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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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This is the follow-up from my post last week. I was hit in a parking garage with minor damage to left front quarter panel and left front bumper. The good news is that these 2 areas will be repainted compliments of State Farm (the other guy's insurance) at no cost to me. I plan on trying to get the collision guy to give me a good price on a repaint of the hood also so I can finally take care of those nasty rock chips. I figure it'll probably involve less blending if I have the whole hood, front bumper and left front quarter panel repainted. AFterwords, I'm going to take the car right over and get the clear bra install (unless I have to wait awhile until the paint settles in). Any final advice for me before I schedule the whole thing. I'm pretty anxious about it. I figure I'll end up paying a few hundred for the hood painting and then up to 400-500$ for the clear bra/install. Anybody purchase one of the clear bras from xpel.com? which of the designs did you go with/would you recommend?
Also, any good recommendations for repair shops/clear bra installers in Northern NJ/New York City area? Any help is much appreciated.

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Old Oct 30, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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i got the stuff from xpel.com before, good stuff, i put it on my gs400, it's no fun. for my sc430 i had them professionally installed, worth every penny.

pre-cut kits are usually a bit chaeper, but custom cut might look a bit better, especially on the edges
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