[DeTomaso] Invisible Bra

[Jerry R Knotts]

Tom,

I have had an invisible bra on my '67 cobra for about 3 years.  Has saved me 
a bunch of trouble and paint problems.  My Cobra has bra material below the 
head lights all the way under the front,  on the front of the rear fenders 
up to the top of the doors and on the rear fenders behind the wheel wells 
and around the back under the trunk lid.  The new material is quite good and 
can be removed at any time using liquid and a small amount of heat.  The 
fellow that installed mine said the yellowing or browning of the bra 
material was a slow growing fungus problem.  He used an antibiotic 
(Neosporin I think) in the water and soap application mixture.  The front of 
the rear fender gets some exhaust soot but cleans easily.  I haven't noticed 
any discoloration but my paint is a candy brandy wine metallic from House of 
Colors.

YMMV - just my experiences,
jerry knotts

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Shinrock" <tmshinro at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Invisible Bra


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> I have owned a 944 Turbo for 23 years and the film behind the front wheels 
> and in front of the rear wheels didn't yellow.   Over the years it did get 
> nicked up and rough but, as I understand it, the film can be removed with 
> a heat gun without damaging the paint and new film applied.   I personally 
> never tried it because I had the car repainted 10 years ago and new film 
> put on.
>
> Tom
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: michael at michaelshortt.com <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> To: Tom Shinrock <tmshinro at aol.com>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 3, 2012 6:51 pm
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Invisible Bra
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>
> Remember the yellowed and eventually black cracked patches on Porsche 944 
> cars?
> I used Helicopter tape on race cars (nose area) before, it helped, but it 
> was ugly.
> I know that there is newer stuff that isn't supposed to yellow, but it 
> hasn't been around long enough to be proven as such yet.
> Michael Shortt
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> On Oct 3, 2012 7:43 PM, "Tom Shinrock" <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:
>
> As a lot of you know, I got my car repainted after getting it repaired 
> from hitting a sheet of particle board on the drive to Phoenix this 
> spring.  Now that the car is all shiney again I was wondering if anyone 
> has tried putting that clear plastic film that they use for invisible bras 
> behind the rear wheels where the back of the car gets all chewed up from 
> rocks and things flung off the rear tires.   I've never seen or heard of 
> anyone doing this and I wonder if it is because of the heat produced by 
> the muffler/tailpipes (Pre L).  I was also thinking about putting the film 
> on the lower portion of the hood up to the vent grills.
>
> Any ideas or advice on the best way to ward off future paint nicks would 
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
> #5186
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