Atlas

I was on another board and was reading about several folks who have bought the LS460 and they have a lot of dings and paint chips on the front end of their cars. Seems the 460 has more problems than they have had on their other cars. Question, I have seen the clear bra that you can get put on the car, but if you look close, you can see the line where the bra stops. Would it make sense to have your entire hood coated with the bra and can you take these bra's off at some point if you wanted to sell the car?

RXSF

get the bra no questions asked. the chips are common to all lexus cars because lexus' paint is up to the future environmental standards that sooner or later all car manufacturers will have to implement. the paint they use is weaker against paint chips but is more environmentally friendly.

yes you can remove it. its suppose to be very simple to do so. btw dont just do the hood, you can get it on your bumper and even your side mirros. lol

jettie1767

Yes, definitely get the clear bra including the entire front bumper as well as the side mirrors. Don't know if they do the entire hood. It's usually just a 1/3 of the hood and 1/3 of the front fenders.

rominl

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you can cover the whole hood if you want, just more money. but it will probably look better

jettie1767

Is there really a need for the entire hood to be covered? My experience has been that chips occur on the front 1/3 of the hood.

Gojirra99

The Canadian LS's come standard with a clear bra covering the front third of the hood, but not the front bumper.

Atlas

Understood, the front third gets the dings. I was just trying to avoid the line of the bra that can be seen. Any specific bra's that you would recommend for the LS 460?

Joe S

Used 3M product, that covered front bumper, 1/3 of hood both side mirrors and rear bumper ledge (just below truck), total job about $750 installed. Yes, I see the line, but rather see line than paint chips.
Personal note: I would not attempt to do this yourself, unless you have done it before.

rominl

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1) believe me, murphy law works. i put on xpel, half hood. couple weeks later, hit just right above the covered area

2) it looks better

Atlas

No, I clearly wouldn't try to do this myself. Is the 3M bra the best stuff out there or is there something else? Heck, maybe I should do the entire car

jettie1767

3M or Expel are both good. Yes, I think the line is something you will have to live with.

rominl

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xpel uses 3m stuff

there are venture products as well

dsc07

I can't afford the Bra right now as I'm saving all my spare cash for those plastic sofa covers for the house.

Maybe next year...

rominl

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lol maybe by next year you don't need a bra coz' the hood and bumper are all beat up already

zxc1

Hi ,I am new to this very helpful forum.I am waiting for my Black opal 600hL. Could you tell me where I can get the 'bra' installed in the Washington DC area?