Hi All,

I bought a new nissan Altima 3 weeks ago.

I'm in Chicago. There was a heavy snow 2 days ago. When I tried to
clean the snow and ice on top of my car, some ice fragments slipped
from the top all the way down to the car hood. The next day, I had my
car washed in a big store and added polish wax (extra $2) for the wash.

After that I found that there're still some very small scratches left
on the hood. They can only be seen if I look at the hood from the side
under the sunlight. I looked at them carefully and I think the paint is

ok but the scratches are somewhat on top of the paint layer, maybe the
so-called coating layer? So I guess that is due to the ice fragments?
That's why I consider getting some paint protection. I maybe wrong
though since this is my first new car and I don't have much experience
at exterior maintance except for regular car wash at local store. Feel
free to correct me and offer your advice! Maybe I do not need the paint
protection?

My dealer is trying to sell me the corrosion and paint protection
together at a discount price of $500. I searched the web a lot and read

different discussion of dealer rip-off. It looks like nobody would
recommend getting them from dealers due to their overprice.

So I'd like to get an idea of how much the corrosion and paint
protection together will cost if you guys do it at a 3rd party store? I

know if I can do it totally by myself, it'll be even cheaper but just
want to know how much I will pay if I have someone or some store do it
for me.

Thanks!