Saccharine_High

Hey everyone:

I just bought my SMB 07 Touring about 2 weeks ago, and I already have a couple rock chips on my front bumper (and a very small one on the hood). Between the asteriod field that we call the 101 and Nissan's notorious paint quality, my car just didn't stand a chance.

That said, anyone know of a good place to get a clear bra and touch up painting in the Peninsula? Have any idea of how much it would cost?

dynasty350z

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i jus took off my clear bra yesterday because of the dirt that would stick on the edges of the vinyl

wyzzz

Go to Premier if you want the best. They can do entire cars if you don't want seams, although it's probably overkill. www.premiermobilegroup.com

mcowger

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I would recommend jeremy at Invisiguard.

highside107

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Vince at Omega Tintworks (Tintwerks?) did mine. Been great so far!

brigz

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same here. He did a custom clearbra for my application.

fowlman01

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I second that. He does great work.

calin

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i wish i would have gotten a clear bra right when i bought the car the road pwns nissan paint!!! the next bumper i get, im getting clear bra for sure

z_drifto

I just started doing clear bras for Porsche. Im not that good yet though so dont come to me

Cyp

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where is invisiguard???

fowlman01

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Jeremy of Invisiguard is krinkov on this board. You should be able to PM him.

Saccharine_High

Thanks you guys! Does anyone know of a good place for touch-ups? I just figured that it didn't make sense to clear bra-ing the rockchips on the car.

highside107

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Actually it depends on how many rock chips you have. I hear that if you clear bra some rock chips, they aren't noticeable and don't show up as much. If you have a ton of rock chips, I would go the route I did and repaint the front bumper/hood. You're going to have to wait 30 days or so after the repaint for the paint to oxidize/cure before you put the clearbra on though (otherwise when you go to remove the clearbra in the future, the paint will come right off with it).

If you insist on touch-up painting the rock chips, I would check out the Autopia detailing forums (autopia.org) and doing it yourself. They're the biggest detailing forum out there. See what people say on how they do touch-ups. It won't look like the original paint, but it will look good from far away at least. Metallic paints (like on the Z) will be very hard to look like original paint because of the "sparkly flakes". It will probably look dull, but if you clearbra on top of it, it might be hard to notice (unless you have a ton of rock chips). After you use touch-up paint, people normally let it sit overnight and polish on top of it to smooth out the surface.