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Old 02-01-2006, 12:01 AM
ElanC ElanC is offline
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Default Re: If you don't want / need to wear a front lic. plate - read this

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Originally Posted by Mikeyt758
Back a couple of month ago I had gotten into an accident in my wife's 03 CR-V and as I was picking up the car from being repaired at a Honda Body Shop I asked them about the 3m type film for the front of the car. The person recommended to me that he wouldn't use it on any of his cars as it doesn't let the paint breath and the paint could become brittle over time.
Paint needs to breath? Sounds like a myth to me. "Breathing" is what would cause paint to dry out and become brittle, or become oxydized. Keep air away from it and it will stay fresh.

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