Hiya fellow FTE'ers!!

I just wanted to share a personal observation here. I just bought my SD about 2 months ago and it seems to me that this thing collects a heck of a lot more bugs on the windshield than any other rig I've driven. Does anyone else notice this, or is it just my imagination? Or maybe there are just more bugs this summer? Do the bug shields actually do any good? What is a good brand? Maybe there is one that matches some window vent shades?

What do you guys (and gals) think?

 

I am not sure any of them really do anything more than protect the hood face from rock chips.

But, I put 'em on every single truck / Econo-van I have ever owned...even dating back to the "flat" tall & ugly shields from way back walla go.

 

I think for a bug being splattered on a superduty is the way to go.

 

Wyoming seems to have some innate ability to grow one of the largest collections of bugs imaginable. Running along its interstates, you get off pretty easy as you share in the bug carnage with all the other motorists, but once you start hitting the smaller highways, the bug-splat counts will skyrocket. To that end, I can honestly say that it has been my experience that bug guards/shields/deflectors (whatever you want to call them) do make a difference. You will still catch some, but definitely not as many as you would without the deflector.

Given the excellent luck I had with a set of WeatherTech Weatherflectors (side window deflectors) on my previous truck, I went searching for them again when it came to buying for my F250. After a bit of online searching, I not only found the side window deflectors, but also WeatherTech's matching bug guard, and I picked up both.

As for installation, the bug guard uses existing holes in the hood and the side window deflectors slip into the window channels...so you don't have to worry about double-sided tape weakening & listening to them flap in the wind a couple years down the road, like you would with some of the stick-on types.

Hope that helps.

 

it will stop small bugs from hitting windshield but larger ones will get through, if you have TT mirrors look at them for how many small bugs did not hit your windshield

 

I've got a Lund hood shield, and it keeps the windshield cleaner than without. Large critters get through, as do big rocks. The sand some dumptrucks throw is blocked too. I can hear it, but it doesn't hit the window.

 

How much, if any, will a bug deflector effect fuel mileage?

 

I have a Ford bug shield and I think it helps a bit. It sure gets buggy!

 

Living in southern Louisiana, twice a year we have an outbrake of lovebugs. I think they are the absolute worse. If you drive very long, the front of your vehicle will become completely black from them. I have a bug shield and window visors from AVS. bug shield uses existing holes to mount, took maybe 5 minutes, and the window visors are peel and stick. They both look good.
Now, along these lines. The best thing in the world for getting their remains off of your vehicle is to " borrow" a few dryer softener sheets from your wifes laundry room. Some people say to use bounce, but we use the no name brands and they work just as good. Wet the vehicle, wet the dryer sheet, and just start rubbing. With just a little rubbing, they come right off. Hope this helps some of ya'll.......NUB.....

 

o-man please don't talk about love bugs. fl getts them also 2 times a year and what a mess they make.
here in nj. we get a few types that are small and black in clouds of them that make a mess. so i also use a lund. looks the best of them all in my mind.

 

We are already pushing 7,000lb bricks down the road. If someone could show me empirical data that it made so much as 1/10th of a mile per gallon difference, I would be highly surprised.

 

My bug shield is more of a rock deflector. Bugs still get on the windshield. If I was to do it again, I would go with the Clear Bra over the front end.