, so the only thing you will ever notice is maybe a texture difference between the front 1/3 of the car and the rest, and even that is hard to find with these new films coming out!
 
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