Clear bra?

Anyone do the paint protection film/clear bra for their new burban/tahoe? Have it on my Volvo v90 and it saved my hood from dozens of dings. Wondering if with the higher ride height of the burban if it would be any benefit.

If you’ve had success with it do it. We get rock chips and scratches like other rigs.

Yeah, a bunch of us are using films of one brand or another. I chose not to put it on the hood since the Yukon hood is not exposed up front, but the rest of the front is covered. A search should yield more info.

I opted for a "partial front" on my wife's Yukon with a local XPEL dealer, which covers the full front, about 12-15" up the hood and front fenders, mirror caps, and door cups. This is my first experience with PPF so the jury is still out on its effectiveness, but I know from experience that my Sierra's front end looks like it has been through a war zone without it.

I've had five black Tahoes, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016 and my current 2021. The front end was pretty chewed up on the first two (I put about 30-35k miles per year on them). On the third I put film on the headlights and that alone made a major difference but the painted parts were still pretty chewed up. On the 2016 and the 2021 I have film on the entire front end, including the leading edge of the hood, the headlights and on the mirrors. The 2016 looked as good the day I traded it (with 145k miles on it) as it did the day I bought it. It's totally worth the money. I have attached a pic of the 2016 I took the day I traded it in back in January of 2021 - it was 5 years old in the pic but the front end looked brand new.

Very highly recommended.. I got the front fascia, leading edged of the front fenders and hood, A pillar exterior, leading edge of the roof back to the rear of the SXM/GPS antenna. I went even one step further for hood protecxtion and added the Weather Tech hood bug deflector….….

And. Mirror Caps. A LT tile pricey but well worth it for long term protection.

Pro299 said:

Yeah, a bunch of us are using films of one brand or another. I chose not to put it on the hood since the Yukon hood is not exposed up front, but the rest of the front is covered. A search should yield more info.

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Did you put any film on your grill/chrome bits or only the bumper/painted parts?

I have a premiere Suburban which has a lot of nooks and crannies in the chrome grill so wondering how to prevent those from getting nicked.

217_Yukon said:

I opted for a "partial front" on my wife's Yukon with a local XPEL dealer, which covers the full front, about 12-15" up the hood and front fenders, mirror caps, and door cups. This is my first experience with PPF so the jury is still out on its effectiveness, but I know from experience that my Sierra's front end looks like it has been through a war zone without it.

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CriticalThinker said:

I've had five black Tahoes, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016 and my current 2021. The front end was pretty chewed up on the first two (I put about 30-35k miles per year on them). On the third I put film on the headlights and that alone made a major difference but the painted parts were still pretty chewed up. On the 2016 and the 2021 I have film on the entire front end, including the leading edge of the hood, the headlights and on the mirrors. The 2016 looked as good the day I traded it (with 145k miles on it) as it did the day I bought it. It's totally worth the money. I have attached a pic of the 2016 I took the day I traded it in back in January of 2021 - it was 5 years old in the pic but the front end looked brand new.

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How much $ did this run you guys?

Absolutely do it. The paint on these is pretty thin (it has been for a long time) and will damage easily.

I did full hood and bumper on my 23’ Denali. XPEL clear “self healing” film. Local installer also did my side view mirrors for me as a courtesy after I agreed to his initial price. I was quoted $1099 with a 10yr film warranty and it took them 2.5 days on a brand new truck. Film is nearly invisible, I can see it if I’m looking for it but no one else would ever know. Opted for the full hood just so my OCD wouldn’t look for the partial line always. Dealer wouldn’t do the grill — too many nooks and crannies and it’s chrome so I wasn’t as worried about it as I was the black paint that would show every little nick. Jury’s out on if it’ll survive the Texas highways but I sleep a little better knowing I’ve got some protection on the massive front end.