What do people think of Clear Bra Paint Protection?

rebe945

Im having it installed full hood and frt fenders, bumper, mirriors ,lights and rocker panels next week. Will post with price and my thoughts when done. Rich

ryanboy

is your 370z HID like mine?

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Slut RED Nismo Z34 2009 #60

rebe945

HID whats that mean? I have a black one.

ryanboy

High Intensity Discharge (HID) bi-functional xenon headlights. I just looked it up... its all standard for all the 370z.

so... i do not suggest for you to cover your headlights with anything otherwise its gonna cause it to burn out faster. its also going to distort your lenses and probably gonna turn yellow going down the road due to all the heat that the clear bra is absorbing.

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Slut RED Nismo Z34 2009 #60

rebe945

thanks, I like your thoughts on it. won't get the lights, rich

Zultimate

Just picked up my car today and it looks awesome. Had the full hood, full front fenders, front bumper, mirrors, lower rockers, and those pieces to the left/right of the front windshield - forget what they are called. Anyway, price was $1150. No way you could have all that stuff painted (quality) for that price. Plus it stays looking good for a long time. Lifetime quarantee against bubbles, cracking, yellowing, etc.

Like i said before, i'm sold on this product since i've had it installed on now 4 different vehicles. It really does keep your front end protected and looking good.

Xan

Do you know of any research backing this up, kind of seems unlikely...

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schrute

No problems with 13k miles on my headlights with clearbra.

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ryanboy

i wanted it installed on mine too but the nissan techs and the clear bra guy told me it was not recommended bc i had HID lights. they had bad experiences in the past with warranties getting voided due to these type of issues on a lot of 350z owners that had HID.

im not taking the chance so i didnt install it to mine. ill take their word for it because the headlight and bulb itself cost an arm and a leg.

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Slut RED Nismo Z34 2009 #60

AutoPaintGuar

I haven't seen any issues with the new 370z yet. However on the 350z, i've seen the lights "craze" which are small little stress cracks in the surface of the lens. This can be from a couple reasons.

Most headlights that are installed are installed with a little rubbing alcohol which can cause crazing of the lense. Just like your not suppose to put any chemicals on the lens alcohol, gas, lacquer thinner etc.
Another reason that can be caused is the thick headlight film causing to much heat.

So when I do headlights now, I only use the standard 8 mil headlight film and only use soap and water for the slip and just water only for the tack solution.

Some vehicles you can use alcohol and thicker headlight film, but on the plastic lenses on these cars I wouldn't.

The film will stop the lenses from turning yellow.

ryanboy

good luck brother... please keep us updated and let us know if anything changes.

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Slut RED Nismo Z34 2009 #60

rebe945

Just met with my guy. 1150 plus tax for full hood, partial fenders, bumper,rocker panels, mirrors and lights. Next Friday, April 9th. Will post with my thoughts then. Rich

HTP AutoWorks

Completely false. I have been installing film on HID lights for years without any issues at all. It will not cause the ligts to burn out earlier and the film will not yellow. But going without film your lights WILL get chipped up. I highly recommend going with film on the lights as 1 light will cost more to replace than the entire cost of the install.

zlance

Just looked @ Ryan's site again - I didn't realize he had these gallaries on there. He has done some nice cars!

Gallery - 3M Paint Protection Film Florida Car Bras

Zultimate

Drove my car to work today after having the Venture Clear installed at the end of last week...full hood, full fenders, bumper, rockers, etc. Buddy of mine knew i was having it done so he comes in [after looking at the car in the parking lot] and says "thought you were having the Clear Bra installed." I said it's done. Moral of the story: if someone can't tell it's on there then it's a good install.