05-08-2012, 05:44 PM | #45 |
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Issue is that the plastic which is the material of the clear bra is bound to turn yellow. On dark color cars id maybe consider it. On white or light color cars I feel that clear bra is not a great idea. I just had a buddy touch up 6 rock chips in his front bumper, cost him 75 bucks at a top notch body shop and you cant even see the old remains. After it gets bad he will just re paint the bumper and it will cost probably 4-500 dollars and be better then factory more then likely.
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05-09-2012, 03:37 PM | #46 | |
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Thanks! I will mention the forum. I'm thinking of doing all way round to cover the flares too as i heard some members had stone chips there too.
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05-10-2012, 08:50 PM | #49 |
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Coolies! thanks for the tip, def want to meet up when it arrives. We should do a bigish one with all the Aussie 1Ms a bit like the Ace Cafe meet by Jezzer.
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05-11-2012, 05:41 PM | #50 |
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Hey guys, so I got a quote back from a local guy who does the clear bras. For full hood, Bumper, Front quarter panels, rocker panels, mirror cover, headlights, rear fender, and a bit of the rear bumper where trunk closes he's charing me $1600 CDN. which is probably $1500 ish USD.
He's going to be using Venture Shield on full hood and front quarter panels, and 3m Scotchgard on the rest. I'm not sure why he's not using Venture Shield for all panels... he didn't really explain why other than the size of each sheet where Venture Shield comes in larger sizes. Some people are telling me to go with Xpel, but the guy said it's going to be around $500 more, and he said Xpel PPF's don't have the simulated orange peel texture so it might look a bit off compared to panels that are not covered. What do you guys think about the price? He seems very experienced, has done this since 2004 and done a lot of Bimmers for local BMW dealerships... recently finished a job on an Aventador. So based on that I'm thinking he's pretty good. |
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05-11-2012, 08:18 PM | #51 |
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Did he give you a reason why he wants to use Venture Shield? I've been told Scotchguard is a better product by my installer.
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05-11-2012, 09:17 PM | #52 |
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Well not in particular, he only said that he would use Ventureshield for full hood and side fenders and the rest in scotchgard because of the size of the sheets. I just got another two quotes and they're $1000 and $1400 CDN respectively. What do you guys think of the price? Is $1600 too steep?
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05-11-2012, 11:58 PM | #53 |
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My installer also advised for ventureshield because the 3M sheets would have only covered half the hood....
Sounds good. if you want to consider saving a couple of dollars, its really not necessary to wrap your whole front quarter panels. Is it really likely that a rock will fly up and hit the edge of the panel facing backwards? No, for this reason I had them put a slightly slanted piece which covered the panel about half way back/over teh wheel well. In other words I covered the "front facing" part. And depending on your area thats about right. I spent approx 1600 USD and didnt wrap the full corner panel or rear bumper strip you mentioned. |
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Also, do you guys think covering rocker panels is necessary? |
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05-12-2012, 01:46 AM | #55 | |
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05-12-2012, 05:32 AM | #57 |
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Oh yah I'm going to get that part done coz I think there's a pre cut pattern on Xpel that my installer would be getting. Is that part pretty visible? I'm assuming not unless you're like 5 feet from it and the lighting?
I was thinking about wrapping the part behind the rear tires close to the bottom trim of the tires too. ya? |
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05-12-2012, 10:29 AM | #58 |
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I got the same thing done. It was HARD to find the right angle to make the line show up in this photo, but you can see the line none-the-less (after playing with the flash a bit). Your shop should be able to download the xpel kit (which is the best cut template/fitment IMO). It includes the rear arches.
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05-12-2012, 11:26 AM | #59 |
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Do these come precut, or is installer cutting them on your car? I'd be sweating bullets if the latter.
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Most of the panels that I was referring to would be pre cut, with the exception of the front quarter panels and the part that I'm considering putting in behind the rear wheel. The front quarter panel he said he didn't want to use the template from Xpel as he cant wrap the clear bra around the edges and he'll be doing the cuts along the gaps between panels so that'll be okay, it's the back quarter panel strip behind the wheels that he'll be doing custom with no template - that's the part that i'd be sweating some major ass bullets AND he was saying no guarantee's - but the good thing is he'd only be scoring the material......
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05-12-2012, 12:55 PM | #62 | |
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If your installer knows what hes doing its really not a big deal like everyone makes it out to be. On another note, my wrap work was COMPLETELY custom cut and hand done, no templates. Couldnt be happier. Im not saying the xpel templates are no good, but theyre not mandatory |
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07-30-2012, 01:40 AM | #64 |
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Had 3m clear bra done on my AW 1M last week at Premiere in Fremont, CA. REALLY, REALLY HAPPY I GOT IT DONE (only wish I did it the day I got the car). Guys at Premiere were fantastic and they did an outstanding job. I got the basic kit plus had the rocker panels done. They made several small (but highly beneficial) custom upgrades to the basic package at no charge.
They came very highly recommended and now I know why. Everything was perfect. excellent workmanship and done right on time. |
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Yes, but the paint is prone to chipping, so why not protect it.
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