Roll bar/light bar
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Roll bar/light bar
So I'm looking for a double/single light bar and I've seen some out there that don't match the body line of the truck at all. There like 4 inches too tall, or they are way to narrow. Are there any companies that you guys know of that can actually make one of these that look good in a pickup? Or am I just stuck trying to get a genaric brand to look good with a saw and welder?
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if you have a welder, shoot get some scrap and make one. this one is completly functional, and i made it with tabs on top for my cb whips and lights, and its bolted down to the crossmember of my bed. 
Last edited by chrono4; Mar 20, 2006 at 08:05 PM.
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Originally Posted by chrono4
mark, whats that made outa? think it would save your life in a rollover? whats it mounted to?
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those things are more for show than anything....if you want rollover protection you need a roll cage
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ko, mine will at least keep my cab from caving in completly, itll take out the front end of the cab, but the back will be supported.
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Drew, that bar you built really needs some gussets at the corners. It would not protect the cab in a rollover, it would just buckle over sideways. You can't weld 2 pieces together at a 90 like that without support of some kind, it just won't hold. Another option would be 1 or 2 45º braces to support it from side loads. I don't know what kind of a crossmemer you have under the bed but a functional roll bar really needs to be hard mounted to the frame. Otherwise, even with a good crossmember, you stand a good chance of shearing your bed to frame bolts when it goes over.
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the bars not done, i just set it up there for the pic. i plan on welding some big plate gussets with "speed holes in them, between the top bar and the sides, and the back support. the bar is mounted to 2 4 inch pieces of sch 40, mounted with grade 8's at the bar, and some huge grade 8's at the frame.
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I really wanted one for my pickup so I got one from Grizzly. I was so disapointed in it. It didnt fit right so I adapted it to fit. Then it looked like crap, like you said it didnt follow the body at all, pluss it was flimsy. So after I had worked with it for a few hrs I pulled it back off and gave it to a friend who was going to use the pipe for something else. If I can find a tubing bender that big I'd custom make my own.
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Originally Posted by 13MWZ
If I can find a tubing bender that big I'd custom make my own.
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