[s-cars] Clear bra info

[Tom Green]

Unfortunately, Invinca-Shield went out of business last year, Paul.   
I had called wanting another kit for my avant, but I was told by
Kim Handy, the finance director, that they were in negotiations for  
selling that part of the business as a package, and the company
president did not want to jeopardize negotiations.  When things  
hadn't moved much I offered to buy a number of kits ( 5 to 10 ) in
September 2007, but that was nixed as well.  They had a graphics  
business separate from the clear bra, and I understood they
would likely remain in business there, but only sell off the clear  
bra operation, because it had grown so much, and the installation
and dealer installation  training was such a big part of that part of  
the business.  The president, Bart ? , promised to let me know
who bought the patterns (cad-cam software patterns on a H-P  
computer).  Since nobody is likely to measure another S4 and S6
for a kit, I suspect the custom install is the only option now.  $600  
or so instead of the $260 kit.

Then, when I tried to call a month later, the phones were dead and  
the web site gone.  I have no idea where that hard drive went,
but surely someone has it.  It had motorcycle, airplane, motor home,  
and about any motor vehicle you could imagine in the data-
base, all painstakingly measured by hand and transferred to the  
digital software program via a large x-y plotter.  The pattern
cutting was all automated and controlled by the computer just as a  
CNC milling machine operates.

I haven't found any more information about them.  I had hoped some of  
the installers would know something or a new web site would
appear with all their patterns on it.  I am sick about the effort I  
put in this, only to have this happen.  If you see anything out there  
that
is similar or find anything about this company, please let me know.   
N. Wilkesboro, NC is such a small town and well off the beaten
path that I doubt that any employees that would know the facts  
remained in the area.

I do have an unused kit for a '98 e-class mercedes.  :-)

Tom

> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:00:23 -0400
> From: "P. Dooley" <weski at icubed.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Clear bra info
> To: Floyd Noel <floyd.noel at gmail.com>
> Cc: S-Car-List at audifans.com
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> That's it Floyd!
>
> Thanks so much.  I'll be calling them later today.
>
> Paul
>
>
> Floyd Noel wrote:
>> http://www.s-cars.org/postnuke/modules.php? 
>> op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=196&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
>>
>> Is this it?
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 7:20 PM, P. Dooley <weski at icubed.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So, I remember someone talking about a 3M clear bra kit for the  
>>> C4 S6
>>> cars but I can't find it in the archives.  I thought I saved that  
>>> post
>>> too cause I knew I was going to get some new paint this year and  
>>> would
>>> want the clear bra before winter.  Well, I've got the paint done and
>>> aged and know I can't find any place that sells a kit for the 95 S6.
>>>
>>> Does anyone still have the link from the old post?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Paul
>>> 95 S6 getting stone chips on a pristine bumper