help me with a name
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Mountain Pass
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From: Southwest Ohio
help me with a name
i have a 2001 f250 and i just bought a grill gaurd use but it dont have a name on it. you can tell by the welds and the way it was built some guy in his garage didnt build it. the hole thing is made out of square tubing not round. the main body is 2" and the wrap arounds for the headlights are 3/4" ruffly, the thing looks NICE and is soild as a brick sh/it house. i'm tring to get pics posted. if you have ever heard of a company that uses square tubing i'd like to know who made this thing
thanx
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Mountain Pass
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From: Southwest Ohio
im not 100% sure its not homemade but if you look at the demintions, angles, and the welds this thing is built to the T. I AINT SAYING IT CANT BE DONE but its hard to imagin this thing being built this good and not from a templet out of a machine. i've yet to see a company use square tubing to thats why i posted it in case any of you new of a company i was missing.
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I have seem numerous grill guards made with square tubing, they are set up like that to give more of the impact on the item hit instead of the truck for example if you hit a deer. I have seem one mangle a deer when it hit one doing 55mpg on a road by my house (more carnage on the deer vs a round tubing guard).
for the maker I haven't see that particular design since it didn't turn and go around the headlights, but it could be from a smaller company making them. I doubt that is made without a jig from a company
for the maker I haven't see that particular design since it didn't turn and go around the headlights, but it could be from a smaller company making them. I doubt that is made without a jig from a company
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Yeah, it's probably not a "homebuilt" guard fabbed up in some guys garage, but it's not from one of the major vendors either, ie.. Westin, Manik, Rhino, etc.
But there are hundreds of local shops around the country that fab up guards. It's a nice job done with square tubing.
You know, for around a $100, give or take, you can take that sucker down to your local powdercoat shop and they'll strip and recoat it for you. It'll look like brand new.
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But there are hundreds of local shops around the country that fab up guards. It's a nice job done with square tubing.
You know, for around a $100, give or take, you can take that sucker down to your local powdercoat shop and they'll strip and recoat it for you. It'll look like brand new.
TX
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Most companies use round tubing because you can bend it. With square tubing, you can't bend it, every corner has to be cut and welded. It makes for a lot more welding, hence a lot more labor cost.
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One way to tell if it was made in a jig is whip out a tape measure and see how square and accurate the measurements on each side are. I know a couple people who could have made that in their backyard with a chop saw and welder so it's not to far fetched that someone would make it out of some spare square stock left over. I think it's a one of a kind...