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Modifying your car looks cool, but it's not all about simple aesthetics. Many customizations have more functional purposes- they can make the car run faster or smoother, for instance, or help to defend your car from any damage- if you've spent a lot of time and cash on your ride, the last thing you want is for all of that to be ruined by scratches and dings.

A good example of this is Smoked tail lights. This kind of tail lights has been covered by a film layer that makes them more opaque and darker. This layer can protect the glass of your lights from dirt and grit. Take note, however, that the local laws in your area may have laws against Smoked tail lights, so do your research and make sure your mods are street legal.

Less showy than Smoked tail lights and much more practical are the Clear bras paint protection systems. These also lay down an additional, almost invisible layer of film over you car. They're applied to the front bumper, and areas like side mirrors and headlights, which are often subjected to small collisions with flying road debris, like loose gravel.

Without the clear bra, these small collisions with street debris can really add up to a lot of scrapes on your ride, which might require some costly repainting to affected areas. Clear bras are a good investment so that it never comes to this: just spend a little extra in the beginning, and then be assured that your paint job is safe.

If your car is hit hard enough (like with a larger piece of rock, while going at high speeds), it will leave a dent. This doesn't necessarily mean another trip to the car shop to have the whole panel reworked and repainted, and several days' worth of waiting.

PDR Paintless dent removal is a technique that is both faster and cheaper than traditional dent removal techniques. In PDR, a trained technician uses some specialized tools to gradually smooth out the dent, so that eventually it looks good as new. If the dent didn't break the paint, it's even better- you won't need repainting, and worrying about the cost or whether the new paint will match the old one.