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Interior/Exterior Custom Clear Bra to Cover Painted Wheel Arches

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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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Custom Clear Bra to Cover Painted Wheel Arches

Do any of you know of a shop in the greater Seattle area that can do custom clear bra that could cover a body color painted side-skirts, aero kit & wheel arches?

Every post I have read about this says that the paint on the wheel arches get all chipped up. So I thought a clear 3M film on the arches as well as around the aero kit and side skirts would do the trick.

Have any of you out there tried this?
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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I personally haven not.

but if you get the xpel clear bra (www.autoclearguard.com) you will
get a whole bunch of excess film you can cut and make the fender
guards out of. :smile: just a thought.
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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These guys may be out of the way for you but I just had my entire hood and front bumper wrapped by http://www.clearbraoregon.com/. The reason why I went to that extreme is that I hated the visible seams from the pre-cut kit especially on a black car. I had Stongard in Bellevue install a kit on my other vehicle a few years ago and now it looks like crap. But that's beside the point. I would think that any clear bra installer can create a custom wrap using bulk film.
 
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Old May 16, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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I bought a 12" bulk roll of 3M film along with the knife from Ryan @ Auto Clear Guard (www.autoclearguard.com). Not all of my arches are covered but I did the front bumper trim, 2 front corner pieces, and both side skirts on the sides and bottom. The hardest part is cutting the pieces to match the curves rather than applying them IMHO (use lots of water and a squeegee).
 
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