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Decided to pony up for the clear bra and repaint. It's very low and fiberglass, so I might regret not getting any protection on it. These cars came with the factory option of a clear bra way back in 2005 so it's something I should probably have. Thanks all for your perspectives.

That's the tough part... I could see keeping this car 1 year or 10+ years, I'm not sure. I have my sights set on someday upgrading to something like an F430, but the thing is such a blast and an order of magnitude cheaper to own, so I may never make that jump. Additionally, life is always...

As a follow-up to this thread (https://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/ask-mike-phillips-your-detailing-questions-/123872-clear-bra-marred-brake-fluid-spill-way-fix.html), long story short, a shop spilled brake fluid on my Lotus Elise's clear bra and when removing the bra, paint started peeling...

BTW, they left it out in the sun (but started work before 10am so it couldn't have gotten very hot) and supposedly used boiling water. Seems like that wouldn't heat it up as well as a heat gun, steam, etc. given the water would only be on the surface for a few seconds before rolling off...

Talked with the shop and they're going to pay for a front-end repaint and then clear bra once the paint cures. So all is good. The paint and clear bra were okay, but not great, so I guess in the end it should all be worth it. I looked up the paint/body shop they use and they do great work...

No idea, but now the front end of the car needs to repainted and whole clear bra needs to be redone. Aka several thousand dollars worth of work through no fault of my own. What recourse do I have and what would be fair to ask of the shop to pay for? Not to mention my car will be out of...

Alright, so horrible news. The installer started pulling off the old clear bra and it started pulling up paint - it looks like the front end "clamshell" (all one fiberglass piece with the Lotus) was repainted at some point. So now I have a 1/4-removed clear bra and paint coming up, and I'm...

How easy is it to polish? At this point I'm kind of leaning towards just having them replace, since they would only credit me the amount at their $350 cost, and getting it done somewhere else would surely cost more. Even if I could polish the splotch out, I'd still have an old piece of clear...

I think it's fine. I got a chance to look at it in person and the marring seems to be limited to the surface of the clear bra. The shop updated me and said their cost to replace is $350. So I either get $350 off my bill or they can replace it no charge. I'm leaning towards just having it...

The shop working on my Lotus Elise spilled brake fluid on the clear bra (don't know the brand of clear bra, but he said it doesn't look like the factory one). He wiped it off immediately, but it still left a dull streak in the bra. Is there any way to correct this (or at least make it less...