I live in brooklyn, so I need some kind of bumper protection. Right now I have a strip of the 3M bumper guards as you can see from my avatar, but I am really sick of them. They ruin the look of the car, so I started to look into the 3M film. My car is also a lease so I want it to stay nice and clean, besides parallel parking in Brooklyn and the city = destroyed bumpers. Do you guys think that if I get a kit off of ebay that it would be hard to do it yourself? I know how to tint windows and ive down tinted tails, etc. before plus a good friend of mine is a professional tinter so he could help me out. I am just trying to find something that covers the rear bumper as well since that is my main focus as of now. If you guys could help me out with some suggestions or advice I would greatly appreciate it, thanks!

Here is a link of the ebay stuff, its pretty cheap but I am sure it gets the job done:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Acura...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Arseny87 check out lorenzotint.com......I'm when of his consultants at his shop and I have the whole clearbra with custom freehand cuts to protect the fenders and the rear fenders and Lorenzo could custom freehand a pattern for your rear bumper. The product that he uses is 3m.........if you have any ? give me a holla I'll what I can do for you on the installation.

Kevin

 

http://clearfilmprotection.com/ in hawthorne, nj

ask for Nelson. he does the BMW and Ferrari's at World Wide in Nanuet, NY.

 

Look at my thread: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=145357

PM me if your interested, I can do your car too

 

To be honest with you if your friend is a tinter it's basically the same concept, the two of you can do it together. The key thing to do is to use heat and steam to stretch the material, this should make the installation go easy and you have to have patience.

Kevin

 

I'm ment to say one of his: sorry

 

you might be better off with those big door stoppers that you have on there though, lol. The clearbra might rip when someone hits your bumper...

 

LOL Big door stoppers! :x, thats exactly why I don't want them anymore ;/ ~ My friend has the clearbra from Infiniti on his G35 and his bumper is well protected with it, so I am going to keep my fingers crossed..I am actually talking to one of the people from xtremecity as well. Thanks, if I have any trouble, ill contact you first

K-Shawn, thanks a lot bro. I am going to try to do it myself and if anything ill consider your friend if we are unsuccessful, but thanks a lot for the info!

 

[QUOTE=arseny87]LOL Big door stoppers! :x, thats exactly why I don't want them anymore ;/ ~ My friend has the clearbra from Infiniti on his G35 and his bumper is well protected with it, so I am going to keep my fingers crossed..I am actually talking to one of the people from xtremecity as well. Thanks, if I have any trouble, ill contact you first
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Just read my thread, its fairly easy. You will need 2 people for the front bumper, it will make things alot easier IMO. Try putting the clear bra on your fenders first, it will give you a good idea on how this stuff goes on, and dont be afraid of getting too close with a hairdryer, you can put it 1/2" away from the film without hurting it. If you have any problems or questions just PM me ill be glad to help you out.

 

My advice: get an installer to do it. With all the creases and folds in our TL's sheetmetal, it's a nightmare to try on your own. The installer I hired did a great job but called it a "4 out of 4" in terms of installation difficulty.

I used Xpel (made with 3M clear film) on my TL and it looked as good 2 1/2 years later as it did when it went on.

 

Thanks a lot guys ;]....ill keep you guys posted on how it goes!

 

how much?

 

okay now i am completed comfused. xpel is a maker of clearbra that uses 3m film? and 3m sells their own clear bra? why is the price difference so huge?

 

okay i found out everything there is to know about clear bra now and found a installer who is reasonable.
3m makes the film (something about new and old film) and xpel is a company that made patterns that would fit the cars properly.
anyways. i been quoted from 400-1200 to get it installed.
so far i liked tint shop in great neck, i think it was joe. straight foward didnt try to sell me. he quoted me 400 for front and rear bumper and said it would take about 1.5-2 hours to get it done. that sounds reasonable.

ubnpast dude if you were closer, i would have used you.

 

$400 is reasonable, I paid $600 for .y TL.

 

anyone here doing clear bra's in ny/nj area? picking car up on tuesday and want to get it done.

 

I'm representive for lorenzotint.com.......my 04 TL has the full clear bra on the nose along with custom free hand patterns for the front & rear fenders. Let me know if you have a ? on a price or anything else.

Kevin

 

thanks for the reply kevin. how much will the clear bra cost me for an 06 tl along with 30%tint? are you guys in the bronx?

 

sorry about that. i just saw the price from other thread. thanks. i'll be in contact.

 

for those of you who has a clear bra, do you know if they will become yellowish in the future since they are plastic and due to exposure of the sun?

 

pm me I'll see what I can do about the price.

Kevin

 

Earlier clear bras from like 3yrs ago......I've heard of the discoloration happening, but over the years the competition have improve there product with new technology. That I haven't heard about discoloration in any of the competition products. Lorenzo Tint only uses 3m products (clearbra & tint) and Lorenzo is a authorize dealer by 3m.

Kevin