Thread: Car bra for D4

Waste of cash

To elaborate:

-Expensive.
-When dirt gets underneath they do mark your paint.
-Where the bra is will leave a different shade paint after a year of being fitted as the rest of the car 'ages' in the sun.
- Can restrict cooling flow
- ugly as sin

- in a few years time it's cheaper to have the front resprayed.

Originally Posted by Tombie

To elaborate:

-Expensive.
-When dirt gets underneath they do mark your paint.
-Where the bra is will leave a different shade paint after a year of being fitted as the rest of the car 'ages' in the sun.
- Can restrict cooling flow
- ugly as sin

- in a few years time it's cheaper to have the front resprayed.

x2 , Wait till you see your paint work after its been on a while , Save your hard earned cash for something else

Originally Posted by the_amors

Anyone had any experiences with a carbra for D4

Are you talking of a (permanent) one for stone protection, or a temporary one for water-crossings?

Cheers,

Gordon

Hi there,Have a look at a website called Clear-shield.com.au they fit a clear film over the front of the car, he has templates for mirrors, headlights, bonnet, front bumper, front guard flares, rear guard flares etc, it's not cheap but works and easy to clean off the bugs etc, it's also g,teed not to yellow!
It will stop the stone chips and is just about invisible and you don't have to worry about taking anything on and off or the dirt getting under it and marking the paint
I have it on my D4, if you email the guy he should be able to send you the photos he took after fitting it to our car.
Cheers,
Talby.

If she's sagging in the front end it may be time to consider a trade in...

C'mon lads, they don't look that ugly and protect the duco at the same time.
I have travelled with mine throughout Oz, through NT @ 140 KPH, for 4 hours straight in 41 degree heat - no temp rise and great for those bloody road trains!!
Cost under $500 and you can pick the design you want.
They rub a little but after about 20k of use you cant tell after a wash.

No *apparent* temp increase...

Gauge is normalised and the cooling system is working harder to compensate. This can be seen using a Scan-gauge device.

Don't protect SFA from road trains - they don't cover the upper bonnet or windscreen - I have the chips there and on side windows too!

Makes a nice front end look like a D4 humped Hannibal Lector.

And they really do damage the underlying panel - not to mention the paint fade is very noticeable in about 12
Months... Even on white vehicles..

The $500.00 is better spent getting the paint touched up in about 3 years time...