Nah, rocks are too heavy and won’t be picked up in that airstream like bugs would. I’ve seen rocks just bust right through the bug deflectors
Windshield is a rock magnet
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aggiegrad05
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I dunno...In the first 6 months I owned my previous truck (an F-150) I went through two windshields. Then I installed the factory bug deflector and drove for another 6 years without a single ding.
st381183
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I installed an AVS Bugflector II on my 2018 but the little rocks keeps making it though. I understand that the windshield is a flat surface travelling down the road but in 32 years of driving and over twenty vehicles, the new Expy seems to suck the rocks in.
You’d be surprised. Sure big rocks it does not stop but smaller rocks it certainly does.
It is not the end all but they help.
zfifty
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There is a product called ClearPlex that can be installed over your windshield to protect it. Probably pretty penny though.
https://madico.com/dealers/automotive/windshield-protection/clearplex
https://madico.com/dealers/automotive/windshield-protection/clearplex
scottdm
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I also have 10,000 miles and do all interstate driving with many triaxle dump trucks that are hauling gravel. I don't have any chips and find that following at a safe distance typically helps. I used to be in a hurry and always on someone's tail in the passing lane and the front of my old vehicles looked like they had been sand blasted on the front bumper, hood, and windshield due to all the rock chips. Much of this can be avoided with a change in driving style if one desires.
Deadman
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Most of our glass breaks were from oncoming traffic on 2 lane highways....
Lol, I had to read that twice. It has nothing to do with riding someone’s bumper. All of mine have been long distance shots. I would guess ~10 car lengths or more on all 4. What’s even stranger, two happened in the same day on different roads from different vehicles.
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