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Off-Road Racing Light Bar

04-29-2004, 01:54 PM

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Greg Boardman-RIP

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Off-Road Racing Light Bar

I decided a few months ago to build "Off-Road Racing" style light bar/ bumper. Once I started the conversion from a DRW to a SRW I new the direction I would be going with this truck was off road racing. With the suspension that T-Rex offers, our truck can be made into competitive off road machins. No one offers a bolt on type of light bar for our trucks. I have decided to call it a light bar and not a bumper because of DOT approval stuff. It does not replace the stock bumper, so it is a light bar. Don't let the name fool you. This thing is being made out of 120* wall chromoly tubing. It is super stout, mounted with 3/8" thick burly mounts. All oem mounting points assure there will be no warranty issues with the frame. I decieded to keep a conservative look and not make a huge scoop off the front. This is the first prototype bar and the design will change as I progress. I would hope that there are others that would be interested in something like this. I am going to make one for the T-Rex racing truck and it will be tested in the rugged and totally brutal conditions of the Baja 500 race. Let me know what you think....

Thanks,
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