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installed my new light bar today

this is the best pic i have for now its with my phone and im at work now. what do you guys think?

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you need lights on your light bar!!
 
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get some lights
 
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how did you mount it?

I like it
 
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Originally Posted by FX2.3
you need lights on your light bar!!
lol agree
 
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Looks good!! Can we get some close up pics. of your bracket mounts? I have a bar just like that,i just need to weld some brackets on.
 
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haha i know i know i need lights im going to try and get some out of my paremts for christmas haha

and for mounting it its a fabtech universal bar so it came with brackets i just had to kind of play with them and see what worked but there is two brackets on top of the bumper and two right below them facing forward like on the front ill try to get some closer pics of it tomorrow when i go home im still at work so i dont have a camera with me besides my phone and its dark out and i have no flash
 
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Doesn't look bad to me.
 
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i dont like it, it takes away from the fluidness of your truck.
 
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It'll look much better with the lights on it. Otherwise I say yeah.
 
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alright here are the brackets that i used to mount it to the bumper its the brackets that came with the bar
 
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ehhh. i wouldnt want to drill into my bumper. itll prob. look alot better once you get some lights.
 
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My truck has a twin now, almost. Do you have a problem with wobble out of the bumper? You might need to weld extra brackets to the fram and bumper to reinforce it a little bit.
 
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im not having any problems with it wobbling the top bracket is mounted onto the bumper where its steel and the bottom bracket only has one bolt because the lower part of the bumper is plastic but its pretty sturdy i sit and shake it to test it and no problems i just have the urge to go ram something now... lol
 
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I built a bracket that mounts inbetween the crossmember and tow hooks[IMG][/IMG]
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^^^^ Great work on that bracket.
 
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nice installations,but imo,that is one horrible looking light bar. looks like a cow catcher on a train if you flipped it down.

Just doesn't flow with the Ranger body style.
 
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