2nd Gen Photos.

Bogunn said:
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I actually do like that. I also like my Tyger. Maybe a little less now. Lol
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To each their own....
Your truck, your money, your parts.

Its just a stronger than avg lightbar on my truck. Thats what it was sold as before led lightbars came into the scene.... then the owner i think changed the name to "bumper gaurd" or something.

I still call it a light bar because thats what it was/is to me and its held a few lights on it over the yrs.
Course now my avid lightbar has a lightbar bolted to it... so theres that clusterfuck ;)
 
Bojangles said:
To each their own....
Your truck, your money, your parts.

Its just a stronger than avg lightbar on my truck. Thats what it was sold as before led lightbars came into the scene.... then the owner i think changed the name to "bumper gaurd" or something.

I still call it a light bar because thats what it was/is to me and its held a few lights on it over the yrs.
Course now my avid lightbar has a lightbar bolted to it... so theres that clusterfuck ;)
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Double lightbar? Bumper guard with attached lightbar? Lol.
Either way it looks good on the Jangle Taco.
 
Bogunn said:
Double lightbar? Bumper guard with attached lightbar? Lol.
Either way it looks good on the Jangle Taco.
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See?
It gets weird when ppl ask "whered you get your lightbar" lol.

Thanks man.

I def like yours more than the aries and the like, i just happened to buy the avid.
 
Bojangles said:
See?
It gets weird when ppl ask "whered you get your lightbar" lol.

Thanks man.

I def like yours more than the aries and the like, i just happened to buy the avid.
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I know the general consensus is “crash multiplier” but the way I look at it is the front end of these turd gens are nothing but plastic and if I hit it hard enough to do damage it’s already screwed. It might help with small bumps like fences, walls, very slow parking lot hits, and shopping carts (the mall crawlers worst enemy).
 
Bogunn said:
I know the general consensus is “crash multiplier” but the way I look at it is the front end of these turd gens are nothing but plastic and if I hit it hard enough to do damage it’s already screwed. It might help with small bumps like fences, walls, very slow parking lot hits, and shopping carts (the mall crawlers worst enemy).
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Brushbars are the biggest offender by far... they take ur own hood out.
Sadly i seen it 1st hand on an xterra. Looked beefy, but folded right over .

I like how the australians make things, from their "bullbars" to light forces lights, and demanding a hilux instead of tacoma. Their ideas of bullbars are defense against real bulls/cows and roos.
 
Bogunn said:
This is definitely interesting. lol. Good info in there.
I especially like the part of “hitting kangaroos or emus”. Although that isn’t a common problem in West Virginia.
And I can’t quite figure out what the pedestrian in the bottom illustration is doing here. View attachment 16507
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Breaking his pelvis on a poorly designed bull bar.
 
OR17TRD said:
Breaking his pelvis on a poorly designed bull bar.
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Not necessarily. He’s at “an increased risk” of pelvic fracture.
From the illustration it looks like someone is reaching over the bar to grab the bumper or something.
 
Bogunn said:
Not necessarily. He’s at “an increased risk” of pelvic fracture.
From the illustration it looks like someone is reaching over the bar to grab the bumper or something.
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He dropped his contacts. The guy in fig1 is taking a nap.
 
Didn’t think about the air bag and the crumple zones being effected by the bull bar. Now I’m worried about your safety @Bogunn
 
OR17TRD said:
Didn’t think about the air bag and the crumple zones being effected by the bull bar. Now I’m worried about your safety @Bogunn
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Thanks for your concern. As facetious as it is.
The only real design compliance out there that can be easily found is the ADR (Australian Design Rules) standards and they are pretty in depth.
Most bull bars utilized by American manufacturers and consumers would seem to fall under the ADR “nudge bar” classification and with the current design employed would meet ADR standards of: made of steel, low point of impact, low overall height, and angled backward.
In a front end impact there is always the possibility of interference with airbag sensors, but the main frontal sensors are not obstructed with the current design and any mid-front sensor would still be impacted in a severe enough collision where the airbag was needed, allowing the airbag to deploy due to the low center of gravity and rear facing nature of the bar.
Also, with the bar mounted to the frame of the truck it will, at low speeds, absorb the frontal impact and save the soft body parts of the truck. Allowing the stronger steel frame to absorb impact without damage as opposed to plastic and fiberglass moldings which will suffer expensive damage and require replacement as opposed to a $250+/- bull bar.
At high speeds the damage to frame and front end are imminent and a tubular steel bar attached to the frame with a low center of gravity is going to do little, if anything, to mitigate or worsen damage.
So, in closing, I stand behind my decision to place a low height bull bar on the front of my truck for protection at very low speeds and very small impacts to protect the plastic flesh of my truck. God forbid, if the impact is severe enough, little could be done in the way of making a difference to the damages incurred.
 
Bogunn said:
Thanks for your concern. As facetious as it is.
The only real design compliance out there that can be easily found is the ADR (Australian Design Rules) standards and they are pretty in depth.
Most bull bars utilized by American manufacturers and consumers would seem to fall under the ADR “nudge bar” classification and with the current design employed would meet ADR standards of: made of steel, low point of impact, low overall height, and angled backward.
In a front end impact there is always the possibility of interference with airbag sensors, but the main frontal sensors are not obstructed with the current design and any mid-front sensor would still be impacted in a severe enough collision where the airbag was needed, allowing the airbag to deploy due to the low center of gravity and rear facing nature of the bar.
Also, with the bar mounted to the frame of the truck it will, at low speeds, absorb the frontal impact and save the soft body parts of the truck. Allowing the stronger steel frame to absorb impact without damage as opposed to plastic and fiberglass moldings which will suffer expensive damage and require replacement as opposed to a $250+/- bull bar.
At high speeds the damage to frame and front end are imminent and a tubular steel bar attached to the frame with a low center of gravity is going to do little, if anything, to mitigate or worsen damage.
So, in closing, I stand behind my decision to place a low height bull bar on the front of my truck for protection at very low speeds and very small impacts to protect the plastic flesh of my truck. God forbid, if the impact is severe enough, little could be done in the way of making a difference to the damages incurred.
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I didn’t want to read that much today. Haha
 
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