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keeping bugs off front of U320

Does any one have or know where to get a plastic armor for the front of a U320.
Or maybe a good leather or vynl  one made.
Or do you know of a good coating to help easily remove bugs.
Just getting prepared for the travel season and would like to reduce my elbow grease from rubbing them off.
Thank You
Ricker
 

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #2 –
When I was driving trucks out of Florida, A lot of us used to paint the front (all cabovers back then) with Vaseline. Messy but works.

TOM
SOB (Some Other Brand) division
1995 Wanderlodge WB40
8V92 :D

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #3 –
You are asking about a bug shield for a U320, but your signature says you own a U280...?  Planning to upgrade?

This company claims to manufacture rigid plastic front armor for motorhomes.  I know nothing about the company or their products.

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1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #4 –

I use WaxWasAll on the front. Get it clean, WWA the front and the mirrors.  At the end of a driving day, maybe some water in a bucket if they are bad and then WWA again.  Once you start using WWa they come off pretty easy. Stay ahead of then or they petrify.

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Roger Engdahl and Susan Green
2001 U320 3610 #5879 (Home2) - 2014 Jeep Cherokee or 2018 F150
Hastings, MN

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #6 –
I swear by hydrogen peroxide.  Spray on at the end of the day then hose off.  It dissolves the bugs.
Regards,
Brett

'99 42' Foretravel Xtreme
'14 Brown Motorsports Stacker
'05 Chevy SSR
'02 BMW R1150R

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #7 –
Quote from: amos.harrison –
I swear by hydrogen peroxide.  Spray on at the end of the day then hose off.  It dissolves the bugs.
Never heard of this one. I'll have to try it. Do you spray it on straight or watered down?

see ya
ken
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🍺1992 U300 GrandVilla WTBI #4150 FOT FBP 2011
✨6V-92TA DDEC Parlor Coach 350HP Series 92
🏁2011 Nissan XTerra Pro-4X

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #8 –
I use hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle as well.

I use a moist micro fiber cloth with the hydrogen peroxide spray on difficult bugs. Made cleaning the bugs of much easier on our trip through Alaska.


jack
Jack - Cynthia

Jan 2013
2003 U295 38'
3810 PBFS (6180)
2014 Jeep Sahara Unlimited

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #9 –
The spray bottle with peroxide is what we use for the bugs, spray when I get to the CG then wipe/rinse after a while. If the peroxide seems strange to some, try this on for size, to remove asphalt streaks picked up in a construction 🚧 zone use peanut butter and rinse.
Mick
88 Grand Villa 36' ORED 3208 (throwaway)Cat.
 Build # 3150
Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #10 –
Quote from: amos.harrison –
I swear by hydrogen peroxide.  Spray on at the end of the day then hose off.  It dissolves the bugs.

I have never heard of that remedy, but sure will try it now!  The love bugs are the worst and they come twice a year in Florida.  Oily and when baked on, miserable to remove!  If this stuff works on them, I'm buying stock in hydrogen peroxide!
Joe & Dottie Allen
Sold!  December 2023.      2000 U320; build # 5645
Our coach " Maxine"
Motorcade #  15922;  Escapee 150950; FMCA F330833; Boondockers Welcome;  Harvest Hosts;  Thousand Trails
'98 U320 from 2000-'06
USAF '62-'66

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." ―Epicurus

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #11 –
Try WD-40 on the asphalt,less messy.Wonder what the peroxide does to your wax or sealant?
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #12 –
We use a 50/50 mix of Dawn and water in a squirt bottle. Let set and then spray with water in another squirt bottle.
Learned that from the truckers at the local Flying J in South Florida.

For the grill of our truck, I wipe it down with a micro fiber cloth after spaying Dawn/water. Works great.
Dick & Sue
'99 U320, 36'
2015 F150 4x4 Supercrew
M & G with brakeaway system
Blue Ox Avail 10,000# tow bar
Grosse Ile, Mi.
 

Re: keeping bugs off front of U320

Reply #13 –
To each his own on this subject,I prefer multable coats of Zainobros paint sealant and most of the time the bugs will come off
with a water hose and a rag.If you have any wax or sealant on your coach it's going to come off with Dawn,that's the main reason
I never take a vehicle to a fund raiser car wash,they use the worst possible cleaner for a paint job,if it's a great cause just pay and
leave.
96 U270 BUILD 4810
85 380SL
Drummonds TN.