all this taping, done to prevent chipping? bugs? both? i've never seen, nor herd, of anyone doing this. lol, would totally piss the wife off if i got up early and taped up the cooper. might jsut be worth the money in tape to do so. put my father's day gift on layaway. ruger mark III with a baskina, basker, some cheap red dot sight. gotta wait my 3 days. grabbed a portable shooting bench as well. sweet gifts. now i have a platform to see just what the .17hmr can do!! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Taping will protect against chipping, bugs etc... I have seen a lot of my buddies car club cars taped before traveling to car shows. I have even seen rims taped. Yeah, Mike (azbass) did it on his VW for his trip up to one off the AZ meets. The most epic example of this is when those 2 guys did an entire Audi and drove it across country. it used to be on vxvortex, but it looks like you have to be a member to see it now.