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PeterC 09-11-2011 04:36 PM

35/36 front fender mask
 

anyone have experience purchasing and or using a fender mask to protect the front fenders from stone chips? Pictures? Recommendations?:confused:

V12Bill 09-11-2011 04:53 PM

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I retired from the auto body business 18 years ago. I had a customer who insisted on using a bra on the front of his 280 ZX. I told him not to use the bra on the fresh paint on the nose of his car for 6 months to a year, for which he paid me no heed. After 6 weeks he complained that the paint that I put on his car was no good. On examination I could see the outline of the bra on his car from the paint that had gone bad. I again informed him that paint should dry for 6 months to a year to allow the thinners and reducers to out gas, otherwise the gases will push the pain from the metal. Maybe with todays better paint and a bake dry oven this will prevent this problem, but its your car, your paint and your gamble.

ford38v8 09-11-2011 04:57 PM

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I've seen bras leave an abrasion mark at the edge where it vibrates in the wind.

Lawson Cox 09-11-2011 08:29 PM

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Yeah, you can even see bra lines on your wife/girl friend when she takes her bra off. Cars and gals both look better without them. Dirty old man ain't I? LOL

ford38v8 09-11-2011 08:56 PM

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Lawson, you've just come up a notch in my book!

Mike in AZ 09-11-2011 09:25 PM

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just love that natural look, eh, Lawson?....lol...Mike

Django 09-12-2011 10:26 AM

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They look far worse than any paint chips.

ford38v8 09-12-2011 12:08 PM

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I dare say that Lawson would never be guilty of comparing a natural woman to a paint chip,
but I believe that if he did, he would opt for the woman.

Let's hear it for Lawson!

junk yard kid 09-12-2011 01:16 PM

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Id rather the front of my 35 get a little beat up, then have a bra on it. But id rather my women wear a bra then get her boobs all beat up.

FRANK PKNY 09-12-2011 04:18 PM

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Gota Love Lawson . I'll second that. Grin

jerry grayson 09-13-2011 08:12 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterC (Post 271804)
anyone have experience purchasing and or using a fender mask to protect the front fenders from stone chips? Pictures? Recommendations?:confused:

No, but in my youth I once had fox tails on my antenna and I once bought a car that had fuzzy dice on the mirror.

Lawson Cox 09-13-2011 09:50 AM

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And just what kind of "Fox" was that Jerry? LOL

jjrodder 09-13-2011 04:59 PM

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Forget the bra/mask and just use good quality wax on the front. My car has been on the road since '95 and I have driven thousands of miles in it and there is hardly a chip or blemish in the paint. Of course, I have a very good paint job. But I find that a heavy duty coat of wax does the trick for me.

ford38v8 09-13-2011 05:53 PM

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JJ, Come on now, the rest of it? Which do you find to be the best quality lotion for a girl friend with no chips or blemishes?

hbleadsled 09-13-2011 07:28 PM

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I would go without the bar/mask, do not ever put one on the front of a hood, I did that works ok till I drove through rain for hours, the heat from the motor caused the paint to fog this was on a new car. Harold central coast Ca.

Lawson Cox 09-13-2011 08:37 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ford38v8 (Post 272261)
I dare say that Lawson would never be guilty of comparing a natural woman to a paint chip,
but I believe that if he did, he would opt for the woman.

Let's hear it for Lawson!

You've got that right. LOL


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