I recently bought a magnet car bra for the 323, from www.magnetbra.com (http://www.magnetbra.com)
looked great, and promised to protect the bonnet from any more stonechips...without damaging the paint :)
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I fitted it a few weeks ago, and I took it off on Saturday, to give the car a good wash...
Unfortunately, this is what I found when I took it off :(
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Nope, it\'s not a reflection, it\'s a cloudy mess. Nothing in my armoury of products improves it, so I\'d guess it\'s between the base coat and the lacquer.
Magnetbra comes with a 1 year guarantee...however, Bob Lefevre, who owns the company, or at least, represents it, is adamant that this damage was not caused by a defective bra, but was a defect in the paint from the factory :scratch:
He states it is not caused by water retention, so the guarantee does not cover it.
So, now I have to take the car to a bodyshop, and as no one seems to be able to match the paint perfectly, it might need a front end respray :(
Don\'t buy or use these things, the product and the company are, in my opinion, absolutely disgraceful.
:)
i would of thought a strong cutting compound would get that out with a rotary polisher, some g3...
That looks like the laquer seperated from the paint. Strange one that.
you wil probably find that it is moisture that has soaked in to the laquer under the bra.... nothing can be done to stop this, it\'s just one of those things, you would have th same affect if you jus put a water proofe cover on the car..... and with the heat we have had the last few weeks it adds to teh problem! leave it off for a while & it will probably disapear over a period of time ;)
Jono
Have a chat with Trading Standards...
Ian.
This can be caused by the magnetic part and you should have been warned about it. A mate of mine used magnetic advertising signs on his metallic blue Mazda Bongo...........had to have both sides re-painted :(