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    Thumbs up

    Finally got mine on order. I guess I'll wait a couple of weeks, but it looks Great! Thanks again for finding this product and sharing. Awesome!

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    met up with spike yesterday, we installed a white bra on his ironman.. the white doesnt match, its much whiter than the victory white paint, at first i thought it almost made the victory white paint look yellowed at first.. after a little bit, it started growing on me, and after an hour or so, i didnt even notice the bra on it.... but it gets dirty really easily




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    Quote Originally Posted by etlsport
    .. the white doesnt match, its much whiter than the victory white paint, .... it gets dirty really easily

    that's what I was afraid of

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    Got mine today - I'll go on after the next cleaning and wax.

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    jody pm'd me yesterday and informed me that dirt found its way under the magnetic bra on her vx and that the dirt had rubbed on the paint i just went out and took my bra off to see how it looked underneath (LOL) you could see the pattern of the magnet on the hood very faintly from certain angles, just using some spray on detailer and a soft cloth it came right off...

    moral of the story, when you install the bra, make sure its warm enough out that you get a near perfect fit, dont want any air bubbles, make sure you clean the you know what out of your hood and bra before putting it on and its not very difficult to take off and reinstall, so for some extra insurance make sure to take the bra off every so often and wash underneath it, bob recommends every month, i will probably clean under mine every 2-3 weeks because i park under a tree that drops all kinds of crap on my vx

    yes the bra is easy to take off and put back on (although i have no idea why someone would put a bra on after taking it off ) once the bra has been installed once, it kind of forms to the hood, so its very easy to get it lined up again

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    I took my bra off

    The problem with mine wasn't from dirt, water got underneath it and spread under the whole thing. Bob had installed it when he made it (he waxed the hood first) but he had one small area that kept popping up. We though he got it to lay flat but it must have popped up again at some point and let some rain in. There don't appear to be scratches from it but it affected the clear coat leaving a weird shadowing. We took rubbing compound and tried to buff it out but it didn't go away. Needless to say - I took my bra off (:winkp and don't know if I'll put it back on. I probably should have taken it off the day Bob installed it and waited for a good hot day to put it back on. Make sure to check yours often and keep it clean and dry underneath. Hopefully this was just a fluke thing and you'res will all be fine.


    Jody

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    next time it rains im gonna put my bra to the test to see how it holds up.. i think itll do just fine though with a nice flat installation


    well see how it holds up to this and ill post pics


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    magnetic bra

    Was thinking of putting it on today; but I was in a hurry and I wanted to read directions carefully. It appears that heat is critical to a successful application. Has anyone thought about using a hair dryer? Maybe for the corners that stick up?

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