protection for radiator behind grill ?

radiator skid plate

 

I have bad luck, and the bugs down here south of houston are huge and numerous. Ill try some of my own engineering, and get wife to inspect the work. She hates duck tape and bailing wire on a 40K+ vehicle.

 

I never knew our radiators needed to be protected, until this thread. I like this solution the best. If I lived in a buggier area I'd jump on this today.

 

On my '14 Tacoma used black, aluminum gutter guard. Cut it to fit and zip tied it. Worked well and didn't cause the coolant temp to rise

 

There are periods here where a screen like that would just get clogged. Remarkably, not many bugs even make it to the radiator.

 

Hell yea, reminds me of Alaska.