Patrick - the film you saw on that Z likely had fading issues. It's a shame you saw a poor film on a nice car, which turned you away from a clearbra. I can tell you there are films and installers that can perform a nice install unlike that Z you saw.

As for detailers in socal......sorry, but I don't know anyone in LA..........San Diego though, but that's pretty far from you.

 

If you're going on longer trips, use a regular bra.

I was thinking about just getting my front bumper with a clear bra.
I'm starting to see some chips, but I expect chips.

It is a car, and I am driving it on a road. If it ever gets bad enough you start touching them up like mizzoutiger

 

To me its really sad that my G with 4000 miles has more chips on the bumper and hood than my Jeep Overland with 30,000 miles. I have never even waxed my Jeep. It is a lease and the paint still looks great. My G has had 8 coats of Zaino on it from day one. The quality of paint on the G is weak. My last cars before that have been Acura's and there paint jobs puts Infiniti to shame

 

One of the guys I work with has a new TL. He was too cheap to have the clear bra put on and it is now chipped to sht. I think it is more a function of the paint mfg more than the car mfg.