Okay, I spent 6 hours following the directions to the letter. In all honesty, there was no page on the rear wheel set installation only one page for the front. I completely waxed the car and made sure all of the wax had dried and was buffed away. Then I sprayed the water on the area to be applied, wiped it up and resprayed the water.

I found it impossible to get all of the bubbles out since the directions say to spray water directly on the car and then apply the sheets over top. Uh, wouldn't this put water and bubbles behind the plastic?

Also, every little stray piece of dust that came along made a noticable bubble in the plastic.

In the end, the Cleartastic was anything but clear against the blue paint. The front two pieces say that they are supposed to "overlap" which creates a VERY noticable white line where the seam is. I'm beginning to think mud guards would look better!

It also seems like the pieces cover WAY more area than they need to. Something simple to cover just behind the front wheel and one each ahead and behind the rear wheel would seem sufficient. Instead we get six pieces per side!

Am I alone in having trouble getting this to work right, or am I just expecting too much from this product?

Any alternatives that anyone has experienced?

I currently have ZERO nicks or dings in the paint and would like to put some kind of protection there so that I don't end up with any.

Thanks!

Stephen

 

I'm having the same experience as you. Air bubbles, seams, etc. I talked to customer support and was told to wait until it gets warmer > 65 degrees and reapply. We'll see how it works but right now I'm skeptical.

 

You may want to try this alternative:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...&highlight=bra

Here are a couple of ocis from that thread:





The entire nose of the car is covered, to about the line of the headlight tops (the headlights are covered as well).

 

Maybe it's a geographical thing... I'm in Raleigh, NC too.

Applied in a enclosed garage last night, approximately 55 degrees.

Just sent the whole mess back to Mid-America. Just a poor design in my opinion. Overlapping seams?!? How could that ever look flat? The rear looked like each piece had 1/2" gaps between the individual pieces behind the wheel. Great, unless the rock you kick up hits the paint there.

Just put three more coats of wax on the areas directly ahead and behind each wheel. Hopefully if I can keep the area slick it'll be more resistant to scratches.

I like the clear bra idea, but what I'm trying to avoid is the (possible) problem the C6 has with kicking up rocks from the tires and chipping the fenders around the wheel well.

Stephen

 

Got a 1" size rock ding on the right front lower. Wish I'd done this earlier. There are great threads refered in EHS' post as well. Best I've seen to date. Thanks EHS

 

i bought 6' of clear material; 24" wide; cost $60 shoulda been $90 but they didnt have the 18" wide so i got a deal; it is backed with a opaque white liner you peel off after cutting a piece; i worked from patterns made with masking paper; you peel it apart then spray the area to apply on the vette AND the sticky side of the clear with water diluted with a little BABY SHAMPOO; use a cleaned out old spray bottle; maybe 10 good drops of shampoo in 16 oz water... so anyway it just floats around on the area until you SQUEEGEE the water/shampoo out with a plastic tool; then it sticks; i used the plastic yellow paddle that bondo-man (body and fender man) uses for a dirty repair on your daily driver. i have done the rear of (4) wheel wells on the C6 but building up courage to try any big areas... If you get it adhered at the topside of wheel welll opening you can grab it and streach it down around the lower lip...just remember to allways keep your fingers clean and wet with the mixture...
The squeegee is the trick to get the air and water out...

 

Where did you buy this stuff. Is it permanent or can it be removed . Thanks in advance.