You see these black things on the front of cars in USA and wonder why they do it.
Why do they do it? I am sure it's not to add beauty.
2007-12-09 02:25:18 · 8 answers · asked by saad_awal 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
It's intended use it to protect the paint and grille of the automobile from damage from small stones, sand and grit on the front of the car.
2007-12-09 02:29:20 · answer #1 · answered by Albannach 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The intention is to preserve the beauty so bugs and stones don't ruin the paint on the nose of the car. If used properly they are useful.
It was a big trend/fad in the '80s. However, there really only good for a one at a time highway trip's because they fit so tight, if you leave them on all the time they rub through the paint damaging it reversing it's original purpose.
I known people that had front end damage from a fender bender so they would buy a bra to hide the damage.
2007-12-09 14:12:28 · answer #2 · answered by Frankie Coletta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bugs are hard to get off the finish and many will damage the paint. Love bugs in Florida are especially bad. They come out in swarms to breed and when you plow through a swarm of them, there's little dead copulating bugs on the paint. If you don't wash them off quickly, the take the paint off.
Oh yeah, some people put bras on their cars to keep the front end from sagging.
2007-12-09 05:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by bikinkawboy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like my z28 its low to the ground and the hood is slope down like a vette and rock chips the paint,, so i put what they vlack think is called a bra on it here in the states... Now on the vette i didnt have to put a bra on it because it was fiberglass, but i dont recall ever seeing a vette with a bra,,, some people like them for show but like i said i hate to have it painted in the fron 3 times from small rocks
2007-12-09 02:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by John N 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes they think it looks cool, sometimes they think they're protecting it from stones and crap coming out of the dumptruck in front of you. Not all Americans do that. I think it was more popular back in the 80s anyway.
2007-12-09 02:31:23 · answer #5 · answered by p3200tmz 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yeah.. what they said....
protecting your investment... one answer at a time....
I'm just moving through real quick today, doing cut and paste answers...this part is cut and pasted, but the sentence above was not. I mean every word of it, even if it's just one word. Today is a points day. Rock on ....
2007-12-09 04:29:35 · answer #6 · answered by Zipperhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just protection...specially in very snowy weather,roads get very full of salt and sand to give traction to the tires.
2007-12-09 04:39:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It protects the paint from dead bug goo that would eat the paint off.
2007-12-09 04:08:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