Old Style Bug Deflector. Need your help!
5th Gear
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Adding to the pile ha ha.
I desperately want a blue deflecta shield for my blue 86 f150. Anyone have one? Im in canada and i certainly cant find any, even guys with huge collections only have 1 or 2.
I wonder if the option of making my own as stated above makes more sense. I'm not opposed, I just like to use original equipment.
Thanks
I desperately want a blue deflecta shield for my blue 86 f150. Anyone have one? Im in canada and i certainly cant find any, even guys with huge collections only have 1 or 2.
I wonder if the option of making my own as stated above makes more sense. I'm not opposed, I just like to use original equipment.
Thanks
Hotshot
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Check local glass shops for the color lexan or plexiglass.
In the '80s was one on my '77 when I bought it, it was red but then I changed it to clear ... and then one day I had it off and discovered my vents worked then. It looked OK, kept the hood clear, but it killed venting.
I bought two smoked ones for cheap at "The Factory Antique Mall" in Verona last year. Was thinking I might cut one down to like 1/2 or 2/3 height, try it on. I bought both just to get the extruded aluminum pieces ... was my idea anyway..
In the '80s was one on my '77 when I bought it, it was red but then I changed it to clear ... and then one day I had it off and discovered my vents worked then. It looked OK, kept the hood clear, but it killed venting.
I bought two smoked ones for cheap at "The Factory Antique Mall" in Verona last year. Was thinking I might cut one down to like 1/2 or 2/3 height, try it on. I bought both just to get the extruded aluminum pieces ... was my idea anyway..
More Turbo
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From: Montana
Adding to the pile ha ha.
I desperately want a blue deflecta shield for my blue 86 f150. Anyone have one? Im in canada and i certainly cant find any, even guys with huge collections only have 1 or 2.
I wonder if the option of making my own as stated above makes more sense. I'm not opposed, I just like to use original equipment.
Thanks
I desperately want a blue deflecta shield for my blue 86 f150. Anyone have one? Im in canada and i certainly cant find any, even guys with huge collections only have 1 or 2.
I wonder if the option of making my own as stated above makes more sense. I'm not opposed, I just like to use original equipment.
Thanks
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Hotshot
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From: The Shenandoah Valley
Lexan is tough, you can hardly break it by hand .... it just bends. It is soft so it will scratch. Plexiglass is harder, more scratch resistant, but it will snap in two pretty easy. If cutting, I liked to use my "Shop Smith Mk V" with the bandsaw and use a fine tooth blade. When marking cuts, put masking tape where you're gonna cut, mark the tape and it's not a bad idea to some how protect the rest of it by masking the band saw table itself.
I've also used a Sabre saw with fine cut metal blade and trimmed a few windshields in place on motorcycles, then sand, polish the edge and then used air to blow the dust away.
The only "special part" to a bug shield is the long extruded aluminum base, it has a groove for the plexiglass, two or three small pop rivets work to keep it in the groove. The several brackets are like "L"s or "Z"s depending on application with 90 degree angles. Any holes drilled in the hood are under the front, the bracket comes out, up, and then fastens to the aluminum extrusion to hold the shield up in front of the hood above the grill shell.
I've also used a Sabre saw with fine cut metal blade and trimmed a few windshields in place on motorcycles, then sand, polish the edge and then used air to blow the dust away.
The only "special part" to a bug shield is the long extruded aluminum base, it has a groove for the plexiglass, two or three small pop rivets work to keep it in the groove. The several brackets are like "L"s or "Z"s depending on application with 90 degree angles. Any holes drilled in the hood are under the front, the bracket comes out, up, and then fastens to the aluminum extrusion to hold the shield up in front of the hood above the grill shell.
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