Who makes this grill guard?
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fsSnowboard
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82fordtruck
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http://photos.thedieselstop.com/showphoto.php?photo=23150&papass=&sort=1&thecat=998
It's not a very good picture, but I had a mr bumper unit on my truck. The bumper is bent in the picture. Do you want one like I had?? I'd like to sell mine.
It's not a very good picture, but I had a mr bumper unit on my truck. The bumper is bent in the picture. Do you want one like I had?? I'd like to sell mine.
93turbo_animal
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JC whitney has them just like that one they are sold as just the center or you can add the sides chrome gille gaurd which is the center part is $114.99 and the brush gaurds are $74.99 I have a catalog but you can check them out on line too
Thanks for the help...The brush guards look like they don't have the thinner pieces between the headlights though.... 82FordTruck, no thanks. I want more of a guard that curves around and protects part of the qtr panel...thanks though!!
Pipeliner_86
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Do you have any freinds that work at fab/welding shops? A hand built brush guard is nice, you can have it built the way you want. The brush guard on my '86 is home fabricated with some thick a$$ pipe. It's not gonna bend or dent when I run over the next deer that crosses my path 
A custom fabbed brush guard will probably run cheaper than something from Westin or Smittybuilt.
Check it out in my pics at supermotors. http://www.supermotors.org/users/Pipeliner_86
Good luck,
Jeremy
A custom fabbed brush guard will probably run cheaper than something from Westin or Smittybuilt.
Check it out in my pics at supermotors. http://www.supermotors.org/users/Pipeliner_86
Good luck,
Jeremy
93turbo_animal
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the one in my catalog has the smaller tubes in front of the head lights as for custom built brush gaurds your going to pay more unless you can do it your self or have a good buddy I built my own custom bumpers and I looked for awhile and found no big bumpers like mine for under $1400
93turbo_animal
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heres the links to the one I found in JC whitney
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...0101&sku=wk865384&searchbtn.x=8&searchbtn.y=6
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...01&sku=wk488217&searchbtn.x=10&searchbtn.y=11
thats both parts and heres a couple pics of my bumpers the one will protect against deer the other one is more for looks
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...0101&sku=wk865384&searchbtn.x=8&searchbtn.y=6
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/...01&sku=wk488217&searchbtn.x=10&searchbtn.y=11
thats both parts and heres a couple pics of my bumpers the one will protect against deer the other one is more for looks
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Pipeliner_86
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Aric, those bumpers/brush guards are beautiful works of art. You had a lot of time in fab work i bet...those are the kind of bumpers that should have come stock on on IDI's :draw
Awsesome work man.
Awsesome work man.
Something for you guys to think about....
hitting a deer with one of those is not much an issue, the truck will survive one of those run-ins easily.
here's the problem... when you hit a car, the impact energy has to go somewhere. If the bumper survives, the frame won't. Ther frame rails become "offset" or as i put it, "diamonded". A complete frame changeout will be required. Easiest way to tell is something like that has happened is to check the steering, it will be really off. This problem is very common with towtrucks due to the pushbumpers we like mounting on the fronts of our trucks.
hitting a deer with one of those is not much an issue, the truck will survive one of those run-ins easily.
here's the problem... when you hit a car, the impact energy has to go somewhere. If the bumper survives, the frame won't. Ther frame rails become "offset" or as i put it, "diamonded". A complete frame changeout will be required. Easiest way to tell is something like that has happened is to check the steering, it will be really off. This problem is very common with towtrucks due to the pushbumpers we like mounting on the fronts of our trucks.
Calvin, isn't that the beauty of driving a dinosaur in todays world? Everyone elses vehicle becomes the energy absorbing element. 
Kinda like Patton said.... "Nobody every won a war by dying for his country. He won by making some other sorry ass die for his."
Kinda like Patton said.... "Nobody every won a war by dying for his country. He won by making some other sorry ass die for his."
93turbo_animal
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Thanks pipeliner yeah ihave a ton of work in them but they seem to be getting easier as I go
As for hitting a car I'll take my chances I wanted a big bumper for animals and fender bender accidents besides alot of trucks have snow plow mount frames that are rigid and bolted strait to the frame
As for hitting a car I'll take my chances I wanted a big bumper for animals and fender bender accidents besides alot of trucks have snow plow mount frames that are rigid and bolted strait to the frame
razorback
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do you have a blueprint or something like that for the bumper? i am actually looking for a similiar setup like that..and if it will fit an 87/88 bronco i know someone else that would be interested
it looks like the road armor setup
93turbo_animal
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no blue prints I just knew what I wanted so I started measuring the front of the truick and cutting out steel and putting it together when it looked right
