Thoughts on Warn Trans4mer Guards?
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Thoughts on Warn Trans4mer Guards?
I have always liked guards on front of trucks just my personal opinion and im looking at them for my truck. Now i was once looking at bullguards because of a truck on page 11 of the show of the pre 97 thread.
However now i have found a pushbar that attaches to the frame so that might look better and it is the warn Transformer bar.
http://warn.iwebcat.com/_Members/loo...Flag=&hdnWN=1&
Now this pushbar has options for a winch which is cool but if you get it in the black model you can get a 2 inch receiver . which due to no tow points on the front would be decent to have. Dont worry i would prefer to get pulled out from the rear anyways would trust that hitch alot more.
So does anyone have them or know anyone with them as I am really intrested its either going to be new tires or some sort of guard for my truck so any info or suggestions are welcome. Thanks
However now i have found a pushbar that attaches to the frame so that might look better and it is the warn Transformer bar.
http://warn.iwebcat.com/_Members/loo...Flag=&hdnWN=1&
Now this pushbar has options for a winch which is cool but if you get it in the black model you can get a 2 inch receiver . which due to no tow points on the front would be decent to have. Dont worry i would prefer to get pulled out from the rear anyways would trust that hitch alot more.
So does anyone have them or know anyone with them as I am really intrested its either going to be new tires or some sort of guard for my truck so any info or suggestions are welcome. Thanks
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I just bought one with winch mount and I'm still fighting with the install. It's an alright system just make sure you go through all the parts before you start the install, i was missing a few fasteners.
A few more things to be aware of; you will need to drill four 1/2" holes in your frame, one hole in the system was too far forward so i had to put one more in the reinforcing angle. You'll want to do some trimming under your grill to get the frame extensions to fit and some extra trimming to get the best fit with your bumper. The last problem I had was with the supports for the winch carrier, they weren't bent properly for my application, i corrected the problem fairly easily on one side but the other side just wouldn't work for me, so I'll fight with it some more tomorrow. If anyone has a trick to getting the proper shape out of these things please, let me know.
It is a decent system, pretty quick install until I got to that second support bar and because of that and he missing parts I was a little disappointed with warn. On the other hand, I'm sure that disappointment will pass the first time I drag myself outta the mud with it.
A few more things to be aware of; you will need to drill four 1/2" holes in your frame, one hole in the system was too far forward so i had to put one more in the reinforcing angle. You'll want to do some trimming under your grill to get the frame extensions to fit and some extra trimming to get the best fit with your bumper. The last problem I had was with the supports for the winch carrier, they weren't bent properly for my application, i corrected the problem fairly easily on one side but the other side just wouldn't work for me, so I'll fight with it some more tomorrow. If anyone has a trick to getting the proper shape out of these things please, let me know.
It is a decent system, pretty quick install until I got to that second support bar and because of that and he missing parts I was a little disappointed with warn. On the other hand, I'm sure that disappointment will pass the first time I drag myself outta the mud with it.
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