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babylobster · 10-31-2013, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by smbstyle

YES!

We get absolutely murdered with bugs down here in FL that will eat through your paint, and my front end looks as good as it did on the day I bought it:

https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...70395721_n.jpg

WOW. You weren't kidding about the bugs!!!

So I'm assuming you just wipe it down and it looks brand spanking new?

babylobster · 10-31-2013, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Efenys

What i'd like to see is a side by side at 50k miles with someone who had a clear bra install and another with opticoat. If i could do it all over again i'd probably get a bumper only clear bra and an opticoat.

My only issue with my clear bra is that its been destroyed in the last year. 25k miles in a year on almost all highways under major construction and rocks everywhere has left my front bumper all "marked" up. It's very hard to get the white of the clear bra marks out and makes me want to get it removed.

Side note if anyone has any advice i would really appreciate it.

This is probably a super dumb question but what's opticoat? The clear bra i was looking into is a "self-healing" one and I was told that it basically "heals" itself so it wouldn't get all marked up. Anyone can correct me though if I'm wrong about this. N00b here and learning!

What do you mean by the "white of the clear bra marks"?

smbstyle · 10-31-2013, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babylobster

WOW. You weren't kidding about the bugs!!!

So I'm assuming you just wipe it down and it looks brand spanking new?

hose it off like a normal car wash; no special scrubbing/bug remover or anything

jarviz · 11-12-2013, 10:36 AM

i paid a little less than 2K for opticoat and clear bra on full hood, front fenders, bumper, A-pillars, and they threw on some clear bra on the the part of the rear bumper directly behind the rear wheels for good measure.

Work was done NJ - great guys and great work. Looking back it now - I probably should have opted out of the opti-coat.

NIN69 · 05-18-2014, 09:12 AM

Do you still recommend the clear bra on the rear fenders? I was talked out of it because I have mud guards.

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