Water splashing up from front hood.

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10-02-2015, 09:10 AM

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Hasn't happened to me since I put on my weather tech stone/bug deflector.

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10-02-2015, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lucas8888

Weird. For me if I was going about 45 mph then stopped a big pool of water would splash up. Now with the stampede deflector the water just goes behind it.

where did you buy your Stampede and which one did you get? Any pics?

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10-02-2015, 03:47 PM

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where did you buy your Stampede and which one did you get? Any pics?

Stampede 2153-1 I bought from Autoplicity.com for $50.90 shipped. I sprayed it with a can of paint from http://www.paintscratch.com/

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10-03-2015, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Taylor Pogue

From what I understand it has to do with the grill shutters closing on deceleration, which changes the aerodynamic significantly, causing air to go above and below rather than into the radiator/intercooler. Makes sense to me, someone could try removing the grill shutters and verify for the sake of science but it doesn't bother me enough!

I was hoping someone would say that. The grill shutters was the theory I came up with too.

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