Do not buy clear bra through a dealer!!!
When I purchased my Z, I knew I wanted to have it clearbra'd asap living in AZ, rocks are everywhere. I happened to mention it to the dealer, and they said yup, we do that. So I asked to have them do it prior to me taking the car home so it would be brand new. No problem, what did I want done?
I asked for:
FULL Front bumper
FULL Hood
FULL Fenders
FULL Mirrors
That it not be "visible", I don't want to see the bra.
No problem they said, $1k. I had this added to my loan to be financed as after putting $3k down I didn't have another $1k to drop. Again, no problem.
Fast forward to the next afternoon, they call me to come pick it up that it was done. Show up, what is done:
PARTIAL Front bumper - Doesn't go over the edges, and doesn't cover the fangs
PARTIAL Hood - Only the first 1/3 of the hood, doesn't go over the edges
PARTIAL Fenders - Only covers to the end of the headlights, then stops, doesn't cover the edges
PARTIAL Mirrors - Only covers half the mirrors and doesn't go to the edges
And you can BLATANTLY see the edges. Which is even worse considering my car is black. I looked at it and ad the dealer, and he's like What'dya think?!!
I said
is this?! It doesn't cover the whole front end and you can see EVERYTHING!! On top of that, after a closer look, there is actually debris trapped underneath the bra!
Which means they didn't even clean the car off before applying it.
To say the least I was
They said, this is what we do? We have a shop near by that does it for us at a "good rate". I showed them the "we owe" slip saying Full front end clear bra, $1k. They said then whoever did that didn't do it right because they only do this front 1/3 because it's cut from a printer off of a template of the car.
So I asked, then I want it removed and I'll have it done at a REAL CB shop. They said it's highly recommended NOT to remove clearbra once applied as it will take off the clearcoat and possibly the paint as well. To which would triple the cost to redo.
So not only do I have an inferior product that covers 1/3 of the area I wanted, I checked later at other shops for pricing of what I wanted done, and it would have been in the area of $600.
Moral of the Story: Don't do CB through a dealer, go to an actual Clear Bra Installer. If you don't know of any around you, Google it, or talk to window tinting shops as the process is very similar and they should know some contacts.