Anyone install Aeroskin Hood Protector on their Bronco Sport?

[jhbass]

To note, their shipping and delivery was reasonable and pretty quick.

totally forgot about them!

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[EWKing]

I got my BL on February 8th and routinely drive back and forth to Dallas (3430 miles now) on Toll road 130 at 90MPH and do notice a hood shake in the middle right in front of the windshield. I just installed an Aeroskin today and will see if it makes a difference on my next trip.

BTW - Just had the roof and white front and rear badges painted satin black and love the look.

 

[jhbass]

Got mine yesterday, will install it once I get the hood wrapped.

 

[Bpreston]

Got mine yesterday, will install it once I get the hood wrapped.

Good idea, I didn't wait for that and should have....

 

[Willow]

Got mine yesterday, will install it once I get the hood wrapped.

Mine showed up today. Who are you using for a hood wrap? Also kind of wondering if there would be any issues with the deflector lifting the wrap off of the hood over time.

 

[jhbass]

Mine showed up today. Who are you using for a hood wrap? Also kind of wondering if there would be any issues with the deflector lifting the wrap off of the hood over time.

I got a quote from a local shop to wrap it the entire hood in clear XPEL for $550. I don't think the hood deflector will be an issue but I'll ask before I move forward.

 

[GregMG79]

Dealer did it. Here is a side profile pic.

Where did you get the fenders?

 

[EWKing]

I drove 893 miles on Thursday and Friday, first trip with the Aeroskin hood protector (without lip) installed. Much of the driving was up in the 80 to 90 MPH range and noticed no change in the hood flexing. In fact it seemed to be less for some reason but that could have been in my mind.

 

[HungLo]

BS Outer Banks, didn't notice any hood noise or flex at highway speeds.

 

[nch5013]

It's not just Ford or the Bronco Sport...

Copy/paste this into Google: "aluminum hood flexing high speed"

Now, look at how many vehicles come up with forum posts about this. I see Dodge Ram, Honda Pilot, Honda Accord and Toyota of some sort just in the first 5 results.

My Juke had this terrible. It had little padded adjustable feet though, that could be adjusted and when "lengthened" reduced the vibration significantly.

 

[Itrof]

Has anyone seen any significant drop in MPG with the Aeroskin II installed? Just curious

 

[JohnnyBronco]

I'm guessing that the flexing you're seeing at high speeds or driving into a headwind is likely just due to the aluminum hood.

Those videos don't look dissimilar to what I've experienced while driving mine above 70mph and I have a FE with no hood add-ons. I seem to remember seeing the hood flex on my Edge ST above 70mph as well. It has never felt like the hood wasn't securely latched or anything though.

Maybe I'm naïve to what the potential concern is, but it doesn't really bother me when it happens.

I, too, notice some slight (sliiiight) vibrations in the hood when picking up speeds on the interstate, but I see this more commonly on low-mid grade vehicles with aluminum hoods. None of my heavier hoods on previous Ford's do this, so I chalked it up to the aluminum flexing. Doesn't seem to be a big concern unless it does not latch properly.

 

[JohnnyBronco]

I got my BL on February 8th and routinely drive back and forth to Dallas (3430 miles now) on Toll road 130 at 90MPH and do notice a hood shake in the middle right in front of the windshield. I just installed an Aeroskin today and will see if it makes a difference on my next trip.

BTW - Just had the roof and white front and rear badges painted satin black and love the look.

I've heard of a few BS owners doing the blackout on the lettering... Where are you guys having this done?

 

[EWKing]

I've heard of a few BS owners doing the blackout on the lettering... Where are you guys having this done?

I had the body shop take care of the white lettering when they painted the top.

 

[Martinjv71]

My Juke had this terrible. It had little padded adjustable feet though, that could be adjusted and when "lengthened" reduced the vibration significantly.

OK so your Juke hood Flexed. What about your Bronco?

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