Here's a picture of the clear bra on my Xb.

 

^^ toyotaisme, did you install that yourself or have it installed? How much was it?

 

I had some one install it for me. the total cost was arround $400 with the installation

 

Well, it sounds like the clear paint protection stuff is much more popular out west. I called a local place that I heard installed them, but they don't do it anymore. They referred me to a company in Baltimore that does them and they sound really good (Proform Protective Films.) I know how important the installation is on these things, maybe even more than the materials themselves. I also know you could easily spend more than a thousand dollars getting one installed (including materials.) Here are some great pics of an M3 getting paint protection.

Anyway, long story short, Proform said the install price would be about the same as the materials price, so figure about $800 for the stuff installed. I really can't justify that kind of expense on such an "economical" car. If I bought a Corvette or a WRX STi or something, maybe, but then I probably wouldn't be able to afford an extra $800 .

 

i saw a clear bra on a z8 that came to my work yesterday. couldb barely see it and you know how easy it is to find things on black cars.

anyone ever heard of alpina?
he said they had done some mods to his car

 

Yup. The last Z8s were all Alpina Z8s. On that car I would spend more than $800 for paint protection. I'm sure he spent plenty more.

 

www.scioned.com

 

They don't have anything for the tC that I could find.