Stone chip protection

[davidpingu]

Anyone seen this stuff or a similar product? Would be interested to know if anyone is using it?

http://www.amazon.com/3M-90000-Paint-Defender-Spray/dp/B00BSKYM82

Stone chips are so unsightly I'm quite tempted to apply this to newly sprayed panels, mainly front bumper and bonnet.

Apparently it has good UV protection properties too so I wondered how good it would be if applied to headlights too?

 

[blueguy]

Online reviews generally aren't very favourable, pointing to difficulty in applying for a good finish and extremely difficult to remove if it goes wrong, even before its fully cured.

Given it only lasts a year, and with online reviews stating how difficult it is to get a good finish, it looks like a bit of risk.

 

[DC5RS]

Nice find, if anyone can confirm it works i buy it immediately

 

[Mike_DC5]

Its almost impossible to stop stone chips, however you can minimize them by less motorway journeys, not getting to close to cars infront,driving in heavy rain etc etc!

 

[Josh16v]

Useless stuff!

 

[maxvr6]

As above its impossible to prevent, best bet is to try some protection film similar to what they use for wraps.

 

[Altecians]

http://chipguard.co.uk/car-protection.html

I was looking at something like this after my respray. 3m venture shield.

 

[Erm]

Unless you wrap your car or paint it in plasti-dip the paint will get damaged at some point by stone chips unfortunately.

 

[PORTHOS]

A clear wrap is your best bet.

 

[DC5RS]

A clear wrap is your best bet.

Does any company produce them?link?

 

[Erm]

Does any company produce them?link?

Imagine it would be a custom job and rather expensive

 

[Croccy]

I was thinking about doing a template for the front bumper for my sign cutter. Need to get my bumper resprayed first though.

Could also look at PlastiDip. They do a clear one and it is awesome stuff!!

Matt.

 

[Josh16v]

Better just to enjoy it, and get it repainted in a few years when it's stonechipped again.
Clear wrapped front ends just don't look right. I've worked on a few that have actually done more damage than good too, stone chip still gets through but the paint peels when removing the sticker!