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Avqust 28, 2007
Car Bra for the New Millennium
By Evan
AKA NWSilverado
There’s nothing worse than washing your car and finding a new nick or scratch in your paint or your headlight. With so many car manufacturers these days turning to expensive one-piece headlight/signal assemblies, it’s a relief to see a company develop a product to protect the fragile lenses and plastic trim of today’s cars. Unlike the traditional Bra front-end cover, X-Pel’s "Automotive Survival Products" are completely transparent, and claim to be nearly invisible once installed. Promises of no scratching, fading, or damage to your car’s paint make these molded covers seem almost too good to be true. After just recently winning a patent for their cover, X-Pel will become the only company to offer a clear front-end protector tailored to specific vehicle makes and models.
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jonitititan
Mar 2, 2009 at 8:21 am
Hey this is brand new in Mexico, i have a small company producing car bras (the traditional ones) and i´m interested in this new technology, ¿how good is the quality of the materials? Do yo know the % of sales compared at the regular car bra? Good job at winning the patent!
Highspeedhijinks
Aug 28, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I’ve seen the BMW dealer by me do this kind of stuff to their cars. It interesting but I still dont believe in anything like a bra or clear film to “protect” my car. This does give me an idea on how to keep road salt off my rockers in the winter time though!
kap0w
Aug 28, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Yep – I’m with Chris. This stuff has been around in various forms for years. I got mine installed in 2005 and there are at least a few companies that make it. Generally, it’s laser-cut into kits for particular cars or a shop can just do it to fit your car. It goes on like window tint – there is an adhesive back, but it’s stretched and heated into shape. 3M developed the original product to protect the leading edge of helicopter rotor blades. It’s great stuff – rocks don’t chip, but the sun will fade the paint evenly underneath. The only downside is the seam, and most people don’t even see it.
parul
Aug 28, 2007 at 6:18 am
They could have used a better word to define this kind’a transparent filming … Car Bra… useful as an affixation though!
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Aug 28, 2007 at 3:15 am
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CALICHEVYLOVER
Aug 28, 2007 at 1:49 am
there is a company here in annapolis maryland appropriately named FRONTGUARD that does those on the lexuses at the dealer where i work
Ted
Aug 28, 2007 at 1:38 am
umm… nevermind. It’s thick saran wrap.
Still, a cool idea to prevent damage, but I’m skeptical it can fit every car and not have edge issues on some car bodys.
Ted
Aug 28, 2007 at 1:35 am
Got a tip for those who already have paint damage:
If you buy one of these covers, and can get matched paint in spray…
Painting the inside of the clear plastic then putting on the cover (after the paint dries) should conceal the damage, save an expensive repaint at a shop AND protect from further damage.
BUT… this would only work if the clear cover is hard plastic and isn’t held on by a Saran Wrap – type bond with the car surface.
Chris
Aug 28, 2007 at 1:00 am
had that on 3 of my cars since 2004, went with Ultrashield (3m products) http://www.ultrashield.com….stuff is amazing