preventing stone windshield rock chips

[tstex]

Hello to all,

Based on a lot of Interstate driving, having small rocks hit the windshield happens too often. Are there any new technologies that help prevent the chipping and resultant cracks? Never had one installed, but they used to have those plastic "air-lifts" installed on the front of the hood. Do those work or are they obsolete?

thank you in-advance for your suggestions.

 

[lman]

Avoid tailgating.

 

[1 Old Man]

Avoid tailgating.

Don't have to be tailgating. We caught a rock from a truck coming toward us. We were on a
two lane road. Heard it hit, saw the ding. Then the summer heat took over and bingo, the crack
went across the windshield.

 

[anomad]

There are "wraps" for your windshield, like exo shield. I have no experience with any of them. But have seem some sponsored content on the you-toobz in car channels.

I don't know how bad it is in your area, but look up pictures of what the road trains use down under. Very aggressive.

I wish I had something like that back when I lived in Alaska. But I just drove around with a cracked windshield like everyone else. Hitting a cold windshield with the defroster really made the cracks run up there.

 

[BleedingOrange]

Check out any local auto parts store, or Amazon for a specific hood mounted deflector. The last one I bought for my 2020 Ford F150 was around 100 dollars Canadian. They might deflect the odd small rock, but I find they do deflect a lot of small bugs hitting the windshield with the way they have an up curve .