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The interior of the bra is a flannel material, which shouldn't scratch the paint by itself. I could see some possible issues if you let dirt get under it, but I don't keep mine on the car long enough for that to happen. You also want to keep it off the car if it's wet, holding the moisture against the paint can be a very bad thing. Years ago I had a white accord that wore a bra all the time. Whenever you took it off, the paint underneath was yellowish from moisture damage.
As for the moving/flapping, I've had the Colgan bra on the car up to about 105mph and I felt/saw absolutely no turbulence or flapping (mirror bras included). Obviously, you can't see the whole thing without another vehicle spotting, but I'd think I'd at least feel something through the wheel if it was flapping.
All of the attachment hooks and clips grab either the inside of the wheel well (black plastic), or under the front bumper cover (again black plastic).
I'll whip out the digicam this weekend and see if I can take some decent pictures for you.
Thanks for the info! Pics will be great, if you can do it.
Like I said, I don't see a better option yet, so I'm glad to hear your comments about the bra.
May I ask if you are using the bra that goes over the OEM spoiler?
Another big question for me is whether the Colgan bra will work properly with the Coastal Metals lip protector. I know the bra fits tightly, so this may be a problem for me.
I don't have the OEM chin spoiler, but I believe Colgan makes multiple variations to to accomodate the spoilr as well as front license plate holders. If the Coastal Metals protector is similar in shape it might still work for you. It is a tight fit to get it on, that's the main reason why it's so stable at speed.
Another tidbit, I seem to recall CoralDoc mentioning once on the Florida board that he's had his up to 130 at track events with the Colgan bra with no issues.
Stopped by the shop this afternoon to check on the progress.
The car hasn't been touched since the last time I checked on it, which was last Thursday, around noon. The manager told me last Thursday, that it still needs to go back to the paint shop, because they forgot to paint something, plus the front bumper cover is not sanded and polished, and I don't know what else needs to be done.
Maybe I should have refused to pay the bill, until everything was fixed. Perhaps then, they would be working faster on it. I haven't been pressuring the shop to hurry the job, but if I don't see any progress, it is upsetting. I think the shop has had more than enough time to get the work done properly, but I'm going to do my best to have a little more patience.
I don't know how much was touched up, or how it all looks, yet, but I think it will be ready tomorrow afternoon. No one was around the shop today, except the one painter working on my car, so I couldn't get more info. Here are some pics:
-Pete
FWIW, I would seriously caution you against the clear bra.
There is an active owner (and TITS member if I recall correctly) in AZ that has the clear bra on his 2001 Spa yellow and he is very disatisfied.
Unfortunately, despite his warnings, my step mom did the clear bra on her 2003 Pearl White Acura TL and its just crap. Its already bubbling, it has changed the coloring and just looks bad. BTW - there are many of the same complaints the owner of the spa yellow S had.
My step mom has contacted Acura and the installer/vendor and they all said well... that's the product. Shitty, if you ask me.
Mine was estimated as a 4-6 weeks job that turned out to be almost 6 months (and counting). Just keep a cool head and try not to get too excited when they tell you the car will be ready at a given day. In my case it was always tomorrow or next Monday, that never came for a long time. Good luck!
