Bumper Protector Applique Problems

Yes this does suck!
It is very hard to find good tech's.
Mine was put on with no bubbles at all, I do not think they should exist.
As I think about it now on my Prius IV, when the clear bra was installed it had a bubble in the hood section and the tech came to our house to put a new hood section on.
Best of luck
Don

 

Park in the sun for a couple of days and the bubbles should come out (if they are not to large).

 

Yes the sun will fry the smaller ones out.

 

One trick that has worked for me with other large stickers is to simply use a pin, and prick a small little hole in the middle of the bubble. This will allow that air to escape, and with your pushing on the sticker around the bubble, and towards the little pin prick, they should resolve themselves.

This trick also works well for tinted windows. the trick is to make only a teeny little pinprick to allow the air to escape, or else eventually that little hole could get bigger.

 

No there isn't a miraculous process there, unfortunately. How would the air bleed out from those bubbles?
You learned a hard lesson about service people, or some of them, how knowledgeable they are.
Hope they will replace this too for you.

 

Can anyone take a very close up picture of how your applique fits on the bumper. Mine had to be replaced due to a car rear ending me, and the new one the body shop put on looks like its too short. they say its the same part number as what I had but it just looks wrong.

What I am seeing is that the applique ends about 1/2 inch before the bottom of the hatch lid, and the top edge is kind of wavy and not straight, like someone sliced it off with a razor. I swear my original applique went all the way under the bottom edge of the hatch lid so you could not even see the top edge of it when the hatch was closed.

Pictures would greatly help me show the body shop that they did something wrong and need to replace this.

Thanks.

 

Does this help?
Don

 

Yours looks better than mine, though I swear it used to go higher up. Then again it could be my failing memory

 

I just noticed now that our IV that was Port installed (It was on the sticker) is off a little and the V that was dealer installed is perfect.

This is my other car Prius IV

 

I can clearly see from the photos that mine was cut off by the installer. Instead of the nice rounded corners at the top, mine are sharp 90 degree cuts. I have no idea why he would slice 1/2 inch the whole thing from one end to the other, unless he messed up the top edge and decided to try and hide it rather than order another sticker.

 

If it looks bad then print these photos out and show them that you want a new one and good luck.
Don

 

This is mine.

 

It seems that they have chopped a little off the edge like you say, it seems OK, but it is you that has to live with it.
Best of luck
Don

Edit:
Yes I do notice what you are seeing now and very well !
To get a new one will be up to you and them!
Best of luck

Edit:
If it is good other than that, it may be in your best interest to leave it alone or you could get bubbles, finger prints, etc.. Next time.