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Old 11-13-2012, 03:20 PM
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so i made a grill guard. (still finishing) and i was wanting to get some lights to mount on her. kinda wanting to go with square or "rectangle" lights to go 2 stacked on each side of the license plate. i do alot of country backroads driving at night an i like to be able to see things. lol.

top pic is grill guard

bottom pic is with the "fake" lights i want to find and put on there on. if anyone makes some like that.

by the way i have added more to this grill guard and the middle part right in front of the grill in front of the ford badge is full of bars and an FX4 cut out. so thats out of the question for lights. :/
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Wow, that's some monster grille guard. Thumbs up for the fabrication and the tank like build of it.

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It reminds me lf the movie mad max
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As a guy that has been fabricating and welding for a long time now, I think you have don't some great work!
But if I could criticize one thing, is that the pieces you have extending over the fog lights are taking away from the over all flow of the guard.
I think if they didn't go so far out it would look better.

I remember when I first started building stuff like this it was hard to call it done and quit trying to add to it. Lol

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As for lights...some led light bars would look good and there lots of spots to put them.
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Originally Posted by 7700 in Alberta
As a guy that has been fabricating and welding for a long time now, I think you have don't some great work!
But if I could criticize one thing, is that the pieces you have extending over the fog lights are taking away from the over all flow of the guard.
I think if they didn't go so far out it would look better.

I remember when I first started building stuff like this it was hard to call it done and quit trying to add to it. Lol
you talking about like the actual "frame" going around the fog lights? if so the left side sticks out like a good 1/2- 1" further than the right. somethin got warped or i measured wrong during fabbing it all up and that whole side is out further. but its just the angle your looking at it at. everything down there at the bottom is a good 2-3" away from the bumper. its not that far our out when actually looking at it. lol

but yeah i didnt actaully have a set design either for this. just the 2 main 2" bars going horizontally across the chrome piece on the bumper. everythin else was just an idea i fabbed up and everything sorta just looked good lol.

but it has taken me FOREVER! i started on this in probably late august or early september. its like 90% done as of tonight, ill post more pics up later
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Originally Posted by TODDBLACKFX4

you talking about like the actual "frame" going around the fog lights? if so the left side sticks out like a good 1/2- 1" further than the right. somethin got warped or i measured wrong during fabbing it all up and that whole side is out further. but its just the angle your looking at it at. everything down there at the bottom is a good 2-3" away from the bumper. its not that far our out when actually looking at it. lol

but yeah i didnt actaully have a set design either for this. just the 2 main 2" bars going horizontally across the chrome piece on the bumper. everythin else was just an idea i fabbed up and everything sorta just looked good lol.

but it has taken me FOREVER! i started on this in probably late august or early september. its like 90% done as of tonight, ill post more pics up later
Awesome! Ya don't get me wrong, I think it's a very cool design and lot of good fabrication went into it!
You should take some different pics from different angles and show us how and where all the mounting points are.
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I think you should have just went with a snow plow on there. Would have weighed about the same and at least you could clear a path. (providing you live somewhere that gets snow).
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I think you should have just went with a snow plow on there. Would have weighed about the same and at least you could clear a path. (providing you live somewhere that gets snow).
yeah i live in southwestern iowa so we get some pretty good snow. and as i like to call it "THE BULLDOZER" i think it fits. haha

still have yet to see how much it weighs when finally done. im thinking 200lbs



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