Stone chips....

[ifti]

Im getting a few stone chips on my bonnet due to motorway driving, which I do a lot of.
Is there anything I can apply to protect the bonnet?

[bobotheclown]

you can get transparent film applied to the bonnet that will help prevent chips.

[illyun]

Im getting a few stone chips on my bonnet due to motorway driving, which I do a lot of.
Is there anything I can apply to protect the bonnet?

I had ventureshield applied to my bonnet, front grill and spolier, wings and bumper.  I can't recommend it enough.. especially seeing the number of tiny stonechips I have collected in 2 weeks after putting the carbon fibre bonnet on.  My normal bumper and rest of the car has zero chips  

[bobotheclown]

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Scotchgard-PPF/Home/

Here is a link to the manufacturers website.

[ifti]

Im getting a few stone chips on my bonnet due to motorway driving, which I do a lot of.
Is there anything I can apply to protect the bonnet?

I had ventureshield applied to my bonnet, front grill and spolier, wings and bumper.  I can't recommend it enough.. especially seeing the number of tiny stonechips I have collected in 2 weeks after putting the carbon fibre bonnet on.  My normal bumper and rest of the car has zero chips  

How much did it set you back??

[ifti]

Was thinking of getting some touch up paint and filling in the odd stone chips?
Has anyone ever tried this??

[illyun]

Alternatively you can go for http://www.venture-shield.co.uk/ .  I don't have a vested interested in any particular film, but I found - to my surprise - that 3M film tends to yellow with age and isn't as UV-Transparent as Ventureshield - which means that colours like Red or lighter colours will tend to fade slightly where the film doesn't cover the paintwork and leave a noticeable difference in shade if/when removed.  Thats why I chose Ventureshield.  Anyway, do your research and decide whats best for you.  

[illyun]

Im getting a few stone chips on my bonnet due to motorway driving, which I do a lot of.
Is there anything I can apply to protect the bonnet?

I had ventureshield applied to my bonnet, front grill and spolier, wings and bumper.  I can't recommend it enough.. especially seeing the number of tiny stonechips I have collected in 2 weeks after putting the carbon fibre bonnet on.  My normal bumper and rest of the car has zero chips  

How much did it set you back??

£500 but cheaper than a respray and as I do a lot of motorway driving myself it will keep the value of the car over time - 32k miles in the Ed30 in 18 months (I've kept it that low as I've done about 40k miles in other cars in that time)

[illyun]

Was thinking of getting some touch up paint and filling in the odd stone chips?
Has anyone ever tried this??

Works a treat on black - as I found out with my 06 GTI... not sure about lighter colours.  But I think you'ill forever be fighting it and in the end, the front end will look a bit messy.

[gstar-dubworld]

Was thinking of getting some touch up paint and filling in the odd stone chips?
Has anyone ever tried this??

That's the usual remedy mate once chipped = touch up paint or nose cone respray..

Any other form of formal protection really would need to be done/applied when new or after a nose cone respray for best results..