full body clear bra =D
 

So i got my car covered in clear bra. i can't even tell it's on the car until i get up close. the stuff is pretty durable. I think it's a good investment.
i did the full hood, front fenders, rocker panels, mirrors, pillars, splash guards, little area around the grill, he even did the the space inside the nissan symbol.
took a combined total of 9 hours done in 2 days. He messed up on the hood, so he redid it for free XD.
the cool thing is he came to my house and did it.
takes about 1-2 days to dry.
It's a lot cheaper than i expected. I was getting my windows tinted with ceramic tint, and they offered a quarter hood only for $300.
He charged me $1100 for everything.

I think you guys should get it. and if you're in California i'm sure he'd give you a deal. if you want his info, pm me.

So...full car, or not? From what you are saying, no. Did I miss something?

What film did you go with? I love my Ventureshield Ultra. You're right, you can barely see it.

It's a nice way to keep your blood-pressure down when a truck gets in front of you. Love it. It has already saved my paint several nicks.

For tint, I went with Pinnacle F1 Ceramic. It is also full of win.

Like your mods, same as mine!

Also, I would do the headlights, too. DO NOT! let them use alcohol-based prep for them, though. It will craze them. Soap/water prep ONLY on headlights made of polycarbonate. I have my headlights done and you cannot tell.

still trying to figure out how to add pics on this forum =/
i have tons of pics i wanna show

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i was messing around with photobucket and i read the tutorial lol.
yea i used ventureshield. i guess it's ultra cause a when he was tucking the film under the hood, his razor blade was having trouble cutting it.
i'm not sure what kind of ceramic tint i got, but it's 9-layered 30% all around and 60% windshield.
i'm gonna get my lights smoked and possibly landing strip LEDs =DDDD

i'm getting the rear fenders, door, and roof done later.
he's doing it in pieces for me cause i have classes at night and i gots to drive to school

Looks like he is doing a good job!

Unless you are going to do a full custom wrap, I would just stick with what you have. What you got is a kit, but a well-done one. If you have him do the whole car piece-meal it just defeats the purpose imo.



I went with a kit on my car, too, and a good installer, and am very happy with the results. I did:

Rocker panels
Rear Brake ducts
Front brake vents
1/3 hood
1/3 roof
1/3 fenders
full front fascia
headlights
fog-lights

Total cost was $1150

I have yet to get hit in an area that is not filmed *knock on wood*. Save the $$ and just stick with the "trouble areas" since you aren't doing a custom wrap.

"Ultra" has nothing to do with how tough it is. Ultra has a gloss coat on it to eliminate orange-peel. Here is what Ultra looks like on my car. (in this picture, the parts done are the headlight, first 1/3 of the hood, and entire front-clip)

http://i54.tinypic.com/25in31x.jpg

yea i have the ultra, it does have a glossy coat.
but the film is pretty strong. i scratched up the bottom of the vent area on my car when i was pulling out of a gas station ($88.73 FML) but the clearbra took all the punishment. i looked at it later and i could barely notice the scratch.
why do they make entrances to gas stations so steep?

A good installer can fix VS with a heat-gun and some patience to get even more of that out.

Always ALWAYS angle! I have to do this more in my Z06 than other cars I have owned, but have yet to scrape it. Just angle correct and you should have NO trouble with a 370Z. They have pretty good clearance.

your nissan logo is crooked

Shadow.

O i always angle. But this dip is kinda big that enters/exits from a one-way street. So its kinda hard to angle out cause you have to approach the exit from the right side.

Dont think im ever gonna go there for gas again in my life.
Stupid machine didnt even print my receipt and the attendant was on "be back in 10 minutes" status.

Ventureshield clear bra pricing
 

Well apparently i got hooked up because cause he had some extra pieces from a previous 370z that didnt want the full body kit.
But he typically charges $1150 the full hood, fenders, mirrors, bumper and headlights. The rockers would be an extra 300, a pillars extra 80, black pillars 35 each.
But that seems more about right when compared to all the other clearbra installations.

Could you hear banjos in the nearby distance?

Sounds good. SO you don't really mean the full car then I guess. A full wrap usually starts at $3-4K and is done in a shop, all at one time, from large rolls of material cut "on" the car. It takes some pro talent to pull it off right and it's overkill, but if you have an Audi R8 or something, why not? It's pennies in the bucket at that level.

Pix of a true full-wrap:
Start:
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/IMG_5641.jpg

Done:
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/IMG_5693.jpg
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/IMG_5694.jpg
http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/s...p/IMG_5690.jpg
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Notice the lack of lines? That is some talent and a lot more work than the "kits" you have on your Z and I have on my 'vette.

The downside is that if a rock buggers 1 piece...it's a LOT of work. Also, the $$$ that install cost is substantially more than what we paid.

If I had an R8, you can bet it would get wrapped by Premier though, even if I had to have it trucked to them and back for it.

Yea not full body but it is full body. I mean im paying the price of a standard kit but getting hooked up with left over pieces.
Only things left for me are the roof, doors, rear fenders, trunk (which i wont be doing).
Btw if u have an exotic car clearbra is the best investment you can make on the car.

Wow, having the full protection would be sick and the job above is impressive as when you look at mine, you can see the lines about 1 mm in.... definitely a good idea on a car such as an R8 and anything comparable.

I got my front bumper, half hoof, half fenders and side mirros, makes quite a difference and nice peice of mind

I have the same wrap done (full hood, full fenders, and the kit bumper, rockers, mirrors) Its saved my *** several times. they just needa make a clear bra for windshields haha. I paid $1000 using ventureshield. I would've loved to get everything custom cut but thats too much $$$ for the fenders my installer even took out the Z sidemarkers to tuck the bra underneath it.

They do, but not a lot of installers mess with it for whatever reason.

U can barely notice the lines on my car. He did it pretty well cause he tucked the film in. When he redid my hood he used a steamer to loosen up the adhesive and it still was a bitch to get off. I know, i watched!

I install PPF but did not get into windshield film. I checked into it a year ago but the school to get certified is about $7,000 for a 3-4 day course... and honestly its relaly not that hard to install. The problem is they are charging you a fortune to get certified because they know their product is not going to last the two years their warranty covers. The film will scratch and scuff and it will have to be replaced. So they make their money in the certification process from the installer and also the initial install of the film. That way the replacements are still not costing them anything yet the installer is loosing out because he is having to reinstall the film. Its a great idea but until they get it scratch proof its not going to be worth messing with. There is also a liability issue if someone wrecks and says the film caused their vision to be blurry.... you can see where that could lead.