With the shitbox state of our roads it'll be impossible to avouid them, the only solution I know of is Armourfend , it's a very thin and tough coating tailor made for the front of the car. It was originally developed to protect airliner paint finishes at high altitude and is also the reason you don't see the competing cars at Le Mans with worn decals at the end of 24 hours it's good stuff.

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I use a hard layering wheel wax which takes the edge of flying stones.

yea. look up ventureshield too. along the same lines as the kit suggested. most suppliers will cut it to fit.

or just keep your distance on busy roads.

*edit* ventureshield pic showcase

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bain of my life too,
1. always leave at least 4 car lengths between you and car in front.
2. never let anyone overtake at all costs, (all the c**p sits in the middle of the road and gets flicked up as car passes)im not saying drive faster either, just don't let em overtake.
3. drive with lights on, even in the day time (ive been experimenting with this recently and for some reason - but not quite 100% of the time - cars coming the opposite way tend to keep further to their left and avoiding the same scenario as mentioned in point # 2 above)
4. avoid certain roads that have big chevrons in the middle for junctions, you always get some c**t flying across them cutting junctions (again see points 2-3.
5. don't drive in really hot weather as the extra sticky tyres due to the heat further cause stones to flick up more readily.
6. if you ever see a gritter just avoid it at all costs, or if its coming the opposite way, spin round quick and stay in front.
7. avoid any roadwork's
8. always keep to your far left (though being mindful of and debris near to the curb ) to increase the distance between yourself and the traffic coming in the opposite direction as these can and do still flick up stones.

there are a few others but I can safely say my bonnet is in top condition as a result

9. Find more interesting things to worry about

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Haha, some interesting thoughts.

What can I say, it's not even my car, although I will have it for a number of years.

There are indeed more things to worry about, but as it's new, thought I'd try something. Never actually thought I was bad for this (getting chips on previous cars), as I don't tailgate as a general rule.

I can just imagine you Captain handbraking it when you spot a gritter in the middle of winter

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Mines got more stonechips than paint

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Lol, its going to have to be one of those crappy plastic deflectors, when i was in south africa for half of last year, they were on everything! from corsa's audis, to even the police, was quite funny imo.

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