[Asclepius]

Anyone in Toronto get the clear bra? what is your take on it....yea or nea? Where do you recommend to get it done? My aero lip looks 5 yrs old from rock chips!!!

[SGxi]

If you are planning to get it, I would get it ASAP... but then you said your aero lip is already all chipped so I would repaint that before you go get a clear bra...

On a side note, if it is chipped that badly, either the paint job is no good or you are driving a little too close to other cars?

[PushingTin]

Take a look at the 'mini meet ***********' thread, three of us had clear bra's installed, highly recommended!!!!

[SGxi]

I regret not getting it sooner... mine are all chipped and it will look like crap if I do it now...

[picus]

Most guys on the forum know me, and they know I don't normally recommend people dor work unless I can really vouch for them. Marco (Trova Fortuna on the forum) is the guy that just re-did my clear bra and it's mint. I'd recommend him in a heartbeat.

[ctgazer]

yea, trevor furtuna

*i apologize for the spelling..its soemthing like that

[Asclepius]

Originally Posted by SGxi

If you are planning to get it, I would get it ASAP... but then you said your aero lip is already all chipped so I would repaint that before you go get a clear bra...

On a side note, if it is chipped that badly, either the paint job is no good or you are driving a little too close to other cars?

Yea...not much I could have done about it. Some dick in a tow truck decided last second not to go on the express and as he murged into collectors he paseed over the emergency lane and sprayed my front end with rocks...not to mention he nearly ran into me. Looks like I'll have to paint it first for sure but I dunno if Ill do it this summer.

[SGxi]

Originally Posted by Asclepius

Yea...not much I could have done about it. Some dick in a tow truck decided last second not to go on the express and as he murged into collectors he paseed over the emergency lane and sprayed my front end with rocks...not to mention he nearly ran into me. Looks like I'll have to paint it first for sure but I dunno if Ill do it this summer.

I had the same thing happen to me, except he chipped my windsheild...

[trickydisco]

+1 for Marco (aka TrovaFortuna)

[rpms44]

+1 for Marco, amazing attention to detail, and he frequents Toronto as well!

[Haywire]

travelling too close will get ya almost everytime...sucks because drafting comes in real handy with soaring gas prices, LoL. sometimes theres nothing you can do tho, even today making my way into work, some shiat flew across from the other lane on the highway onto my car!

you can always touch up the chips then get a bra...nobody would notice other that you im guessing...just get a buff after youre done filling in the spots.

clear bras are supposed to be the shiat, altho if youre going to get one on a black car...you would proabably want to get the entire hood done.

anyone know what full bumper, hood and mirrors would cost? roughly.

thanks.

[SGxi]

I got a quote, it was pricey....

I was going to do full bumper, hood, mirrors, side fenders, side skirts and the rear bumper.... but then seeing how my car looks now, I think I'll probably be in for a repaint soon...

[Haywire]

yeah, you kinda have to pick and choose whatcha want... i would say no to the skirts and fenders for starters then document the damage from that point forward before i went with anything other than mirrors, bumper and hood.

still lookin for a price range

[SGxi]

Originally Posted by Haywire

yeah, you kinda have to pick and choose whatcha want... i would say no to the skirts and fenders for starters then document the damage from that point forward before i went with anything other than mirrors, bumper and hood.

still lookin for a price range

Perhaps you can PM Trova Fortuna for a quote.

[Haywire]

Thanks

[snipersix]

heard having a clear bra looks weird. You can see the line on the hood

[picus]

Originally Posted by snipersix

heard having a clear bra looks weird. You can see the line on the hood

On a well done clear bra, with wrapped edges, there is the one line which you can see from ~6 inches away or so. Anything more than that on a clean car and it should be entirely invisible. For example:

http://****************/fp/335i/kevin/sept07/i.jpg

Yes, the car has a clear bra.

[Asclepius]

Originally Posted by snipersix

heard having a clear bra looks weird. You can see the line on the hood

Thats why when I do my clear bra Ill just do the front bumper w/out the hood.

[PushingTin]

If you don't intend to do the hood then personally I'm not sure there's any point, for some reason the paint on my bumper survived winter far better than the hood did, maybe the paint is harder or something, I honestly don't know. Having had that clear bra put on last weekend I have to say it's really really hard to see the line on the hood, you should take a look at a really well installed high quality one, I think you'd be surprised.

PT

[picus]

Originally Posted by PushingTin

If you don't intend to do the hood then personally I'm not sure there's any point, for some reason the paint on my bumper survived winter far better than the hood did, maybe the paint is harder or something, I honestly don't know. Having had that clear bra put on last weekend I have to say it's really really hard to see the line on the hood, you should take a look at a really well installed high quality one, I think you'd be surprised.

PT

It's because the paint on the bumper has flex agents in it, since the bumper is plastic. It resists chipping better, less brittle and all of that.

If I was going to do it again I'd go hood and no bumper. I have both now so it's cool, but I would definitely not skip the hood. A hood respray is $600 on a good day. Bumper is ~$400, and much easier to match since they don't even match from the factory.

[TrovaFortuna]

I have Full Hood and Full Fender packages available if you don't like lines...