[alfa] Re:GTV-6 Bra or Mask?

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I honestly don't know what it's called. I first became aware of it on 
the Goss's Garage segment of Motorweek. Pat Goss applied it to an SUV 
to show how it went on, and I've since notice a lot of SUVs and pickup 
trucks with the stuff applied, so I suspect that it's pretty popular. I 
got my headlight covers from Centerline, and they're just described as 
protective plastic film lens covers for 5" dual headlights, but I'm 
sure it's the same stuff as the "invisible car bras". I know the 
stuff's from 3M because the backing paper had 3M stenciled all over it 
in pale yellow.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6

On Jan 16, 2004, at 6:34 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 18:05:39 -0800 (PST)
> From: Joe Garcia <lacorsanostra@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: [alfa] GTV-6 Bra or Mask?
>
> What's this 3M material called? What sorts of places would I be 
> looking for?
>
> - -Joe in SoFla
> 1984 GTV-6 Maratona, ~21K mi.
>
> George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided> wrote:
> You don't want one, believe me. The bra will wear a line in the paint
> of your hood where the edge of the bra rests on it.
> What you probably want is one of these clear plastic 3M appliques that
> disappear once that they are applied. The soft, pliable plastic
> material causes stones, etc, to just harmlessly bounce-off of the front
> of the car without damaging the paint, and it doesn't spoil the car's
> looks like a normal bra does. You can also get this material to cover
> headlights too. I have it on my European style Hellas and they can keep
> the lenses from getting cracked by stones. There are places that
> specialize in custom application of this 3M material and will cut it to
> fit perfectly. I don't know where to tell you to look for such a place,
> but I do know that they exist.
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6
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