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Professional advice needed on clear bra installation

Discussion in '360/430' started by ed03feng, Dec 25, 2012.

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  1. ed03feng

    ed03feng Rookie

    Jun 19, 2011
    5
    Bay Area, CA
    Full Name:
    Edwin F
    Greetings everyone! I am a newbie on the Ferrarichat forum. And I hope some of the Ferrari owners can share their prior clear bra installation experience for my situation. I am back to the Bay Area after spending last 4 years in the Seattle area. Since I am in CA, I got myself an 08 Scuderia to enjoy this wonderful weather (well, although it was not nice lately.) Anyway, I had my Scuderia getting a full wrap using Xpel Ultimate (self healing). When I got the car back today, I wasn't happy at all. The film was not tucked in and the cut on the edge was not straight. The installer claimed that the film was not able to tuck in due to lack/not enough clear coat on the car to help the film sticking on/staying down. So here is my question. Does the clear coat thickness has anything to do with the film being able to stay down? I had many cars getting wrap before. This is the first time I heard this being the reason. I am hoping/giving a chance for the installer to make it right so I am keeping this company's name confidential for now.

    And for those Scuderia owners with clear bra on the front bumper, do you have the front bumper covered under 1 piece or multiple pieces? If in 1 piece, any issue for the curve and coverage area of the front intake? The installer had it done in 3 pieces ( 2 pieces under the front 2 intake areas as a relief cut since the Xpel is hard to be bent 90 degree he claimed). For those with full wrap, what would be the proper/preferred way to wrap the rear quarter panels since they are attached to the roof top as 1 piece. Mine is done by having a seam at the end of roof and another piece connecting the quarter panel.
     
  2. m.roberts

    m.roberts Formula Junior

    Nov 2, 2009
    907
    USA
    My scud was wrapped without seams and it looks awesome. It was hand cut on the car, so some areas that are out of view are not straight... But to me they aren't even really visible, so that's okay with me.

    I think the clear coat story is BS. I can see tho, that if the clar bra product they are using is very thick, it would be hard to wrap around corners.

    My installer gets huge rolls of the product and tries to not cut and not seam if at all possible. I did the windshield and forward on my scud.
     
  3. MChanMD

    MChanMD Karting

    Jul 21, 2011
    147
    San Francisco
    My Stradale was wrapped by Premier in Fremont. You cannot tell it is wrapped because they remove the lights and bumpers to wrap seamlessly. Come to the next Norcal FOG drive and you can check out my front end wrap.
     

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