Bajapilot, I had both the PCI and later, the EGR brands of bug shields on my Ram. Both of these brands are installed between the grille and the hood. Unfortunately, both were back painted black to match my Ram. I say unfortunately because dirt and other foreign material gets caught in the crack between the hood and the bug shield, wearing away the paint on the back side of the shield. This wouldn't happen if you elected not to paint the shield however, eventually the trapped foreign material (which is very difficult to remove) will wear away the paint on the hood in the crack area. After these two (3-piece) shields I purchased a 3-piece GTS bug shield which I liked quite a bit better than the others however (again), if you are not careful foreign material can become trapped just underneath the center shield at the trailing edge. The center of this shield has three coated steel clips which are sandwiched between the hood and grille. Four, double back velcro "spots" are utilized to further secure the center shield to the hood. I recently removed this bug shield as well when I installed my '00 Sport grille. I'm thinking of ordering the 3-piece Prime Designs bug shield that looks very similar to the GTS although, the attachment method is 3M double back tape.
Also noteworthy, the PCI shield is made of Lexan although, the center section cannot be installed without the shield having a warped appearance, regardless of how loose you leave the six grille to hood attachment nuts. I realize the Mopar 3-piece bug shield is very popular among Rammers although, not with me! That was the very first shield I purchased. Quality problems with the acrylic as well as aesthetics were reasons I removed mine. The only thing it did better than any of the others was minimize mirror flutter. The down side to this was it also didn't work very well at all.
Deflecta (I believe) also produces a 3-piece bug shield that sandwiches between the grille and hood. Rob Hanson has this on his Flame Red 3500 4x4. A pic of this may be seen in his pics link at the bottom of one of his posts or in the "your rigs" section of this site.
Any of these bug shields (except the Mopar shield) can be ordered from places like 4 Wheel Parts Wholesalers, Desert Rat, Summit Racing, Central Four Wheel Drive, JC Whitney or your local 4x4 shop.
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'98. 5 2500 QC 4x4, (BLACK) SLT Sport, ISB, LWB, 3. 54 LSD, A/T, Glasstite Vision II canopy, Line-X bed liner, 285/75R16 BFG A/Ts on 16x8 M/T Challengers, Warn 4X Boards, Mopar fender flares, front and rear NW Custom stainless steel/rubber mud flaps, Mag-Hytec diff. cover and trans. pan, Edelbrock IAS shocks, Mopar tow hooks, Jordan Research Ultima 2020 trailer brake controller, VDO Vision gauges, '00 Sport grille, '00 Sport headlights with PIAA Super White 9007/9004 bulbs, 4-2-7+4 Brite-Box, PIAA Dual Sport 900 auxiliary lights, BD exhaust brake and TorqLoc, Prime-Loc fuel filter relocation kit, Bosch 275 hp. injectors, VA CPC, DD Boost Module, Banks Stinger wastegate actuator, "Scotty Air System", BLACK '00 valve cover, Banks Stinger 4" dia. stainless steel exhaust system, BD LV V10/Cummins hybrid TC and valve body, BD modified transmission front pump and PressureLoc, plus many other trick modifications
[This message has been edited by John (edited 05-09-2000). ]