Winter Protection

[Snowman]

Ok, now bare with me on this question because it might be a little off the wall but I am curious. I live in Colorado and have to drive through a mountain pass everyday to and from work. With winter coming that means snow and with snow means gravel and sand on the roads to protect from sliding. My question is if there is a product of will even numerous amounts of wax application protect my front end from getting deep dings and knicks from those rocks and sand being kicked up from other vehicles out on the roads?? Again, I am not even sure if this is something that can even be prevented but thought I would throw it out there to just find out if I can prevent deep dings in my clear coat or even from getting down to my paint for that matter by applying more protection. Thanks for listening to this strange question though...


Trent

[Blr123]

Hi Snowman,

One thing that springs to mind is a "bra" for the front............another is the protective wax coating that some cars have under the bonnet you can paint this on and it leaves a coating which can be an eighth to quarter of an inch thick............as for a supplier in Canada I don't know..............ask a manufacturer yeah.

Bryan

[Murr1525]

No millimeter thin layer of wax will stop a stone. You will want some sort of bra, or plastic gueard for those instances.

[Blr123]

The only problem I can see with a bra is that if it's the truck in Snowmans' avatar then it might bot be very effective.

Bryan

[Snowman]

well i have even been told to get one of those clear bra things that you can put on vehicles and some people even cover their entire hoods with. I really don't care for them because eventually you can see the line of the clear protective material going across your hood and especially when the vehicle is dirty. I don't care for that, I want a clean look.

[Blr123]

Well I hate to say it Snowman but I think you'll struggle to get what you're looking for, even the protective wax I mentioned doesn't look good but it does protect.

Bryan

[Snowman]

yea, i figured I was shooting in the dark here but figured I would try..

[gtp]

3/m makes just what you are looking for. you wont be able to tell that its on....

go to www.3m.com, automotive, scotchguard paint protection to learn more

[mis3]

I have 3M plastic on the front of the hood, sode mirrors, and all over the bumper. The hood part extends about 20 inches into the hood. It's has been almost 2 years and they're great.

I need this because of the frequent commutes betweem Montreal and Toronto.

My car is silver so the plastic does not show too much. I am not sure if I would get it installed if my car has a darker color.

[TKDDAD]

Originally posted by gtp
3/m makes just what you are looking for. you wont be able to tell that its on....

go to www.3m.com automotive, scotchguard paint protection to learn more

You had an extra comma in the link so it wouldn't work....I fixed it in my reply

Also, the 3m film protection is not cheap...$500 in my area for just the upper section of the car...