Bra:Yea or Nay?

[Jehu]

After many delays i can have my car back tonight around 5pm. This looks like the only way to avoid ruining this new paint job considering how much driving I do. I always used to think they looked great till I contemplated putting one on MY car...

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Naw, the Bra will eventually leave marks of it's own from the dirt trapped between it and the car.

Had one on an RX7 and it started to get a tan line. Plus it's just one more thing that can fly off, or get stolen.

[Dave M]

1 yay

1 nay

I had the full support bra shown above (came with the car), but couldn't handle the lower portion for both functional and aesthetic reasons. The lower part tended to move around, requiring adjustment and increasing the silly factor. It also collected more moisture, trapping it agauinst fenders..yada yada. So, I ditched it.

I use the upper part, but even it will wear your clear coat at the back edge as it starts to stretch and flop around. catch 22 I suppose. It does prevent stone chips. Haven't a single one

Here is a not so great photo of mine in underwear. Not sure if you have the option, but I do prefer the ones without the hole for the emblem.



Fair warning, people do tend to hate..........

Dave M

[uscharalph]

Nay

[Jehu]

Bavarian Auto,local to me does carry both with and without the emblem cut out. I just feel i need to do it to give this brand new paint job that has come at no little expense to me a fighting chance. I suppose i could take pains to wash benath it nightly and maybe sew some softer more dureable felt of something on the back,underside to be less abrasive.Remember this is my dailiy driver and i drive routinely around 300 miles aday much on the highway at high speeds.

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

look for some of the 3M clear stuff.

you can replace it weekly

[Black 535i]

...and I use it on all highway trips over 50 km but I do take it off around town as things do easily get trapped in there under the cover. My vote is yay!

[Ross]

Nay. After a long time the rock chips look bad. Bras look bad straight away.
If you insist on having one I will give you the one that came on one of my cars. Along with a photo of the foggy, cracked paint that was beneath it.

[brosher]

Nay.

[philbyil]

Just put a lot of wax on the hood