Question on Clear Bra - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

JayG · 02-18-2016, 12:40 PM

Ceramic coat will not protect the paint from chips and scratches like a clear bra.
If you want both, get the clear bra put on first as it won't stick to ceramic coat

which ceramic coating are you looking at?

jpc763 · 02-18-2016, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JayG

Ceramic coat will not protect the pain from chips and scratches like a clear bra.
If you want both, get the clear bra put on first as it won't stick to ceramic coat

which ceramic coating are you looking at?

That is a good point about not protecting.

I believe the ceramic they use is 22ple.

I am hoping that if I take the clear bra off, that the paint will be in good shape underneath and all the chips will actually be in the bra.

j.fro · 02-19-2016, 04:26 AM

$125 to get that scuff out is pricey. $500 to replace the clear bra sounds reasonable.

Coaster · 10-31-2017, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JayG

Ceramic coat will not protect the paint from chips and scratches like a clear bra.
If you want both, get the clear bra put on first as it won't stick to ceramic coat

which ceramic coating are you looking at?

I had Opti-coat installed all over the car and Xpel installed on top of it for the front third of the car about three years ago. No problems as of yet.

green03 · 11-14-2017, 02:44 PM

I had 3M transparent film on my '03 Boxster, and after about 10 years it really looked bad. After scraping with every tool I had for days, one of the body shops in town said they had good luck using a pressure washer to take the film off. I used the white nozzle on my 2500 psi pressure washer and sure enough, it took the film off easily without damaging the paint. It did leave the adhesive residue, which then came off easily with 3M Adhesive Remover.

Slate 01 · 11-16-2017, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Coaster

I had Opti-coat installed all over the car and Xpel installed on top of it for the front third of the car about three years ago. No problems as of yet.

Xpel is nice stuff and it can heal itself with a little heat from heatgun or hair dryer. To OP have you tried heating up the spot with a hairdryer ?

Nice thing about a clear bra is that your nipples show