| I decided I was tired of how scraped up the lower portion of my type III lip was, and something needed to be done. After a material suggestion by Guapo (bed liner), I spoke to several auto paint shops and picked up a spray can of Gravi Guard Stone Chip Protector. It turned out better than I had expected, and the tone matches the dark front fascia strip perfectly. During the process I decided to add some "accent stripes" to the front area with black electrical tape. I've included shots both with, and without - although I think it looks better [from frontal angles] without the stripe (perhaps simply because my tape isn't quite straight). It does look more "complete" from a profile angle though. If it were Nissan OEM accent trim, yay or nay? Enjoy! Damage (more places than just here):
 Masking and sanding. It took 5 or 6 tries to get the initial plastic blue tape in smoothest possible position, and it still isn't quite perfect. Very difficult. Regular blue painters tape on top afterwards. Sanded down the target area:
 Overspray protection:
 3 coats on:
 Close up:
 Masking removed:
 
Electrical accent tape removed:
 
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Afternoon project: Gravi Guard stone chip protetor - 
