Fender Bars

[vwjay]

I'm in the process of building my truck and I'm now looking at my front bumper. I plan on mounting a winch to the bumper/grille guard like this as I has a nearly identical truck.

But while I'm at it I'd like to build some fender bars like these for just a little added tree and animal protection.

Is there any general rule as to how close or far away from the fender the bar should be? I plan on making them removable for servicing or fender replacement. Anyone have them on there truck already and could send me some measurements of the bar to fender gap?


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[vwjay]

No info huh? No worries I'll figure something out.


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[Justin Forrest]

I think a lot of it will depend on the material used (wall thickness) and how it's mounted. It's going to deflect more at the bend so take that into consideration.

 

[Daryl 32]

The bumper will move and twist with the frame so most companies will leave about 7/8" to 1 & 1/2" space so the bar does not hit the fender.

 

[vwjay]

Funny, my original estimate was an inch. Not sure what I'm going to use for material yet. But out of common sense it'll probably be DOM tubing.


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