Does hood protector really helps?

[sobi6111]

I am about to paint my car's hood,fenders and bumper front,so the thing is that i can't put clear bra on it right after being painted,as paint needs about 20-30 days to cure compeltely. But i don't want to damage it with Idaho rocks on the road in 1st day after paint. So should i buy hood plastic protector to save paint from any damage for a month till I am able to put clear bra??? Any ideas or suggestions are welcome :-)

Anyone have picture how it looks white car with hood protector? In closely shot :-)

[dpgx5]

I have one on my X, PO put it on, dont have a close pic.
I wasnt a big fan but It grew on me and I think it adds a nice touch to it!
I think that it does help avoiding rocks, scuffing up the hood etc. from big trucks
(i try not to stay behind them)
Chile1 is a member I noticed has one, i'm sure he'll chime in.

[chile1]

Originally Posted by sobi6111

I am about to paint my car's hood,fenders and bumper front,so the thing is that i can't put clear bra on it right after being painted,as paint needs about 20-30 days to cure compeltely. But i don't want to damage it with Idaho rocks on the road in 1st day after paint. So should i buy hood plastic protector to save paint from any damage for a month till I am able to put clear bra??? Any ideas or suggestions are welcome :-)

Anyone have picture how it looks white car with hood protector? In closely shot :-)

I kind'a like them however it depends on the color of your X5:

[sobi6111]

Originally Posted by chile1

I kind'a like them however it depends on the color of your X5:

So did it help you to protect hood from rock chips? or you have clear bra?

[jsears]

Tambalolong had the hood protector on his white X5. Hopefully he doesn't mind me posting some of his pictures!

[chile1]

Originally Posted by sobi6111

So did it help you to protect hood from rock chips? or you have clear bra?

It does help - a lot . What I was trying to say was that it may not be esthetically pleasing to the eye if your car's color does not flow with the color of the hood protector.

[sobi6111]

Hopefully it will help me,as I am painting hood because i got ugly huge dent which even damaged paint. I was driving from Portland one day,and hood looks ugly,because of truck infront of me and i was following in too close :-(.

[chile1]

Originally Posted by sobi6111

Hopefully it will help me,as I am painting hood because i got ugly huge dent which even damaged paint. I was driving from Portland one day,and hood looks ugly,because of truck infront of me and i was following in too close :-(.

Some folk choose looks over functionality. IMHO, the clear bra will help with the small chips, however, it won't do much against the big gravel rocks that the Semi's tend to fling back at cars.

[sobi6111]

Originally Posted by chile1

Some folk choose looks over functionality. IMHO, the clear bra will help with the small chips, however, it won't do much against the big gravel rocks that the Semi's tend to fling back at cars.

So in your opinion hood protector will help much more than clear bra???

[chile1]

Originally Posted by sobi6111

So in your opinion hood protector will help much more than clear bra???

As ugly as it seems to some, the hood protector will protect the front of your X5 100x more than the clear bra.