Stone chips are some of the most annoying aspects of owning a car, right up there with key scratches and bird poop. But there are solutions to avoid paint and windshield damage from small stones, with the protective film being the most effective.

And if we’re talking about an insanely expensive car like the McLaren P1, protecting it from stone chips is essential, as Jay Leno shows in his latest video.

As the first McLaren P1 owner in the US, Leno says the first thing he did upon taking delivery of the car was to call experts so that they applied a protective film over the P1’s precious bodywork.

The video you are about to watch details the entire operation, which obviously requires a lot of attention to detail, patience and steady hands. It’s a painstaking work, whose final result is judged as great if the car looks exactly like it did at the beginning.

Scroll down to watch how the team of specialists applied a “condom” to Jay’s McLaren P1.

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