Baja designs light bar

[kevmacblackzr2]

 

[ZR2EDDYB]

I’ve got something in the works like this for the 1500.

 

[GATORB8]

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Am I correct in assuming that’s the Westcott Designs bar for the AT4X?

 

[amateurhour]

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Who makes the bar? What do you think of it?

I’ve got something in the works like this for the 1500.

Oh please tell us more

 

[ZR2EDDYB]

Who makes the bar? What do you think of it?


Oh please tell us more

Currently in 3D design.

Basic premise is a fully bolt on 4-5 light bar with a camera relocation tab.

There is an example floating around on here somewhere but I believe it was a one-off.

I plan to have one to offer to the ZR2 community by the end of the year.

 

[Leonidas]

I don’t love that it sticks out past the bumper. Seems unprotected.

 

[kevmacblackzr2]

Who makes the bar? What do you think of it?


Oh please tell us more

It is the one by westcott, it’s pretty legit, great quality, mounts solid. It is for the at4x or the aev bumper, the difference in application is the zr2 has a different plastic piece that snaps on the metal top of the bumper, so I cut it ever so carefully so it sits in the plastic for the first inch and half of the plastic, you can’t even see where it’s been cut. And then it’s hooked up to a factory upfitter switch. Some might not like how it sticks out passed the bumper, but it’s so minimal, if you were gonna get that close to something then you probably intend on hitting it anyways..

 

[GATORB8]

Some might not like how it sticks out passed the bumper, but it’s so minimal, if you were gonna get that close to something then you probably intend on hitting it anyways..

I think a planned push is really the use case for something like a Ranch Hand.

It does look like the Westcott is designed to protect the lights with its bar, which is nice. Probably the reasonable impact expectation is, will it protect the lights in an animal collision and not cause additional damage to the vehicle compared to it not being there.

 

[AXE]

It's built like that so the lights have enough clearance between the grill.

If anyone thinks you can run into anything more than some grasshoppers and butterflies with their 8500 lb rig, they have a different understanding of physics than I do. That bar is gonna taco if you hit anything with any weight or speed behind it.

 

[GATORB8]

It's built like that so the lights have enough clearance between the grill.

If anyone thinks you can run into anything more than some grasshoppers and butterflies with their 8500 lb rig, they have a different understanding of physics than I do. That bar is gonna taco if you hit anything with any weight or speed behind it.

Westcott’s .120 wall DOM should fair better than the factory steel bumper if the brackets hold up and are frame anchored.

Nothings going to hold up to anything large, but I’ve gotten out unscathed against a pronghorn with a bumper I’d assume was in league with the AEV.

 

[AXE]

Westcott’s .120 wall DOM should fair better than the factory steel bumper if the brackets hold up and are frame anchored.

Nothings going to hold up to anything large, but I’ve gotten out unscathed against a pronghorn with a bumper I’d assume was in league with the AEV.

There's 0 support in the middle of the bar, so it's gonna taco. I'm not taking a position on the quality of it, just that it's subject to bending like everything else with 8500 lbs behind it.

I've never hit anything in my life, so it wouldn't concern me. If I do hit something, I'm gonna back up and hit it a few more times so I can get a new truck.

 

[slicer]

I plan to have one to offer to the ZR2 community by the end of the year.

Very interested.

especially if it is something geared towards universal type of mounting as I'm a Diode Dynamics fan, not Baja.

 

[Bjo221]

I’ve got something in the works like this for the 1500.

Please share!

 

[ZR2EDDYB]

Please share!

I will start a dedicated thread to development.

 

[Busa Dave]

To be honest... Looks like it would work on a "mall crawler" but where I go not on a bet.

 

[GATORB8]

To be honest... Looks like it would work on a "mall crawler" but where I go not on a bet.

Lol, well out of any approach angle our trucks could touch.