3m clear bra for coupe

[geedup630]

Just purchased pre cut 3M clear bra and was woundering if this thing is easy to install or if I should have someone do it for me. If so does anyone know an installer in the Dallas area?
Modified by geedup630 at 12:29 PM 10/17/2007

[zippyslug31]

had mine installed professionally. was told by the dealer that it was "very tricky" to make it look all nice and bubble free.

[ArizonaG35]

I just purchased the 3M clear bra for my sedan two weeks ago. I received in the mail with a full kit and installed myself... (Partially)

The hood and the fenders went on pretty easily, but the front bumper and nose piece was IMPOSSIBLE!!!! After about 3 hours of stretching and trying to fit the material, I had to give up as the product was adhering to itself and looked like hell... safe yourself the time and torture and have a professional install this. I'm doing a write up on it now as the new nose piece is being delivered today. The company I bought the kit from was gracious with replacing the kit, but I'm still going to have a professional install the nose piece.

[adren77]

Can you post some pics of how this looks? I am thinking about doing this myself. I wanna see how ugly it is.

How much did you pay for the kit/installation?

[Clear Choice]

I would never tell anyone that they cannot install the film themselves But it is not as easy as it appears. i trained for a week and install film most days of the week. A vehicle takes me an avg of 5 hrs for a car after 2 yrs. I am quite familiar with the G and the 35x bumper and will bring the popcorn to watch someone DIY. It is much harder than tint. Also, most of the patterns that you will buy " discount" online will offer less coverage than the one an installer will choose. my . 02

[zippyslug31]

And I'd also like to go on the record as saying that even my professionally installed bra isn't "100% perfect". I'm mean it's very good and it MUCH better than I could ever hope to do, but down low on the lower bumper area there are some bends and swoops in the body that the installer had a couple of small flaws. Looks like they have a couple of creases in the material.

It's not so bad that one would notice and I only recognized it after owning the car for a while and was down there doing some mods, but it most definitely is a couple of flaws.

Lesson to learn from this: even the pros must find this challenging to accomplish. Based on this, I'd never advise a DIY job.

[Clear Choice]

I will concur somewhat. I have never done a ppf install 100% perfect. I can always find something wrong with any job if I look for it. There is no perfect job. I will score myself with a 98 on most though. I do not do anything else and do one almost every day. On the other hand, the product is not designed to be studied from 8 " away either. What it will provide for most is Peace of Mind to actually just drive and enjoy your vehicle the way it is intended.......3M Certified