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Old Jan 29, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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I was just curious if anyone has used the clear tape to put on your front end or wherever to eliminate chips. I was curious if it yellows or anything over time and if its that noticable, I know of a guy around here who does it and will give me a price so I was also curious how much it usually is. Any info would be nice, thanks.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 01:25 PM
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I have X-pel on part of the hood of my car and headlight doors and it has saved it from chips. It hasnt yellowed either and has been on since early 2003.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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Yea the worst part of my car for chips are the headlight covers and doors, but i was planning on putting it on the front end and maybe behind the rear tires, if you dont mind how much did that run you
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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The kit I got was about $250-$300 back then. From what I've heard there are better kits out there that don't have as many slits in it as that one did. I orginally had it on the bumper too but there were so many slits in it....the manufacturers way of making it bend around the curves that I took it off because I didnt like the looks of it at all. I just left the hood and headlight door parts on.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 10:38 PM
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i heard its a really good investment. I really like it because it's hard to see and it's not ugly like the black clothy ones.
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Old Jan 30, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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SEM makes a clear spray on chip guard, we use it at work. Although it has a texture, for the bottom part of the bumper and behind the wheel opening i think it would look fine. Dont know about the headlight covers though
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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Thanks guys, so there are kits for our cars? I'd rather save some money and do it myself if it isnt too hard to put on
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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:55 AM
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Yep xpel sells them and I installed mine myself. They have a "5" star next to the kit for the bumper as in you need some skill to apply it but I didnt have any trouble at all doing it myself. You can get just he headlight doors/hood/mirrors for $139

http://www.xpel.com/products/configu...&submodel=1474

3M makes one also. Send me a PM about this though
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