The paint shown above is just home-depot blue masking tape. The only job of the tape is to block some of the little chips and gravel. Obviously if the chunks are too big, the tape can't do much to save it, but it sure does help.
If you double up, it'd probably help more, but when we went with single-layer of it...it seemed to work just fine...

I've got primer, so I just go naked with no worries. But I'd advise taping up as much of your headlights as possible (or all...weather permitting) and as much paint as possible. There's no protection for your windshield except to keep a little distance between you and the car in front of you.

If you're inexperienced, just hang to the back til you get a feel for it. Otherwise, let me show you how a Fiero ended up that thought he was hot-shit...


So just be careful up there, whether I go or not, and don't exceed your limits. This is real life. There's no restart button.