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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Can someone please explain to me the thought process behind having one of these horrid contraptions on your car? I'd rather have rock chips over that ugly *** thing. I saw a NICE c6zo6 today on fiske rims with a damn car bra
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Can someone please explain to me the thought process behind having one of these horrid contraptions on your car? I'd rather have rock chips over that ugly *** thing. I saw a NICE c6zo6 today on fiske rims with a damn car bra
I bought a 3000gt my jr yr of high school and it had a car bra on it... i took it off and man u can tell the paint difference lol **** looked funny!

x2 for no car bras!
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:07 PM
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People are stupid and have no idea how bad its gonna look once they remove it even after a year......explained
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:24 PM
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Sometimes it looks better with it on lol like when I had mine on if you took it off it looked like ****. Paint looked nasty and it was cheaper at the time then painting the car.
I‘ve repainted my car and of course I took the car bra off... But if I went on a long road trip I would put it on just to save myself from any rock chips or big *** bugs lol
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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you should put on a bra, so the front end doesnt sag...
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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3M Clear Bra or nothing.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Clear bras like the ones 3m work great, no reason to have one on a late model vehicle anymore. I honestly thought they stopped making them in the 90s since that's the only year model cars I see them on then I saw the vette today.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by 1slow01Z71
Clear bras like the ones 3m work great, no reason to have one on a late model vehicle anymore. I honestly thought they stopped making them in the 90s since that's the only year model cars I see them on then I saw the vette today.
Here's a good pic of the one I had.

It looks good..... nice and tight. Also if I did the clear 3m bra it would have shown how bad my paint looked lol

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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 03:05 PM
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No such thing as a car bra that looks good. Your bumper could be a different color underneath and it would look no worse.

Tacky, harmful, and ruin the look of any car they are on.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by thunderstruck507
No such thing as a car bra that looks good. Your bumper could be a different color underneath and it would look no worse.

Tacky, harmful, and ruin the look of any car they are on.
You didn't see under the bra lol and it was different colors Red and Black.

I've painted my car now so it's off.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 03:36 PM
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I know some people use them on speedway open track days and on road trips. Can save a few rock chips and so on. Not my style though. FYI, it's Fikse not Fiske.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1x2

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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 09:13 PM
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Nothing wrong with using one on road trips. Rock chipping your z06 on the highway, or having a bunch of idiots call you names? Hmmmm.....
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by luvmeZ28
Nothing wrong with using one on road trips. Rock chipping your z06 on the highway, or having a bunch of idiots call you names? Hmmmm.....
We have a winner here lol

I will take no rock chips on a road trip.
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 06:01 AM
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My CETA has one on it right now, but that is only because I'm making an 8 hour roadtrip up to Dallas for PSN. Once I get there it's coming off.
I never leave it on for extended periods of time because I do not like how it looks, but it does serve a great purpose at times.
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 11:01 AM
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I wonder if you can spray your front end with plasti dip.. I just googled the 3m bra, thats some pretty cool ****..
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 02:28 PM
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When a painter buddy of mine repainted the front end of my dmax he used a product called ceramaclear(sp?) and it worked pretty well. It took some pretty damn big rocks to chip it.
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Old Jun 12, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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Clear bra for those not trapped in the 80's.
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Old Jun 12, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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Bra or Not to Bra Than is the question............

All depends, I would say for the most part old school bras look like crap , mostly . BUT reason over coolness factors the win, when it comes down to saving expensive paint.
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