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Old 05-13-2009, 03:00 PM
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Default Hood protector - reinstalled

Does ANYone like this? I had it on a couple years ago, but when I put the vinyl eyelids on the OE headlights, it looked goofy since the lines no longer matched up. Now that I painted the headlights, and since replaced them with the black projectors, I gave it a second chance.

No one at NAIOA liked, so I'm coming to you guys for some additional opinions/razzing, i guess Thoughts? Is it really that ugly?

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i dont think it looks bad...nice protection from chips...they end up scratching the hood some though dont they? Do you have a head on pic?
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not a huge fan of the leBra myself.. yours doesnt look that bad but everytime i see a bra i think of a chrysler lebaron or something
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clear bra.
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Yeah, I don't care for it. I'd say if you were planning a long road trip or something, throw it on. Around town, no thanks.
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It looks better than alot of cars. But Clear bra would be WAY better. THe problem is it stops rock chips, but it will sratch the crap out of the hood.
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You know I like it. I think we're the only ones rockin it on NAIOA.

Did you use the zip ties like I did?
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Gosh I've got one for my Monte. I used it for about 6 months, took it off to wash the car one day and just never put it back on.

CenTexSS, are you talking about using zip ties to hold the center down? Cuz that's what I did. I had my mom sew a button hole in it so it wouldn't rip, then zip tied it to the hood latch.

Oh yea, I forgot to say if I liked it or not! It's your car man if you like it that's all that matters! And if I didn't like it I prolly wouldn't have said that I have one.
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Yeah, I used zip ties to make it flush. I showed Buff some pics of it and it looks like he did the same. It looked pretty funky before when it didn't set flush.
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Originally Posted by collier341
not a huge fan of the leBra myself.. yours doesnt look that bad but everytime i see a bra i think of a chrysler lebaron or something
LOL!! Thats pretty halirious but true!!

But me? I think attraction wise its niether attractive nor ugly!
Its an honestly 50/50 type of reaction with the Crusader.
Safety purpose: I give it a total 100!

Our W Bodies are very sexy and very hard to look displeasing, until you put a big pipe, Huge rims, tall tail, or paper mache ground effects on em.....
I've seen plenty of Imps riding around with the bras,..and again it doesn't make or break the car in looks, so keep it on!!
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just be sure to pullit off so often clean the bra, and give a good heavy wax job for that area.
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And don't use it unless your making a ROAD TRIP!!
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I like it. I think it complements the projectors.
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I usually like bras off...but that's just me
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Eh, its not really my style
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bras on the floor are good.




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