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I like it! You don't see rollbars anymore. I guess they went out of style sometime, but i don't care. They still look good to me. Great job reusing something that was going to junk yard.
Honestly I like the classic light bar look the new LED light bars just don't look right to me. The square look just bothers me on such a curved truck. Then it would drive me crazy if I had LED light bars and regular headlights.
Around here they changed laws regarding having lights mounted above the headlamps requiring covers at all times and of course you couldn't be caught using them so that killed it.
I like the look but wouldn't drill holes in my bed or wheel wells to get that look lol
Is it actually functional in a roll over, or is it a cosmetic light bar?
My uncle had this same style bar on his old Z71. It had 4 bolts in the frame (2 on each verticle downpost). A lady ran a stop sign and t-boned him when he was going down the highway. Ended up rolling his truck. The front of his cab and the wheel wells where the supports went were crushed in. The upright was deformed, but held a shape close to before. The sheriffs that showed up said it probably saved his life. He was still banged up pretty good, but the back of the cab was structurally protected enough to not crush his head.
So from personal experience I'd say it is functional if bolted correctly into the frame. Is it better than a "true" roll bar that goes inside the cab? No. The wreck happened in 96 by the way.
07-23-2014, 12:13 AM
Took an old beat up roll bar and gave it life. What do you think?
