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Originally Posted by bachampdukes
The EGR Looks great and sounds like its well made, but is it functional? One of the complaints I've had with Lunds is they don't do anything to keep bugs off the windshield (call me crazy for wanting more than aesthetics).
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I've generally found there isn't a "Bug Shield" on the market that's totally effective keeping bugs off your windshield. Living in Utah, we have a lot of bugs in the spring and summer, and if you're traveling faster than about 40 mph, the bugs are generally going to hit if they're bigger than a fly.
It's a simple matter of physics. If the bug weighs enough and that weight is condensed; meaning not spread out like a butterfly with a large surface area, it's going to punch through the slipstream caused by the shield and hit your window anyway. The same is true for gravel if it's on a trajectory that doesn't cause it to skip off the shield first.
You'll also get more bugs hitting the farther up the windshield you go, as the slipstream created by the shield causes the air flow to hit about mid-windshield at freeway speeds.
The nice thing about the EGR, other than looks, is that it's as effective as the taller, ill fitting Lund because it has a curved top edge that flips up like the rear spoiler on a car, and moves the air more effectively with less drag. So I've noticed just as many small bugs, leaves, etc. blown up over the windshield as with the Lund, and as mentioned, without the excessive drag and loud whistling I had with the Interceptor II.
The EGR has also been very effective keeping small stones and gravel from taking the paint off my hood and chipping my windshield, as I've already seen many strike the shield and deflect off high enough to miss my hood, windshield and roof completely, which is primarily why I bought a shield in the first place.
Utah is the cracked whindshield capitol of the world, and although this shield won't deflect every rocket hurled at my truck by other vehicles, it will deflect many, which in my opinion makes it money well spent.