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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 11:53 AM
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Has anyone installed an invisible bra on a MCS with stripes? Sounds like a conflict. Would you trim the bra or the stripe?
 
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 02:30 PM
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i have invinca shield on my electric blue mcs with white racing stripes..
it looks great... there is a bit of conflict around the edge of the stripes but if you cut down that with an x-acto it would probably look better.. i don't care enough about it to do that as its barely noticable.
the one thing you should know is that, though it does its job really well.. it takes a really really good scrubbing to get all those damn bugs and the dirt off... if you want i can take better pictures tomorrow morning.
here are some pics (they're not very clear cause the sun is dying down...



 
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Old Aug 11, 2003 | 03:08 PM
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That looks great! By conflict, do you mean air bubbles or just a bump up where the stripes are? More pics would be appreciated if not too much trouble

I too am looking into the Invinca bra. Why is it harder to clean? I'd figured that it would be easier
 
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 04:27 AM
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I have a clear bar on my MSC with stripes.





 
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 12:51 PM
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Which is the better fit, clear bra or invinca shield? I would like to do it myself so that factors into it. I need to do something soon as my mini is accumulating a lot of small chips on the nose.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 01:07 PM
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I don't know what brand name of clear bra I have (my dealer had it installed by a 3rd party), and I haven't had any significant bug splats to clean off yet. But a few days ago I drove through a big mud puddle where they're working on the water lines in our neighborhood. It was an hour or so before I had time to wash the car. The dried mud (Georgia red clay) just hosed right off the clear bra area, whereas I had to wash it off the rest of the car with a sponge.

The instructions that came with my clear bra say to clean it with a mixture of one part 70 percent rubbing alcohol and one part water. They also say not to use rubbing compound and not to machine buff it, but it's OK (although not necessary) to use hand-applied paste or liquid wax.
 
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Old Aug 12, 2003 | 06:40 PM
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>>BTW, please tell me how to attach pics to my post. I've been looking everywhere on this forum for instructions to no avail and am dying to show off my silver MCS.
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>>Thanks...nice nail color
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Posting a pic: from the test forum
 
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Old Aug 13, 2003 | 04:49 AM
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>>>>BTW, please tell me how to attach pics to my post. I've been looking everywhere on this forum for instructions to no avail and am dying to show off my silver MCS.
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>>>>Thanks...nice nail color
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>>Posting a pic: from the test forum


Danng...I tried that and it's still not working All I get is my URL...see below

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Old Aug 13, 2003 | 04:59 AM
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Invinca-shield was one of the lowest priced clear bra kit I could find, it come in more piece then other kits but this make for a easier self installation. I did mine myself with out much problems. The huge bonnet piece were the hardest becuase of all the humps and curves.


 
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