Weather Tech Easy-On Stone and Bug Shield Deflector Installation - 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee

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Hi there Jeep owners. Today your 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee, we're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install WeatherTech's bug deflector. This bug deflector is going to protect your hood from bugs, rocks and other debris that can bounce up off the road or just be passing by like bugs do, and it's going to keep them from getting on your paint.That's going to help extend the life of the paint here at the front of the vehicle, removing a lot of chips and unnecessary damage that you get just from driving your vehicle normally every day, because there's particles and a lot of things out there in the air, and you're hitting them all day long.Having this here is going to keep a lot of that off the front of the hood. And the aerodynamics of it, you can see how it goes up and over, helps create a lift over the hood so that way that dirt gets directed up and over the windshield and off the back of your car, which also helps protect the entirety of our hood.It's constructed of a very strong, almost indestructible plastic that flexes with the wind. It has a lot of flexibility to it. And some people might think, "Oh, it's flexible.
That's cheap." It's actually perfect for this scenario, because if something larger we're to come up, maybe a bigger rock. It's going to hit this, it's going to flex, it's going to bounce off and it's not going to cause really any damage to anything.So that's going to keep this in long-lasting order for many years to come. And to keep it from detracting from the looks of the vehicle and almost give it a more aggressive look, it's got a nice glossy black finish across the whole thing. It's almost like a semi see-through plastic material. It is really sleek looking once you've got it on there.This is a custom fit deflector designed for your Jeep.
All the holes and everything lineup with existing holes. There's only one spot where you have to add a machine screw. All the hardware comes included with your kit. So why don't you follow along with me and we'll get it installed together so you can have the confidence to do it at home.We'll begin our installation by opening our hood, and then we can take our bug deflector, and we're just going to hold it up there just to make sure everything's going to line up and see where our hardware goes. So if we just hold it up here like this, and you can see here that the ones over here on our passenger's side are going to line up with pre-existing holes.On our driver's side over here, we'll be using a machine screw for this one.
And the last hole down here on the end, we have an included bracket that's going to slide on the hood. We just wanted to get an idea of where everything's going to go. And now we're going to put this bracket on. The hole here on the end, here's our bracket. We're going to make the machine screw that comes in our kit and slide the black washer on it.We're going to drop that screw down through the hole.
And then here on the other side, we're going to attach it to our bracket. So we're just going to grab our bracket, slide it on there, and then just twist the screw into it and then we can use a Phillips screwdriver to finish tightening it down. We don't need to go crazy tight, we don't want to over-tighten it. It is just a plastic panel there.So once you get it snug, you're good to go. And we're going to again line up the holes here on the one side. And we're just lining these holes up because we need these holes to be in their position. And we want to see where our bracket is going to be over here. So our bracket lines up right about at the end here where it gets a little thinner.And it's important that we know that exact location where this is going to slide on. We see right there. Right here at the seam about where it gets a little bit thinner, that's where our brackets going to slide over the hood. But we don't want to slide it over the hood as it is right now, because that'll cause some scratches to our paint finish.What we're going to do is there's a protective film that comes in our kit. We're going to be putting it over that spot. But it's not a very big piece of film. So that's why we wanted to hold it up there to make sure we get it right the first time. Now we're just going to use a little bit of alcohol to clean off the surface, to ensure that our protective film has good adhesion. We're just going to get that cleaned up real quick. We can then peel off the adhesive backing and we're going to line it up on our hood, right at that location.We're just going to put that into place and slide that up into place. Try to get it as smooth as you can there.

[@paulmansour4611]

thanks

[@etrailer]

You're welcome, hope the video helped! www.etrailer.com/Bug-Deflector/WeatherTech/WT50200.html

[@andyp1031]

Are the little bumper stops that protect the paint from flexing that you put on in the end included with the kit as well, or do you buy them separately?

[@etrailer]

The little rubber bumpers will come included with the kit. Check out this kit on our website in the following link. www.etrailer.com/Bug-Deflector/WeatherTech/WT50200.html

[@jpradlik]

Wouldn't it be better to put those little rubber bumpers on the back of the deflector so you don't need to stick them to the paint?

[@etrailer]

The rubber bumpers are placed on the hood because the bug deflector flexes and you run the risk in loosing them. www.etrailer.com/Bug-Deflector/WeatherTech/WT50200.html

[@michaelmorine9430]

not a fan of drilling into the hood. In the Northeast salt is used primarily on roads and that hole WILL be problematic.

[@etrailer]

True. We recommend running that one screw home then removing it and giving the hole a quick shot of rust resistant spray paint to protect against corrosion. We should have mentioned that in the video. www.etrailer.com/Bug-Deflector/WeatherTech/WT50200.html

[@DouglasRyan-ux9cj]

All the websites say “no drilling required “ 🤔 it’s easy to do but why lie about drilling?

[@etrailer]

I'm not sure what websites you're speaking of. The video you watched explains that one self-tapping screw is needed, and we do not state on the product page that it's a no-drill application. We also mention in the video that we had difficulty with the self-tapping screw, and ended up needing to drill a pilot hole. www.etrailer.com/Bug-Deflector/WeatherTech/WT50200.html