my light bar build

[soon2bsick]

Got started yesterday on my light bar build, Took a few pictures during the build. When I get it filled, painted and put on I'll post up a pic

 

[LONO100]

nice! how are you going to finish it off? bedliner? are you gonna powdercoat it?

 

[soon2bsick]

nice! how are you going to finish it off? bedliner? are you gonna powdercoat it?

I'm gonna hit it with a coat of black for now until my lights get here. Then I'll drill my holes and go over it with a coat of bedliner

 

[interscope8]

looks good! How did you bend the pipe? And did you do all the welding? The ones in that last pic look great

 

[soon2bsick]

looks good! How did you bend the pipe? And did you do all the welding? The ones in that last pic look great

with a pipe bender that is like 70 years old haha.

Nah my step dad welded it for me. I drew the plans, picked the sizes and he welded it together.

 

[01STrunner]

Looks really good! Can't wait to see the finished product.

 

[Blee1099]

Looks good.. add some hoops that go toward the headlights so its a full wrap around brush guard. Not sure if your part of Florida has wild hogs but those things can do a number on a vehicle if you hit one. A good brush guard can lessen the damage from one of those beasts.

 

[theluke19]

Looks good.. add some hoops that go toward the headlights so its a full wrap around brush guard. Not sure if your part of Florida has wild hogs but those things can do a number on a vehicle if you hit one. A good brush guard can lessen the damage from one of those beasts.

Or even just some tubing to fully protect the factory bumper - even if you don't go up high around the headlights, it would look pretty cool with a bumper guard

 

[soon2bsick]

Looks good.. add some hoops that go toward the headlights so its a full wrap around brush guard. Not sure if your part of Florida has wild hogs but those things can do a number on a vehicle if you hit one. A good brush guard can lessen the damage from one of those beasts.

not a fan of brush guards, Otherwise I would of saved a few hours of cutting and welding and just purchased one and put it on lol

There are a lot of hogs up about an hour north of me where my family lives, But I plan on lifting the truck so that would have to be a big hog to hit my headlights


Plus I'm not paying for full coverage insurance to have to protect my vehicle myself, For once I can let the insurance cover the mishaps



After I get my lights, Side steps, lift, and tuner I'll come up with some more plans for welding. I'd like to make a whole new rear bumper but I got a lot more plans to finish first

 

[soon2bsick]

first couple coats.

lights get here Friday

 

[SouthernSAR]

lookin good
what kinda lights did you get?

 

[soon2bsick]

kc hilites slimlite driving and kc wide beam fogs. I wanted long range but I want to put those on a roof setup

 

[interscope8]

Where did you order from? They are kinda steep for me otherwise I'd have some nice ones besides the cheap wal mart ones :\

 

[soon2bsick]

Amazon, That's where I get everything lol

 

[theluke19]

Amazon, That's where I get everything lol

They make it to easy to have good **** delivered right to your door lol

 

[soon2bsick]

They make it to easy to have good **** delivered right to your door lol

lol and I have business membership through the company I work for so I get free one day shipping so it makes it REALLY too easy

 

[LONO100]

i really suggest getting the bedliner on, or powdercoating it. being that its on the front of the car, going at highway speeds will chip the paint off that thing in a day or two.

 

[interscope8]

i really suggest getting the bedliner on, or powdercoating it. being that its on the front of the car, going at highway speeds will chip the paint off that thing in a day or two.

I agree! I have one of the eBay ones from Hunter Truck Gear and its claimed to be "5 Stage Powdercoated". Its holding up better than my previous one and hasnt chipped a once! I even pushed some shopping carts around at work with my truck and no marks haha

 

[soon2bsick]

i really suggest getting the bedliner on, or powdercoating it. being that its on the front of the car, going at highway speeds will chip the paint off that thing in a day or two.

It's plasti'dipped

Waiting for my lights to get here so I can drill the holes before I decide what/if to paint it with

 

[soon2bsick]

Got my lights tonight but I also got my new sub box in the mail as well so I decided to tackle that job first and then do the lights tomorrow