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YOUR RESEARCHClear bra DIY install, any advice ?
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My guy claims he was one of the first 2 in the country to start using 3M film years ago.
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IMO this is not a good use of DIY skills as the risk to benefit ratio is not in your favor - Pro's do it right and stand behind thier work
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West Texas roads are full of gravel and everything on the road is 4x4 and 5 feet taller than my small 911. So I am contemplating the install of a 3M clear bra, for some protection.
I found one on
eBay
, but I heard they are a pain to install. This particular kit seems to be cut specifically for the 996.
what do you think ? should I try it ? or it is a PITA ?
Oh no, get ready for the 'bra' advice... the price seems cheap, but labor for a professional install needs to be added unless you do it. Let us know how it goes.
I used the
http://www.invisiblemask.com/site.html
kit
Was super easy to install and I recommend this site and product. I did the short hood and fender and the headlight kit since my bumper had too many chips already. After installing the parts I did I would have no qualms about doing the full bumper after a repaint.
I posted about my first time successful install awhile back so I must be a 'professional' now. The way I looked at it, I could f'up 2-3 kits before getting it right and still be money ahead of a 'professional' install. Added plus, it's a cool and fun material to work with.
A good pro, about $450 bucks. They won't use precut. All of your edges won't go far enough, and that is where you will get chips.
I'm having mine done this week, I hope, after my respray. My guy claims he was one of the first 2 in the country to start using 3M film years ago. The other guy is in Texas.
OK I have more to say (should seriously read these posts I guess
)
GET IT DONE!
IMO this is not a good use of DIY skills as the risk to benefit ratio is not in your favor - Pro's do it right and stand behind thier work
THAT'S ALL
To each their own, I think the precuts I got were right on and the material is stretchy enough to do just about anything you want with it. Plus, when I eventually pull it off there will be no 'professional' cuts or knife marks in the paint
Much like any other trade, the 'pro's' can't afford to give away the margin on the precuts, they just hack it out of a sheet. Much, much cheaper for them. I am currently thinking of buying some sheet for some other projects and it prices very well, only 20-30% of the cost of the pre cuts
no, it is ridiculously easy.. just keep it wet plus the kit gives you a DVD instruction how to if you are worried about the install
Well the hard part is the bumper and the piece that gets the most damage. Just had my new racer done and the guy spent almost all day on it for $450! Well worth it. He used a steamer, heat gun chewing gum and a stripper....Ah, his wife, sorry? Way too much going on during this job for me to even consider!
I'm gonna try it all by myself
Cause that's the kind of guy I am
(one who spends an inordinant amount of money, time and frustration on a project....then has to take it to a pro to fix. That's how I roll
)
Thats my kind of thinkin!
Do it twice though.... THEN be pissed forever and too proud to take it to a shop... tell everyone you "bought it that way" LOL
I've thought about doing mine myself. I used to tint windows on the side in my younger days. Can't be any harder than that. At Least your on the outside and not angling for a point trying to get to a back corner. I would imagine clear bra are like most other things about cars, it's only intimidating because you've never done it before. Then when you finally do it, it wasn't that bad.
I imagine its just like that plastic film you can have added to a car or truck to add graphics like advertising. Its pretty much like window tinting guys do and pretty much like the white plastic that is on new cars during transport. Just like window tint being wet down a little and air pushed out but then its a heat gun to form fit and seal the plastic on like shrink wrap.
You can do it.... Its not rocket science... You may have to do it twice, at least one part of it..
Read up everything you can. Talk to the people that made the thing... and have at it....
Nobody said it's rocket science. But like everything, there are EXPERTS that get it done right the first time and do this for a living. It's worth a few hundred bucks for me to pay somebody to do something right when it's a specialty type job (like this). Sure, there is lots of stuff I wrench on my own cars, but when it becomes a job that you need experience to do it properly, then lets the pros do it. It's one thing to spend 4 hours trying to learn how to do brakes your first time and then have it down to 1/2 hour when you gain experience doing it over and over again. A clear bra is something that will be done once. No experience gained there.
No one starts out as a pro. It all comes down to comfort level. I would try it. No costly special tools needed. That "pro" had to do his first one too at some point and it may even be this one. With enough research he can do it. If he messes it up, he can try again or get a pro to do it. But it is an item that can be at least be put back to where he started if he screws it up. It's not like he is going to try to wet sand it or repaint the car, items that could not be put back to ground zero if he fails. Sorry but I am a big diy'r. It's part of the hobby.
So you plan to install more than one?
This is one of those things that makes ZERO sense to do yourself. You screw up it costs you more than a pro. A pro screws up and they pay.
And no, a pro doesn't learn on your car first. I'm as much a DIY guy as the next but some things are much more worth my time for somebody else to do.
I do see your point. We all have an opinion. We all know what we would do.
I never rode a bull either. But I would climb right on just to see how I did if given the oppertunity.
I'm with Dell on this one. I have better things to do with my time than screw with this. But if you have the time and patience go for it! I would rather be at the track.
