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Its not for looks at all, its to keep the front end from getting destroyed. I think it looks alright on this particular car, but I'd rather not have to use it. Its not something that's going to be on it all the time, just times like now when the bugs are horrendous and their guts eat into the paint. Or if I want to drive it on a day trip to a show or something, the roads here are terrible with rocks and **** getting slung up, not to mention all the limbs and **** that fall off of log trucks that you can't avoid.
People say "Just get a clear bra". Well, I don't have enough faith in that. That clear **** shows up white specks with every little ding in it, especially on black. How is that clear bra going to look in 5, 6, 7 years? Going to turn yellow? What do I do then when its beat to hell? Take it off? What is going to happen when I take it off? Is this ****ty paint they put on cars going to come off with it and have to paint the whole front end (if it will even match with the fading)? I know damned good and well the stripes are going to come off with it, which means a complete new stripe kit, plus the cost of another clear bra. I can put this one on at the times of the year I need it, and take it off when I don't.
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Its not for looks at all, its to keep the front end from getting destroyed. I think it looks alright on this particular car, but I'd rather not have to use it. Its not something that's going to be on it all the time, just times like now when the bugs are horrendous and their guts eat into the paint. Or if I want to drive it on a day trip to a show or something, the roads here are terrible with rocks and **** getting slung up, not to mention all the limbs and **** that fall off of log trucks that you can't avoid.
People say "Just get a clear bra". Well, I don't have enough faith in that. That clear **** shows up white specks with every little ding in it, especially on black. How is that clear bra going to look in 5, 6, 7 years? Going to turn yellow? What do I do then when its beat to hell? Take it off? What is going to happen when I take it off? Is this ****ty paint they put on cars going to come off with it and have to paint the whole front end (if it will even match with the fading)? I know damned good and well the stripes are going to come off with it, which means a complete new stripe kit, plus the cost of another clear bra. I can put this one on at the times of the year I need it, and take it off when I don't.
People say "Just get a clear bra". Well, I don't have enough faith in that. That clear **** shows up white specks with every little ding in it, especially on black. How is that clear bra going to look in 5, 6, 7 years? Going to turn yellow? What do I do then when its beat to hell? Take it off? What is going to happen when I take it off? Is this ****ty paint they put on cars going to come off with it and have to paint the whole front end (if it will even match with the fading)? I know damned good and well the stripes are going to come off with it, which means a complete new stripe kit, plus the cost of another clear bra. I can put this one on at the times of the year I need it, and take it off when I don't.
I won't have a clear bra. I don't trust it either.
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I'm sure neither of yours looks anywhere near as bad as mine. Salt and sand blasted.
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I need to get mine repainted and then I'll probably get a clear one.
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Peel it off and let me know what happens to the paint under it. I'm actually really curious. If I could see what happens when you have to replace one when its beat to hell and the paint underneath isn't affected I might get one. But I know for a fact that my stripes will come off and the whole top will have to be re-striped (at least $1500 from what I've heard.)
I'd rather take 10 minutes to put this on to drive it a few times a year when its really needed. But that's just me.
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Are you saying it doesn't show marks where **** has hit it? I've seen a couple around here that looked terrible from rocks and such. They stand out like a sore thumb, not to mention the transition from it to the paint.
Peel it off and let me know what happens to the paint under it. I'm actually really curious. If I could see what happens when you have to replace one when its beat to hell and the paint underneath isn't affected I might get one. But I know for a fact that my stripes will come off and the whole top will have to be re-striped (at least $1500 from what I've heard.)
Peel it off and let me know what happens to the paint under it. I'm actually really curious. If I could see what happens when you have to replace one when its beat to hell and the paint underneath isn't affected I might get one. But I know for a fact that my stripes will come off and the whole top will have to be re-striped (at least $1500 from what I've heard.)
Why would I peel it off? It works and from 6 or 10' away you can't even see the demarcation line. And I'd rather see the edge than rock chips. I mean hell, are you saying you can't see the bra's line? Wait till that wind break flaps against your hood paint for a few years.
Its not so easy peeling them off at midnight after town - particularly if they're wet and have road grime on them. And if the cotton lining is damp (humid, mist, rain soaked roads) it WILL cloud your paint if you don't remove it immediately. Clouded two different cars just because I waited till morning to take it off a few times. Still pisses me off.
I realize you don't drive in the rain but t-storms can come up quickly where you live, and as far as humidity... so be forewarned.
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You would be correct.
Get a bra.
Are you saying it doesn't show marks where **** has hit it? I've seen a couple around here that looked terrible from rocks and such. They stand out like a sore thumb, not to mention the transition from it to the paint.
Peel it off and let me know what happens to the paint under it. I'm actually really curious. If I could see what happens when you have to replace one when its beat to hell and the paint underneath isn't affected I might get one. But I know for a fact that my stripes will come off and the whole top will have to be re-striped (at least $1500 from what I've heard.)
I'd rather take 10 minutes to put this on to drive it a few times a year when its really needed. But that's just me.
Get a bra.
Are you saying it doesn't show marks where **** has hit it? I've seen a couple around here that looked terrible from rocks and such. They stand out like a sore thumb, not to mention the transition from it to the paint.
Peel it off and let me know what happens to the paint under it. I'm actually really curious. If I could see what happens when you have to replace one when its beat to hell and the paint underneath isn't affected I might get one. But I know for a fact that my stripes will come off and the whole top will have to be re-striped (at least $1500 from what I've heard.)
