Anyone try the new "spray bra's" for their front end yet?
Doing a Walmart thing today, and whole I was picking up a 3M glass chip brush (fiberglass bristles to clean chips before touchup) I noticed a new temporary spray bra from DupliColor in either clear or black.
One reason I take note has nothing to do with Walmart - but I have used DupliColor's spray bed lining for my 4x4's before with great outcome.
This might be a "road solution" for my front and rear spoilers - not permanent, but protection on short road trips..
Just wanted to know if anybody has any experience with it..
I dunno, to me that spray-on bra looks like a solution searching for a problem. I mean, since it looks the same and works the same as a good front-end bra, what are the advantages? You don't have to take it off when it rains? It does not flap at high-speeds?
The drawbacks are a boatload of prep time, removal time, overpsray worries, buying a new can every now and again, etc. They make it look easy, but masking off the front well is a pain in the ass, and I have to do that each time I want to put on the bra?
With summer and bugs on the east coast, I take the bra on and off lots of times.....off for washing, on for driving, off for rain, etc etc. It takes 2-3 minutes each time. That stuff looks like a good 45 min to an hour between masking, application, and removal of tape and overspray.
I checked with my old friends at Colgan, who I normally get my bra's from and they said they never had a pattern for AMG. stock yea, but not AMG spoiler.
I probably try the clear on my lower sides - EZ to mask and spray - at $8 a can this shit is cheap if the clear doesn't cake up too much.
Any suggestions on a vinly bra ? (and not the one from my pole dancer - she uses latex pasties)..
I have nose piece from Colgan for 560. But lower half is custom. How about actual clear bra......$400 or so, goes on once, stays on, no more rock chips, plus they can do mirrors, forward part of wheel arches, etc.
I guess clear, at $8 a can, is nice. I jst saw the grey/black stuff. With clear, at least the overspray/masking issues are not as serious.
Bruce
Last edited by brucemendel : 05-02-2006 at 06:45 PM.
[quote=MBZER]Looks like the one ya got on -Bay for $7 grand..or was it $8
Add another USD$20,000, plus $1700 for 18" real wheels and real rubber, plus a front bonnet and rear deck respray, respray/minor repair side panels and front/rear spoiler.... then you are closer to the truth.
The pci was taken on a cludy day and the car was dirty to boot...
I have all types of people stop me all the time on when they can but this "new Mercedes. is in the dealer's yet as a '07 ?
Nice try for a jab, but I am very-very happy... I am driving the car a lot, it's up to 21K miles now..
Looks like the one ya got on -Bay for $7 grand..or was it $8
Add another USD$20,000, plus $1700 for 18" real wheels and real rubber, plus a front bonnet and rear deck respray, respray/minor repair side panels and front/rear spoiler.... then you are closer to the truth.
Nice try for a jab, but I am very-very happy... I am driving the car a lot, it's up to 21K miles now..
I'm happy you're happy but it looks to me as if you've overspent about $25,000.
That's $25,000 you could spent on pole dancers, bras and ...panties.
Mmmmmmmm ..panties.
So did you end up using the spray on stuff? I can't find a car bra for an E500 AMG Sport to save my life. If it's clear and washes off you can get rid of the overspray and tough spots with a clay bar. If this works it would be a much better solution that what I was thinking of... Bubble wrap sandwiched between two layers of blue painting tape all over the front end. That's just my inherited Mexican ingenuity coming out.
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