PPF on the front of car... bonnet or lower bump strip? (Limited budget)

[MonoPoly307]

Hey guys

I'm in Australia, and we do country driving from time to time, where the roads often have small stones that can cause chips on the car.

I have a limited budget for PPF... if I were to PPF either the bonnet (hood) of the car, or the lower front bump strip (the whole plastic area), which is going to make more difference?
I guess I'm trying to work out whether most stone chip fly higher and hit the bonnet, or whether they typically hit the front of the car. Obviously both can happen on country roads, but I'd love people's thoughts on which area is more likely to be affected.

Of course if budget permitted, I'd do the whole front of the car, but at the moment I'm not in a position to.

Thanks guys!
Cheers
Mike

 

[mgs333]

The used Model 3 I picked up has lots of chips in the bumper area and very few on the hood, I'm in Northern California though so my guess is it had minimal country road driving.

 

[MonoPoly307]

Thanks for this info. Yeah, perhaps a different scenario, but still interesting to see that most of the damage happens on the bumper area.

 

[stopcrazypp]

For the hood, the leading edge will get most of the chips, which is why a lot of kits only cover around half the hood and not all the way. The bumper definitely will get a lot more of the rocks, at least here in California Bay Area.

If you want to save money, you can do DIY (the hood is especially easy, even if you buy a bulk roll, due to it being essentially flat). The front bumper is a lot harder, pretty much the hardest panel to do.

 

[MonoPoly307]

Great advice. Thanks!
I’ll see how much it costs to do the leading edge of the bonnet too then.