Blonde driving: why you shouldn't put a "fly swatter" on the hood of a car

The passion for decorating everything and everything - and the car is no exception - is in our blood, girls, as they say. Although, as it seems to me, many men indulge in this matter. Otherwise, why do they mold pieces of plastic on the hoods of their iron horses, which they call deflectors?

Even if you don’t have a single visual association right now, I assure you that you have definitely seen these things, and many, many times. These are, I repeat, plastic lining on the edge of the hood, which repeat its contour. Most often they are black, and sometimes the model of the car is indicated on them in white letters - for example, “Focus”, or “X-Trail”. How they annoyed me before, you just can't imagine! I could not understand how you can disfigure the exterior of your car with these terrible blotches! Now, of course, I am an advanced auto lady, and I can tell you what, in fact, the ficus is.

Deflectors are popularly called flyswatters and, in fact, this apt name reflects their essence. In theory, these plastic fairings are designed to change the direction of the wind flow along the way so that flies and other evil spirits with wings do not fly into the windshield. Manufacturers claim that the "fly swatter" saves the hood and glass from small pebbles. Although there is an opinion that in fact the deflector can protect only that part of the hood that it covers from rubble. And the debate on the automotive forums on this topic is endless. For example, I was very impressed by the review of one motorist who assures that the “fly swatter” saved his hood from an attacking kamikaze pigeon: the poor bird managed to crash into just this plastic shield.

Of course, if you often ride on gravel, you never know, then a deflector will not hurt. And if you constantly cut between cities and villages along the tracks, where hordes of midges fly towards you, then again, it’s better to tune your hood. The “fly swatter” is attached with special elements plus self-adhesive tape - so, of course, you don’t have to drill the hood. But! My job is to tell you a couple of horror stories.

Some car owners complain that snow clogs under the deflector in winter, and sand and mud in summer, so that the paintwork under it suffers serious hardships - that is, this is a sure way to rot the body. To avoid having to test this on your own, do not forget to treat the hood with some kind of anti-corrosion agent before installing the flyswatter.

Well, as for aesthetics and a sense of beauty ... Here, girlfriends, the taste, as they say, and the color of comrades is not.