I have the Avery version of the 3M stuff. It is sold under the XPEL name. Go to www.xpel.com. The avery stuff is 6mil. I bet that the 3M is the same or very close. If you look at the website, you will see that they sell a pre cut kit with and without the hood indentations. The one without the indentations is much harder to put on, but I had an xpel trained installer do it. It has less perimeter to it, so it is the better choice (less perimeter means less wax to clean off of the edge). It came out perfect. . I would not recommend anyone to do it theirself. I got some extra left over to do behind each tire (on the fender) and was able to succesfully do that, but it just is not easy. I CAN NOT imagine how hard the entire grill and hood must have been. My installer said that many people try it, but swear they will never do it again. The stuff is expensive, and you do not want to be practicing on your own car. Again, my installer did it PERFECTLY, and she said that it took many, many attempts at the xpel training program she attended to get it that way

As to how it looks. It is pretty good. It is far from invisible, but fairly hard to spot. The edges get wax buildup that seems impossible to get rid of entirely. The thing that surprised me the most is the orange peelish look it adds to the paint. Not really bad, but noticeable. I would still highly recommend it though. It won't stop all chips, but so far I have none!

I have noticed that it has started to shrink a tiny bit (4 weeks now), and the wax line is easy to see again. I will have to toothpick it out again. Minor, in my opinion.

I will never own a new car again without it.