Interior/Exterior Clear Bra or not?
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These are not the old black car bras that you tie on. These are clear and aplied directly to the paint surface kinda like bonnet stripes. You have to get pretty close to the car and squint to tell it's there. You can't peel these off and put them back on. Each time you put it on it's a brand new one.
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Ok, I have to ask. If the clear bra is such a miracle product why doesn't the automotive industry offer it as a factory option? If you say cost prohibitive, fine but I would think that at least some of the upper tier manufacturers would at least offer it. There has to be a down side.
1. Not all owners, even those of high-end automobiles, are obsessive about their cars. Probably only 1% of automobile owners want a clearbra. Of the high-end autos only, that percentage might be... oh... I'd say 5 %. Not enough to warrant manufacturer's going to the trouble of offering it.
That, and maybe they're hoping to get some extra $ for repairing chips and dings.
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Rather that just a blanket recommendation to have it installed, I think it's a good idea providing you get a good quality bra. A few years ago as I was researching having it done, I remember seeing several cars where it had yellowed and it looked terrible. You might want to check into the warranty against yellowing. Sorry I can't remember the brand to stay away from.
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I think some dealers don't offer it as an option because when you get those nasty rock chips, you'll have to go buy their pricey touch-up paint. With my suv I've gone through A LOT of touch up paint becasue of all the rock chips. I really wish I had gotten the clear bra on my suv because it's quite easy to pick out all the places where I've had to use the touch-up paint. A couple bottles of touch up paint may be cheaper then the clear bra, but the clear bra will SAVE YOUR PAINT........
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Yep. I'm sure that they won't sell you a $1,000 option, with all that labor mark-up, because they want to sell you an $8 bottle of touch-up once a year. (Not to mention the fact that you can't buy touch up paint from MINI for the new colors if you tried.) But, I am against bras, even if they are clear!
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