Yeah... It is highly unlikely that I am going to wrap my car in blue painter's tape before taking the long-ish haul...

I've taken this ~600 mile trip before and never had major damage inflicted on my car...mostly just insects...

I guess I can always live my life wrapped in bubble-wrap... Or I can live life with some risk...

 

Contac brand removable shelf liner. You can get it at home depot and several other sources as well. Works great.

 

Is this it?

http://www.amazon.com/Con-Tact-Cover...lf+liner+clear

Thanks!

 

http://www.contactbrand.com/shop-cle...m#.VbdA43rn_qD

Check item numbers to make sure you are getting the removable type that you want. Either the creative or clear (semi-transparent) should be best. Of course the metal fx might be amusing.

 

If weve already accepted a ghetto solution why not just buy and actual bra?

 

Good observation...

I would probably get the permanent solution if my car had a pristine nose... As it stands, I have a 50K car with 50K wear on my front-end.

I don't want to install a permanent clear bra and put it on top of my imperfect front-end...but at the same time, I want to minimize damage on the ~600mi trip I have planned.

 

Blue tape, removable shelf liner, and even sometimes plasti-dip are common track day solutions. They may seem "ghetto" to some but they are intended for short term protection and are completely valid for that. Some owners even choose to put those short term solutions in place even though they already have clear bra for longer term protection because it's easier and a lot less work to pull off a bit of blue tape than to try to remove/clean large chunks of rubber deposits or cone scuffs from the vehicle after a track or autocross day. Peel it off, go home, car looks great, minimal clean up effort. It also keeps one's 3M protection (aka clear bra which is often applied to more than just the nose of the car) from getting significantly sand pitted by tiny bits of debris when at tracks known to have more grit than others.

Of the above-mentioned solutions, the removable shelf liner is the quickest to apply and remove.

Just like the adhesive-backed white sheets of paint and body protection that serve the same basic purpose and which brand new cars have on them while being transported to dealerships, none of the above mentioned options are intended for long term nor are they "pretty." They are, however, effective and meet the criteria the OP presented.

 

I agree... That was absolutely the communicated need...

Thanks RMurphy...

 

Someone else also mentioned trakk tape which is the same concept as the shelf liner.

http://www.trakktape.com/

Nice review of it here...
http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=588565

 

Do you honestly worry about driving for that many miles and stone chips? You have already said that you have stone chips etc. What about a short trip on the motorway/highway with lorries on those roads as well.

I recently did 1,300miles in 5 days and did nothing other than get in my car and drive it, stone chips will always happen and in reality will a thin bit of tape protect against a stone at speed?

Question to the people that do cover their cars, is your front end free of stone chips?

Sorry if this sounds rude, but i just don't see that one journey is likely to suddenly ruin the front end