Raptor bull bar

If you ant to just add to the stock I recommend getting something tabbed up like @raptorEmbroidery who has a couple light bars and good protection as well

RDFTS said:

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Lol... You like that one!

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LEX @lexmotorsports goodguy just came out with something kinda like a bull bar. Maybe they could do a custom one that came up higher towards the grille?

Hey buddy, here is my setup. You can order the defiant offroad light bar from their website but I had some modifications done. It has flat plate with 3 holes punched for looks welded between the radius bar and top hoop, then, it has flat bar welded between the radius bar and top hoop to hold 2 30" light bars.

Also added some tubular gusseting between the uprights and the radius bar to add rigidity and welded the bottom cross bar rather than bolting it up.

Lastly, I added flat bar on the mounts that come out from the tow hooks to make those more rigid as well.

I can stand up and jump on this light bar and there is not even a wiggle.

Also, the reason I went with this light bar is it is more of a fitting design for the Raptor. It's more of a baja bar rather than a bull bar.

Keep in mind these are old pictures and once the light bar was finished, it was coated in Line-x platinum

Stock Light bar with 4 8.7" vision-x lights


Welded, bare, with 2 30" led light bars mounted


On the truck (bare)


Complete

As far as bull bars go I always liked spyder's version.

WeaponX said:

It would mainly be for deer protection as there are deer accident weekly in my neighborhood.

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Jimbo said:

Then just put it in your Cobra, as those things are ugly. And, if you do smoke a deer, with that thing, you'd be lucky to hit it square in the middle, shit is still going to get ****** up.

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Jimbo brings up a great point. Most bull bars are strictly for aesthetics and don't have any real structural strength to them. I have seen several truck where a deer was hit and the bull bar was pushed in to the grille, valence and / or bumper.

KaiserM715 said:

Jimbo brings up a great point. Most bull bars are strictly for aesthetics and don't have any real structural strength to them. I have seen several truck where a deer was hit and the bull bar was pushed in to the grille, valence and / or bumper.

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X2 I wasnt going to add any unnecessary hating to what is already a fail of a thread but I have seen many vehicles require frame section replacements due to bull bars.

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