BUG/HOOD DEFLECTOR revisited

[Uncle Bob & Aunt Mary]

Has anyone found a bug deflector that doesn't require a little bending with a heat gun? I've read a bunch of threads, some over a year old, and most of what I have seen either say there is one, bend it with a heat gun, or the website is no longer available. Also saw one on a Ford site but the shipping is more than the part and it looks like the same one from Aeroskin that has to be bent.

-Ford part: https://ford.oempartsonline.com/oem-parts/ford-hood-protector-aeroskin-black-smoke-vm2dz16c900a
-Broaddict: https://broaddict.com/products/broa...ronco-2021-23-hood-guard-shield-bug-deflector

 

[95BK9]

I have not seen any updates either.

 

[Uncle Bob & Aunt Mary]

I have not seen any updates either.

Retired 5812. When did you go through Lackland?

 

[95BK9]

July 1980

 

[jlc64uk]

There really isn't much bending. It's more like pressing it into the curvature of the edge of the hood so that the adhesive will stick the deflector to the hood. I used a hair dryer to warm it up so it would flex enough to adhere. I hope that makes sense.

 

[Uncle Bob & Aunt Mary]

There really isn't much bending. It's more like pressing it into the curvature of the edge of the hood so that the adhesive will stick the deflector to the hood. I used a hair dryer to warm it up so it would flex enough to adhere. I hope that makes sense.

It does, thanks.

 

[RedTailHawk]

There really isn't much bending. It's more like pressing it into the curvature of the edge of the hood so that the adhesive will stick the deflector to the hood. I used a hair dryer to warm it up so it would flex enough to adhere. I hope that makes sense.

got a link for the deflector you used?