Modshack

Great deal....Thanks!

Shortimer

Modshack,
If you order this item from Shopchevyparts.com please post your impression of the transaction. I'd be interested to know if the item is in stock and what they charge for shipping.

Modshack

So far very professional and instant email acknowledgement. Like most on-line parts houses, they are likely affiliated with a dealer. Few dealers stock parts anymore, and the supply chain has gotten so good they can have them in 1-2 days. I fully expect this is the case. Shipping UPS ground a reasonable $12.

Modshack

Update: Order shipped today, one day from order. Must have been in stock.

Rgeezer

Hey Modshack, did you get it yet? What do you think?

Modshack

Yup..Got it! Pretty nice, Fits very well. Light and compact when rolled up. There are tabs that slip in between the body and light to stabilize it...These were a little tight, but a gentle pry with a plastic trim tool got em seated just fine. Probably about 5 minutes to put on once you install the 2 included snaps under the hood. 2 minutes to remove. I'll only use this for long trips (in the dry) so it won't be on much.

Rgeezer

Great, thanks for the review and the pic! I asked for one for my upcoming birthday, and am happy to hear that goes on and off pretty quickly (although I don't have any trim tools, so the sound of that prying makes me nervous!). I'm thinking about a long cross-country trip over the summer and would feel more comfortable with a little protection for the nose.

Modshack

With long trips on the horizon I would definitely do it. Inserting the tabs around the headlight is no big deal once you do it the first time. You can pick up plastic trim tools at Harbor freight or other places. They are handy for other operations too..

Speed lingerie offers a bra that doesn't utilize these tabs and is color matched, but you'll pay $6X for that luxury...
For occasional use the Chebby Bra is just fine..

Rgeezer

Well, I got mine and started to install it, but I stopped as I was getting the sinking feeling that I would cause more damage to the front end by installing the bra than I would by driving it around with it off! The snaps went on fine, but I really wasn't having any luck getting the tabs to go in around the headlights, and the metal hooks for the grill were making me nervous sitting on my front end while I was doing all this. So I just took the snaps off and set the whole thing aside. I'm undecided about whether to sell it, or perhaps try it again later as I get closer to a longer trip, but I was hoping for something that would be quite a bit simpler in the "on and off" department.

Had no problems with the vendor though, quick shipping and service.

Modshack

You need to use a trim tool as mentioned. Once you do it once it's a piece of cake and goes on and off in minutes...

Rgeezer

Yeah, I picked up a 4-piece trim tool set from HF but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of give in the body panels, and the "top" tab of the bra seems to be really wide--the other tabs seem to go in okay. I guess I should give it another shot, but the amount of prying I was starting to do was making me really nervous.

Also, could you please take a pic of your installation with your hood up? Under the hood, the spot outside of the snaps where I tried to mount the j-hooks didn't seem to fit particularly well, so maybe I was doing it in the wrong place.

My final problem is that I live in a dreaded front license plate state, and I've discovered that I'll have to take the plate off and on each time I either take the bra off, or put it on. Although that's not difficult, it adds more time and hassle to the process, so it looks like if I can get it to work, it would see a "long trip only" type of usage.

Thanks for the input and pics.

Modshack

I don't have a pic handy but it clips to the Metal tab just to the outside of the hood pistons. It does bunch a little there. Don't be shy with the trim tool...The Bodywork is very flexible. Top tab goes just in front of the seam..