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Old 06-30-2011, 09:28 PM
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Question Ecoboost + Bull Bar?

I love the look of a bull bar with lights, but who thinks the bull bar will restrict too much airflow to the Eco intercooler?
Old 06-30-2011, 09:34 PM
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They make them with no skid plate so there is no air restriction (I know Westin does, they call it a Safari light bar) or just remove the skid plate from a regular westin/aries bull bar...
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I was just wondering this same thing earlier today. I'd love to get a bullbar and throw a couple of lights on it but am concerned about the restricted airflow. Perhaps a lightbar is the best option, but I hate to cover up any of that chrome grill!
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Those light bars do look neat, but not much out there to protect your hundreds of dollars of lights investments, seems like it would be kinda scary if you were parked in a spot with parking in front of you and someone gets too close and smash, there goes 1000$ in lights, lol! Not to mention the hundreds of other possibilities for damaging them. Id rather at least have a bull bar or better yet a full grill guard to protect them, not that bull bars are much protection but at least they would hit that before the lights just hanging out on a light bar.
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I like to call them, approach angle reducers.. because that's pretty much all they are useful for.
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That's a good though Sultan, certainly would hate to have the investment ruined by some out of control Wal Mart shopper!



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