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Dead bugs from highway driving

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Any one have any good tips on removing plastered bugs from the front of a vehicle from a long road trip? My parents went on a long trip few weeks ago and never bothered to wash the van till today and I had a hell of a time trying to remove the bugs... I dindn't have much luck.. theres still ALOT left

Tips anyone?
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Power sprayer?
I saw some stuff today at target which says it gets rid of bugs. Sorry i didn't catch the name though.
I use some gunk bug and sap remover.
i know this doesnt help now, but i do alot of highway driving and the best thing to do is clean you windsheild at gas stations when your doing the driving, that way they dont get driend on.... eh just for future reference :thumbup:
Meguires Paint cleaner....it takes oxidation and all sorts of crap off...just you need to wax afterwards cause it strips everything with it.
My b/f does a lot of highway driving so I grab a friend, a water bottle, an electric buffer and Zymol's pre-wax cleaner. Make sure the area is always wet or you are going to burn through the clear coat because of the heat. Have your friend spray the area often while you are doing this. Afterwards, wax with a caranuba wax for protection.
For the future, a hot bucket of car soap should do the trick before the bugs get glued on. :D
The claybar from mothers work great at taking bugs and tree sap off the windows.
pressure washer...
try some wd40, takes the bugs rite off. be sure to wash and rewax the area tho.
Lauren said:
Meguires Paint cleaner....it takes oxidation and all sorts of crap off...just you need to wax afterwards cause it strips everything with it.
My b/f does a lot of highway driving so I grab a friend, a water bottle, an electric buffer and Zymol's pre-wax cleaner. Make sure the area is always wet or you are going to burn through the clear coat because of the heat. Have your friend spray the area often while you are doing this. Afterwards, wax with a caranuba wax for protection.
For the future, a hot bucket of car soap should do the trick before the bugs get glued on. :D

damn i wished my bitch did that too :mad:
AFTER doing all that, their are places that sell some sort of wrap thats a very thin sticky plastic like layer that covers the front bumper. i think its called "starwrap" or something like that? i had to advertise this for my marketing ed class.
Simple green seems to work for me.
erm.. read it somewhere but forgot where,

next time b4 u go on a h/w drive, to prevent the bugs from sticking to the front of the car,

spray the front end with some of the cooking grease, erm... u know, those canned stuff that u spray on the baking pans and stuff before u pour in ur baking mix...

spray some of those on and the bugs will slide off... but don't forget to clean up once u've reached ur destination.
Dawgz said:
damn i wished my bitch did that too :mad:
hey watch the language. it's never good to refer to anyone in a foul manner:nono:

i use hot water and elbo grease to remove it.
DW40 works good ...
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