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Talking with another user on here and they were wondering about tail light guards, so after talking a little I told him I could make him a pair. So here they are...so far. Almost done, just gotta do the mounting brackets.

Starting with 5/16's solid stock for the outer frame...


Then used 1/4 for the extra bars...


Using a redneck version of a Hossfeld Bender I was able to get the corners to have an identical radius...


And after some clean up here's where they stand. Like I said, still gotta do the actual mounting brackets but overall I'm pretty happy.

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I like how these look so far.
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Those have turned out pretty good so far. I like 'em!
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Great job, I really like them so far! Sub'd
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Lookin good.
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I like it, i've been thinking about doing this. My wife wants this on her Jeep, but with some kind of spiderweb design or something in-between the bars..skys the limit, keep it up!
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Wow, what a turn around from the last tail light guard thread.
Looks good.
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Nice work do you have a finished pic of them on a jeep?
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Nice work do you have a finished pic of them on a jeep?
Not yet. Finishing them up tomorrow. This has been a crazy busy week so I haven't been able to do anything else to 'em. I'll be posting up pics once they're done.

And thanks for the compliments everyone!
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Not yet. Finishing them up tomorrow. This has been a crazy busy week so I haven't been able to do anything else to 'em. I'll be posting up pics once they're done.

And thanks for the compliments everyone!
I know what ya mean im in the middle of a front bumper build a winch rebuild and an axle swap.
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Those look great!
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Not yet. Finishing them up tomorrow. This has been a crazy busy week so I haven't been able to do anything else to 'em. I'll be posting up pics once they're done.

And thanks for the compliments everyone!
Will you possibly consider making more of these?
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Will you possibly consider making more of these?
I am highly considering it. All depends on what kind of market there is for 'em.
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Originally Posted by HS00XJ
I know what ya mean im in the middle of a front bumper build a winch rebuild and an axle swap.
What axle you putting in?
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What axle you putting in?
Ah just switching out my lp for a hp.i painted the hp and made a uca mount beef up plate that i have to burn in and put the new bushings in and swap my locker and hubs.oh and also remodeling my kitchen.over worked and under paid.

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