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Old Sep 30, 2022 | 10:54 PM
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What is a good Light/Roll bar for a 91 SB?? I like the single tube classic style like you see on F150s from the 1970s until the late 1990s.
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Old Oct 1, 2022 | 11:54 AM
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Depends on your definition of "good". And a light bar is NOT a roll bar. You can't buy a roll bar - you have to engineer & fabricate your own, because no company is going to accept liability for you rolling your truck over. Light bars lost popularity in the late 90s because they're just so goofy and pointless. With modern lights (especially LEDs), you get better results for less money by either upgrading the headlights or just adding tiny pods where you need light. Above the roof & behind the cab is a dumb place for lights, unless you're driving 70+MPH off-road on flat desert terrain. In a VA forest, every tree branch would rip the lights right off a bar above the roof, and you wouldn't have any light right in front of the truck where you need it.
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Old Oct 1, 2022 | 12:31 PM
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Depends on your definition of "good". And a light bar is NOT a roll bar. You can't buy a roll bar - you have to engineer & fabricate your own, because no company is going to accept liability for you rolling your truck over. Light bars lost popularity in the late 90s because they're just so goofy and pointless. With modern lights (especially LEDs), you get better results for less money by either upgrading the headlights or just adding tiny pods where you need light. Above the roof & behind the cab is a dumb place for lights, unless you're driving 70+MPH off-road on flat desert terrain. In a VA forest, every tree branch would rip the lights right off a bar above the roof, and you wouldn't have any light right in front of the truck where you need it.
I just like the way roll bar looks (I know what a roll bar is) you Don't need a Roll bar you need a Roll cage to be Safe! A Bar is just for looks, but a friend of mine did Flip his 85 Ranger and had a cheap Roll bar in the bed And it did save the Roof. I just don't want to pay 1,000$ of dollars for something I may Never put lights on I just like the Old school look of them!!
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Old Oct 1, 2022 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Thomas1970
...you need a Roll cage to be Safe!
Safety is an illusion. Even being near a vehicle is among the most-dangerous things you'll ever do - more dangerous than owning/shooting guns. And you don't need a cage - you only need a vehicle engineered after 1975, which is when NHTSA required all passenger vehicles to survive rolling over. The cage is integrated into the body/cab already. Anything you add inside is just more weight above the CG causing it to roll, and more hard metal near your head to injure you during the roll.

If you realize that it's only cosmetic, then all you have to do is find one (good luck), or build one, or pay someone to build what you want. Thin stainless tubing is relatively affordable now, even with mandrel bends. Get some pieces in the size you want, and cut them so they fit together to make the shape you want. Then have someone weld them together & grind the joints smooth.
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