Car Bra's

[86gav]

G'day,

Looking at getting a car bra, just wondering who else has got one and what brands ppl are using. Got a Quote From the original carbra mob, they want $407 for a black one and $550 for coloured. Are they worth it??

Cheers

Gav

[RHR]

MS700 (Mick) has one.. I was asking him bout it the other day.. Hes pretty happy with it all that he does is gives the front of the car a good WAX then wacks it on.. He reckons that he's had no problems with it

[silver ghost]

I used to work at auto pro and spoke to allot of people about car bras they are good for high way use but dont have it on all the time it will make your paint change color and you will need a repray so most just get there car resprayed when selling it its cheper than buying on in the first place but that's what ive been told but mind you most were holdens with the problem need I say anymore hope I could help.

[Guest]

I've got one and it's great for long highway trips. It's from the proper carbra place in VIC and it cost around $450 from memory. Alot cheaper then respraying the front end before resale.

[coach3062]

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I bought a second hand Autotechina brand (?) car bra off ebay a few months back and used it on a couple of Sydney trips. The fitting was awkward with the metal brackets(covered with material) that hold around the front mudguard lip prone to come off on full lock over driveways etc.

But the biggest problem was it got to about 205 and felt like it hit a wall! I took the bra off and presto, back to normal. I assumed the flow of air to the motor was restricted at speed (I've got 2 intakes).

This test was carried out on my private driveway of course.

The water temperature did not appear to be affected.

[Evil F6]

Yeah I got the colour coded one from the Vic mob with custom lettering. Looks heaps better than the black ones and is worth it rather than painting your bar every 6 months and keeps the sh*t out of your IC/radiator.

[howitzer85]

Any pics??? I've never seen any of the colour coded ones.

[Evil F6]

Here's the website:

http://www.carbra.com.au/examples.htm

[appwkc]

There appears to be 2 main companies.

Car Bra in Melbourne and Robco in Sydney (www.carbras.com.au)

I have a robo car bra and Car bra mirror bras.

My understanding is that the black is more robust than the coloured material.

Be aware that the battery takes air flow from behind the left headlight and the performance cars take their flows from behind the right headlight. Putting plastic over the headlights seriously blocks the airflow. I have punched holes around my carbra headlight plastic to increase air flow.

Mirror bras go over the mirrors to keep the bugs off.

Wayne

[benmwhite]

I'm not a real fan of car bras - apart from looking a bit ordinary do they rub the paintwork when using them?