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Old Jul 16, 2013 | 04:33 PM
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Hey all! I recently bought my 08 f150 an it came with this push bar and off road lights. I'd like to keep the lights and ditch the bar. I need ideas on where to mount them. Any help would be great!
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Old Jul 16, 2013 | 05:53 PM
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Well I've got a bull bar like the one in your avatar with my KC's mounted so that is obviously my favorite option. But there are other options, and to make it more interesting I'll post some pics.

Behind the grill, I've been thinking of adding these on top of my existing off road KC's.


http://www.f150online.com/forums/ill...ind-grill.html

You could get a standard light bar. This truck belongs to someone here, maybe they'll see it and chime in.


You could go hood mount. I personally really like these, but with my existing bull bar and KC's I don't think it would look all that good.


Anyway hoped that helped, and of course there are a million ways to do things. So these might not work for you, but they are my personal favorite ways.
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Old Jul 16, 2013 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick Beach
Well I've got a bull bar like the one in your avatar with my KC's mounted so that is obviously my favorite option. But there are other options, and to make it more interesting I'll post some pics.

Behind the grill, I've been thinking of adding these on top of my existing off road KC's.

http://www.f150online.com/forums/ill...ind-grill.html

You could get a standard light bar. This truck belongs to someone here, maybe they'll see it and chime in.

You could go hood mount. I personally really like these, but with my existing bull bar and KC's I don't think it would look all that good.

Anyway hoped that helped, and of course there are a million ways to do things. So these might not work for you, but they are my personal favorite ways.
I like the standard light bar, I may shave to look for one. I don't mind. The bull bar but I hate loosing the tow hooks in the front.
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sreno0207
I like the standard light bar, I may shave to look for one. I don't mind. The bull bar but I hate loosing the tow hooks in the front.
Well I was worried about that too so I went to a local farm/home store and for a little over 30 bucks got a receiver mount tow hook which looks decent and can protect from being rear ended. And if its an emergency you could always use the bull bar to get towed out. I personally really like bull bars on most trucks so that's just my opinion
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by FjacobXsmith4

Well I was worried about that too so I went to a local farm/home store and for a little over 30 bucks got a receiver mount tow hook which looks decent and can protect from being rear ended. And if its an emergency you could always use the bull bar to get towed out. I personally really like bull bars on most trucks so that's just my opinion
I don't mind the bull bar but I don't think I'd tow from it.
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 05:11 PM
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you will not loose the tow hooks. I have the smitty built/nfab light bar. it is cheap and a good bar.

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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by realist alive
you will not loose the tow hooks. I have the smitty built/nfab light bar. it is cheap and a good bar.
Nice! Love it!!! Is there anyway you could get me some pics I where it attaches?
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 06:38 PM
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Why I think my hood mounted lights look fine with my bulbar and Piaa's. Even though I have been checking out Nfabs bars lately
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 07:06 PM
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Why I think my hood mounted lights look fine with my bulbar and Piaa's. Even though I have been checking out Nfabs bars lately
That actually looks a lot better than it did in my head. That looks pretty sweet.
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Old Jul 21, 2013 | 07:14 PM
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I used round hid lights instead of square since nothing else is square.
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