Making your own light bar

willys5555 · March 2, 2008

I want to get a brush guard, light bar or even just a grille guard on my car but i have the lower valence off so i dont think it will look good. Has anyone made their own? I dont have a tube or pipe bender so would i be able to make one that looks good with out these? If you have any pictures of your custom ones or have plans of how to make one please send them. Thanks

MustangAndy · March 3, 2008

I made one! You can try this if you want. It's for a roof mounted "light bar", but please check everything first before you just go and do it.

http://explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1801896

-Der Netzhauptmann

SkanlaxJMO · March 3, 2008

if you don't want to use the brush guard then you can mount lights on the factory roof rack bar, i have had 4 lights up there for two years with no problems.

BogFather · March 3, 2008

Well here are mine on my roof and have been for quite some time and are AWESOME when those little RICERS cut you off at nite....hehehehe

willys5555 · March 3, 2008

those look good. I might do that instead. but the light bar I was originally thinking about is the one that bolts on to the front of your car. It has a single pipe that comes out from under the bumper goes up to like the middle of your grille and goes back down. Has any one made one of these on their own before? Or has any one made just a grille guard before? I would like to have a brush guard but i think that would be too hard to make and to buy one and modify it to fit for me seems like a risk of ruining it.

MustangAndy · March 4, 2008

willys5555 said:
those look good. I might do that instead. but the light bar I was originally thinking about is the one that bolts on to the front of your car. It has a single pipe that comes out from under the bumper goes up to like the middle of your grille and goes back down. Has any one made one of these on their own before? Or has any one made just a grille guard before? I would like to have a brush guard but i think that would be too hard to make and to buy one and modify it to fit for me seems like a risk of ruining it.

Oh, are you thinking of a bull bar?

storlied · March 4, 2008

I think he might be talking about an actual light bar, like the KC light bar for the front. A safari bar would present the same issues him and myself are worried [being picky] about.

We're both in the same position, we have our lower valance removed.. we love the look of the brush guard, a safari bar would be nice.. but it just comes down too much for comfort. So now the idea of custom has come up, or at least some way to modify a brush guard to fit properly with our modification.

MustangAndy · March 4, 2008

How about CARR's plate bar?

http://www.carr.com/store/carrlightwings.asp

storlied · March 4, 2008

I've thought about it... but... ehh...
Low durability..

Hell, I don't even have my front plate on... it would look odd without a plate. I guess I could cut it all off... but if that's the case.. might as well make a light bar that mounts to the plate holes for much cheaper..

MustangP51 · March 4, 2008

I wouldn't be caught dead with that license plate light mount, but thats just me, I'm sure it has its uses. Have you considered just mounting them to your bumper? If I'm not mistaken all you have to do is notch the lower valence, not completely remove it.

BogFather · March 4, 2008

willys5555 · March 4, 2008

BogFather said:

I love the way this looks. But the problem is I dont have a pipe bender. Would it look wierd with all welded angles? But this is the sort of thing I am looking for. Not the exact design I would go with but something similar. Thanks.

BogFather · March 4, 2008

NP bud

, I have a bolt on bar i'll get a pic of to show ya what i was originally gonna put on the front of mine.....

hunterdan · March 4, 2008

Check this one out, not super expensive, and works. Just bolts on to the bumper its self.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129914&highlight=Front+Light+Bar
Not sure if the link to the site works, but they or something similar can be found on summitracing I believe or even 4 wheel parts.

Dan

SkanlaxJMO · March 4, 2008

bad link there...here are my lights up top. fyi..i fixed the wirring so its looks good now that was a temporary setuip in the last pic.

willys5555 · March 4, 2008

hunterdan said:
Check this one out, not super expensive, and works. Just bolts on to the bumper its self.
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129914&highlight=Front+Light+Bar
Not sure if the link to the site works, but they or something similar can be found on summitracing I believe or even 4 wheel parts.

Dan

yea that link didnt work. Do you have a picture of it? Or another link to it? Thanks for your help.

MustangAndy · March 5, 2008

maybe this?
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EXP-10000&N=700+115&autoview=sku

One of the guys in the club has this attached to his factory bumper

BogFather · March 5, 2008

LMAO thats the other pic i was gonna post LMAO. Mine is pretty much like that only i have a spot to attach a skid plate under the rad

PrerunnerManiac · March 6, 2008

MustangAndy said:
maybe this?
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=EXP-10000&N=700+115&autoview=sku

One of the guys in the club has this attached to his factory bumper

Do you have some pics of how it attaches? Summit says that bumper is for Tacoma. I just want to see how it goes on an Explorer.

storlied · March 6, 2008

I Sense drilling.....

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