You are one of a few that acturally do take them off. a guy that works next to my shop had his on for 9 years before he traded the car in. now mind you i live
in michigan with salt on the roads in winter. so he pulled the bra off expecting a perfect front end. what he found was RUST and mold and in some places
1/4 inch of dirt/mud since it couldnt dry. when he took off the brittle thing in wouldnt go back on so he bought another bra to hide the nose to sell it. gotta
love it. c-ya Jonce

>> Bra makers say that the bra cannot be used under rainy conditions. A wet bra
>> will grow mold that will damage your paint.
>>
>> I use mine only under dry conditions. If it rains, or is about to rain, I
>> remove the bra. If it gets wet, I remove and dry it before returning it to
>> the van. If I'm traveling and it begins to rain, I stop and remove the bra.
>>
>> I think a bra is probably not going to be of much use in your area with so
>> much rain.

>I've still got the original bra that was purchased w/ my 84 Westy when new.
>It's almost time to replace it, but it has no mildew stains on it after 21
>years. However, I only run w/ it when I am on the highway/freeway to avoid
>bugs & rock chips.  The rest of the time I leave it in the garage. I take it
>off whenever I wash the van, but I have never worried about it getting wet,
>& have not seen any paint problems on the nose.

>FWIW,

>Tom Buese-gonna put it on tonite for the BBB 600 mile-1 way trip.