Car bra

[BayGBM]

There was a time in the late 1980s when almost everyone had a bra on their car. Remember?  Most of them were made of leather (or imitation leather) and they were put on virtually every model of car you can imagine: Corvette, Camero, Trans Am, Accord, Carolla, Escort, Celica, etc.  After a time, vendors started to offer them in clear plastic and other weird materials, designs, etc.  Ostensibly the purpose of the bra was to protect your car’s front finish against nicks and cuts from road debris, but looking back it seems like nothing more than a mindless gimmick/trend concocted to separate you from your $$.  One almost never sees them anymore.  I realized that this morning when I saw one… on the highway and it was such an anachronism.  Did you ever have a bra on your car?  Did your friends?  What were you thinking?

[El Diablo Blanco]

The best was when people took them off and the car had bad tan lines.  You'd see the faded damage the sun did to the rest of your car.

[Nails]

 

[BayGBM]

The best was when people took them off and the car had bad tan lines.  You'd see the faded damage the sun did to the rest of your car.

ha ha ha Self owning at its worst!  

If you want to protect your car, keep it in a garage.

[njflex]

The best was when people took them off and the car had bad tan lines.  You'd see the faded damage the sun did to the rest of your car.

or worse on white car they yellowed..

[El Diablo Blanco]

They still sell them now but as a clear film.  When I bought my new car they tried to sell me the front wrap.  I told them no.

[Parker]

ha ha ha Self owning at its worst!  

If you want to protect your car, keep it in a garage.

Or just wrap it.

[El Diablo Blanco]

I still see people that use car covers during the day.  every morning I see the same guy at work spend about 10 minutes covering his older BMW.  It is an average car at best but he covers it anytime it's parked at work.

[BayGBM]

It amazes me to think of how popular they were.  From the Corvette to the Yugo, it was easily on 60%+ of cars on the road for a while.  Someone, somewhere, got very rich hawking those stupid bras.  They remind me of another 80's phenomenon: the Club.  Again, someone got very rich selling that too... until one of those news magazines did a story on it and showed how easy it was defeat it: just saw the steering wheel and club came right off.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Do you remember louvers?  Why not put plantation blinds on a car?

[funk51]

  i prefer to call it the manzere.

[BayGBM]

Do you remember louvers?  Why not put plantation blinds on a car?

Yes!  Another trend designed to empty your walled that totally faded.  It was never as popular as the bra but lots of people thought this was "cool" at one time.  If you are a high school kid it makes sense that you were stupid enough to go this route, but why would any adult do this?

[Nails]

dont forget the Chrome Fender addon

[Grape Ape]

There was a time in the late 1980s when almost everyone had a bra on their car. Remember?  Most of them were made of leather (or imitation leather) and they were put on virtually every model of car you can imagine: Corvette, Camero, Trans Am, Accord, Carolla, Escort, Celica, etc.  After a time, vendors started to offer them in clear plastic and other weird materials, designs, etc.  Ostensibly the purpose of the bra was to protect your car’s front finish against nicks and cuts from road debris, but looking back it seems like nothing more than a mindless gimmick/trend concocted to separate you from your $$.  One almost never sees them anymore.  I realized that this morning when I saw one… on the highway and it was such an anachronism.  Did you ever have a bra on your car?  Did your friends?  What were you thinking?

I will admit to having one.

I had a new car, but lived in a condo in the city, so I only had access to street parking.  Front end got a scratch the first friggin' day, so on went the leather.

Threw it out a year later.

[Skeeter]

I bought one for my '99 Hyundai Tiburon. It had some rust on the hood and would have needed a new one. The bra was cheaper. 

[Rambone]

dont forget the Chrome Fender addon

Those would go nicely with my windshield sun shade on my pussy magnet

[Sokolsky]

Completely redundant unless you're commuting 300km on a gravel road.

[Disco187]

The best was when people took them off and the car had bad tan lines.  You'd see the faded damage the sun did to the rest of your car.

HAHAHAHAH exactly

[BayGBM]

Part of what made the bra so stupid was that it started out as an offering for mid to higher end cars... but cheap car owners didn't want to be left out so they kept making them for cheaper and cheaper models.  I was only in high school at the time, but when I started seeing bras on cars like the Ford Escort or the Toyota Tercel I knew it had jumped the shark.  And that leads to a larger point: instead of trying to dress up a cheap car with stupid bells and whistles, bras, undercarriage lights, louvers, tinted windows, etc. why not just save that money and put it toward a better car?

No matter how much you dress up a cheap car, you are not impressing anyone because you are still in a cheap car.

[Primemuscle]

There was a time in the late 1980s when almost everyone had a bra on their car. Remember?  Most of them were made of leather (or imitation leather) and they were put on virtually every model of car you can imagine: Corvette, Camero, Trans Am, Accord, Carolla, Escort, Celica, etc.  After a time, vendors started to offer them in clear plastic and other weird materials, designs, etc.  Ostensibly the purpose of the bra was to protect your car’s front finish against nicks and cuts from road debris, but looking back it seems like nothing more than a mindless gimmick/trend concocted to separate you from your $$.  One almost never sees them anymore.  I realized that this morning when I saw one… on the highway and it was such an anachronism.  Did you ever have a bra on your car?  Did your friends?  What were you thinking?

In answer to your question, no car I've owned has worn a bra. Personally, I find them unattractive. Auto paint quality has improved a lot. the paint is more impervious to nicks and dings today. When I recently purchased a new car, the dealer tried to sell me a clear protective coating (like a plastic film) to cover the hood of the car. I declined the offer and the added expense.

[njflex]

Part of what made the bra so stupid was that it started out as an offering for mid to higher end cars... but cheap car owners didn't want to be left out so they kept making them for cheaper and cheaper models.  I was only in high school at the time, but when I started seeing bras on cars like the Ford Escort or the Toyota Tercel I knew it had jumped the shark.  And that leads to a larger point: instead of trying to dress up a cheap car with stupid bells and whistles, bras, undercarriage lights, louvers, tinted windows, etc. why not just save that money and put it toward a better car?

No matter how much you dress up a cheap car, you are not impressing anyone because you are still in a cheap car.

YOU forgot body kits..

[Skeletor]

Landau roof, chrome outlining, gold emblems.





And then you have stick on vents:



The horror.

[Coffeed]

Gold emblems...

Those were the "ultimate" in luxury for a couple years.

Did some high end maker do this then it was immediately ripped off by Toyota and some budget imports? That fad died fast.

[El Diablo Blanco]

I can't stand the white pickup trucks with black fenders.  I know the trend with the black fenders was because they had carbon fiber, but the cheap asses that just spray paint them black is lame.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

It amazes me to think of how popular they were.  From the Corvette to the Yugo, it was easily on 60%+ of cars on the road for a while.  Someone, somewhere, got very rich hawking those stupid bras.  They remind me of another 80's phenomenon: the Club.  Again, someone got very rich selling that too... until one of those news magazines did a story on it and showed how easy it was defeat it: just saw the steering wheel and club came right off.

The club was a great weapon to have in your car. Forget Negan's baseball bat. The club had some weight to it...