I'd rather take 10 minutes to put this on to drive it a few times a year when its really needed. But that's just me.
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Not a mark - from either cinders or flying rocks or fresh chip seal, nor the gawd awful layers of midge bugs from driving along the lake.
Why would I peel it off? It works and from 6 or 10' away you can't even see the demarcation line. And I'd rather see the edge than rock chips. I mean hell, are you saying you can't see the bra's line? Wait till that wind break flaps against your hood paint for a few years.
I'm not knocking your choice. I've had two of them.
Its not so easy peeling them off at midnight after town - particularly if they're wet and have road grime on them. And if the cotton lining is damp (humid, mist, rain soaked roads) it WILL cloud your paint if you don't remove it immediately. Clouded two different cars just because I waited till morning to take it off a few times. Still pisses me off.
I realize you don't drive in the rain but t-storms can come up quickly where you live, and as far as humidity... so be forewarned.
Why would I peel it off? It works and from 6 or 10' away you can't even see the demarcation line. And I'd rather see the edge than rock chips. I mean hell, are you saying you can't see the bra's line? Wait till that wind break flaps against your hood paint for a few years.
I'm not knocking your choice. I've had two of them.
Its not so easy peeling them off at midnight after town - particularly if they're wet and have road grime on them. And if the cotton lining is damp (humid, mist, rain soaked roads) it WILL cloud your paint if you don't remove it immediately. Clouded two different cars just because I waited till morning to take it off a few times. Still pisses me off.
I realize you don't drive in the rain but t-storms can come up quickly where you live, and as far as humidity... so be forewarned.
And yours must be a hell of a lot better than the ones I've seen. I can spot the transition from clear bra to paint a mile a way on the ones I've encountered at shows and such. I can put that bra on in 10 minutes, drive 100 miles on the interstate to a show, pull it off in 5 and throw it in the trunk and never know it was there. Done it many times on many cars I've had in the past.
It mainly boils down to what I've seen first hand. The ones I've seen on cars around here are beat to **** and show every little mark (white specs and rough to the touch) where rocks and such have hit them after 20K miles. Might not be that bad on a light colored car, but on black its brutal. Not to mention what I said before about what is going to happen to the paint when it gets so bad that it has to be replaced.
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As far as seeing it that always cracks me up when people say that. Like you can't see that black mask stuck on the front end? rofl
It mainly boils down to what I've seen first hand. The ones I've seen on cars around here are beat to **** and show every little mark (white specs and rough to the touch) where rocks and such have hit them after 20K miles. Might not be that bad on a light colored car, but on black its brutal. Not to mention what I said before about what is going to happen to the paint when it gets so bad that it has to be replaced.
Granted I don't drive in the winter when cinders are down, but I've certainly been hit by flying rocks and fresh gravel. And the midge bugs take paint right off - most the cars around here are messed up from them. You should see my F150.
Now as far as the portion on the bottom of the rockers, I can feel they're rough. That's why I put it there so I could pull and reapply if I wanted, but they're out of sight and the original paint is still protected. Straight portions are easy to apply myself. Its the curved portions where you have to stretch it that were tough for me to apply myself (my Cruiser has a few puckers around the headlights but since its a Cruiser I don't care.)
I'm not knocking yours, they just are a waste of money for my application.
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3M. First time I heard of it or tried it. But I knew I wasn't going to try a bra for a 3rd time based on my experience and my weather. The 5 yr warranty just expired so we'll see. But $100/yr for protection applied by a pro was well worth it to me. Way cheaper than repainting cloudy paint from the bra or from rock chips.
As far as seeing it that always cracks me up when people say that. Like you can't see that black mask stuck on the front end? rofl
As far as the rockers, only part on the 3 S-197 cars I've had to get beat up is the lower part, and I've got a spare set of those in the garage. They're cheap (up until 13' at least when they are painted).
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Quicker. Just step a little farther back.
I've never had a negative comment about it. People don't see it till up close and then some ask. And I explain it's the new high tech 3M clear mask that protects the paint 24/7 instead of those "old bra's" (on my J-H/Lotus it HAD to be called a "mask" for the "bonnet". )
And they go...
I've never had a negative comment about it. People don't see it till up close and then some ask. And I explain it's the new high tech 3M clear mask that protects the paint 24/7 instead of those "old bra's" (on my J-H/Lotus it HAD to be called a "mask" for the "bonnet". )
And they go...
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Quicker. Just step a little farther back.
I've never had a negative comment about it. People don't see it till up close and then some ask. And I explain it's the new high tech 3M clear mask that protects the paint 24/7 instead of those "old bra's" (on my J-H/Lotus it HAD to be called a "mask" for the "bonnet". )
And they go...
I've never had a negative comment about it. People don't see it till up close and then some ask. And I explain it's the new high tech 3M clear mask that protects the paint 24/7 instead of those "old bra's" (on my J-H/Lotus it HAD to be called a "mask" for the "bonnet". )
And they go...
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I'm just poking at you man, because there's nothing else going on around here lately. Just trying to stir up some kind of conversation. Everyone has their preferences. Hell, I'm about ready to leave, nobody to talk to. Been wondering if I've done something to **** everybody off, nobody responds to anything I post anymore. Just wish they would be honest and tell me like it is. Guess I need to take a break from here.