ZAMIRZ

I'm picking up my new daily driver (Mini Cooper S) on Saturday in San Jose and don't want to get dead bugs/ rock chips on it during the drive home to Los Angeles so I was wondering if anyone knows where to get some racer's tape locally here in l.a. so I can protect the front of my new Mini.

thanks,

amir

Greg Fishman

Don't use it for that. The cleanup of the residue will be worse than a few bugs. If anyhting get some contact/shelf paper and use that.

Cy

Hey Zamirz:

After I put softer compound and wider tires on my narrowbody, I started getting some serious sandblasting on the leading edge of my rear bumper. (This was also right after I had it resprayed for the first time . . . so maybe the non-factory paint doesn't bond as well?)

Anyway, I recently had to have the rear bumper resprayed a second time and decided to put Invinci-Shield or a similar product on those leading edges. Unfortunately, time ran out and I didn't get around to ordering the Invinci-Shield. However, what I did have on hand was a roll of 1" wide, blue painters masking tape I picked up for $2. (I'd purchased it to cover black plastic areas on my car when I was using certain white polishing products with a random orbital buffer.) So, I ran a strip of this down the leading edge . . . stuck perfectly, stayed on in the rain, leaves no residue. Might want to give it a shot . . . believe if comes in 2" thickness too.

Regards,

ZAMIRZ

Thank you both for the feedback, I'll be heading to Home Depot tomorrow after school.

Greg Fishman

Good idea on the painter's tape. I forgot about that stuff.

OPTIMO

3M Blue Painters tape. So cheap, so good.