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AllBlkdOut07 Senior Enthusiast

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Was thinking of adding one of those prerunner/light bars with two mounted PIAA 520 Ion Crystal Black fog lamps onto my 07 NNBS Silverado. Since I have a 3" Body Lift and 2.5" Front leveling kit, I assume I will have to have some custom brackets fabricated? If so, that shouldn't be a problem. I will probably have it LineX'd too so it matches my NFab bars.

 

Haven't seen too many options for the NNBS 07's. NFab has one, but they're Prerunner bars look too thin. I was looking for something thicker, but I don't want just a Bull Bar.

 

So my request is, does anyone have one, seen one, or recommend a brand. I am willing to spend more to get a better product. Thanks guys.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone too. :thumbs:

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Big Country makes these - not sure if this is what your talking about.

 

http://www.bigcountryauto.com

 

If you go there and put in 2007 Chevy it will bring up all the options they have - the photos are tiny but if you download the instructions they have big big photos in the PDF on a 2007 Silverado you can zoom in on and see how it looks.

 

 

Dakkar Sport bull bar with lights - http://www.bigcountryauto.com/images/artic...21343218927.jpg

 

4X Extreme Front Guard with lights - http://www.bigcountryauto.com/images/artic...21343214378.jpg

 

 

I have this from them - the front grille guard with winch mount built in - it's the only grille guard I could find built in one piece for a new body truck with a winch mount - quality seems pretty good so far. http://www.bigcountryauto.com/item_photo.a...05.jpg&id=6

 

I wish they offered that 4X Extreme Front guard with a grille guard on top - then it would be perfect as it covers up the corner bumper pieces which are the weak link on the Chevy front end.

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Big Country makes these - not sure if this is what your talking about.

 

http://www.bigcountryauto.com

 

If you go there and put in 2007 Chevy it will bring up all the options they have - the photos are tiny but if you download the instructions they have big big photos in the PDF on a 2007 Silverado you can zoom in on and see how it looks.

 

 

Dakkar Sport bull bar with lights - http://www.bigcountryauto.com/images/artic...21343218927.jpg

 

4X Extreme Front Guard with lights - http://www.bigcountryauto.com/images/artic...21343214378.jpg

 

 

I have this from them - the front grille guard with winch mount built in - it's the only grille guard I could find built in one piece for a new body truck with a winch mount - quality seems pretty good so far. http://www.bigcountryauto.com/item_photo.a...05.jpg&id=6

 

I wish they offered that 4X Extreme Front guard with a grille guard on top - then it would be perfect as it covers up the corner bumper pieces which are the weak link on the Chevy front end.

 

Thanks, yeah, I think I am going to end up custom fabricating one to look the way I want it to. There's just to many cheesy lookig ones out there. Unless someone else has seen other ones.

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The reason all the new grille guards, pre runner bumpers, bull bars are small and light is the new truck won't handle the weight like the old one would.

 

I ran this on my old truck.

 

http://www.ranchhand.com/frontbumperbullnose.aspx

 

I went back to ranchand in Houston and they put a front end replacement similar to it with a winchmount on my new truck - even with a 2" front leveling kit it sagged too bad - a lot. So it had to come off for the grille guard winch mount. If we had left it on I would have had to gone back to the stock size tires because the front end was about where it started before the lift. My old 1/2 ton I put the front end on (weighs 180 lbs) and it sagged about 1/2" tops.

 

The one I have now is just a regular grille guard with a winch on it. It weighs much less than my old front end that had a 4" piece of pipe for a bumper and winch - and it sags much worse.

 

I think your going to have to build one if you want anything "heavy duty" because I don't think many people are going to offer anything that weighs much because if people don't have a lift it will sag into the tires.....sad but true.

 

The place I got my winch mount grille guard from after I put it on started telling people only for 3/4 tons now. Sad you can't mount a winch to a 1/2 ton anymore without doing a nosedive.

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The reason all the new grille guards, pre runner bumpers, bull bars are small and light is the new truck won't handle the weight like the old one would.

 

I ran this on my old truck.

 

http://www.ranchhand.com/frontbumperbullnose.aspx

 

I went back to ranchand in Houston and they put a front end replacement similar to it with a winchmount on my new truck - even with a 2" front leveling kit it sagged too bad - a lot. So it had to come off for the grille guard winch mount. If we had left it on I would have had to gone back to the stock size tires because the front end was about where it started before the lift. My old 1/2 ton I put the front end on (weighs 180 lbs) and it sagged about 1/2" tops.

 

The one I have now is just a regular grille guard with a winch on it. It weighs much less than my old front end that had a 4" piece of pipe for a bumper and winch - and it sags much worse.

 

I think your going to have to build one if you want anything "heavy duty" because I don't think many people are going to offer anything that weighs much because if people don't have a lift it will sag into the tires.....sad but true.

 

The place I got my winch mount grille guard from after I put it on started telling people only for 3/4 tons now. Sad you can't mount a winch to a 1/2 ton anymore without doing a nosedive.

 

I hear ya, yeah those are whole bumpers. I'm pretty sure I can fab one that is lightweight yet durable and looks heavy duty. I hate all the grille guards that use that same thin vertical piece of material that is on either end of the horizontal bar. It's so cheesy, thin and lame looking. I'm not thinking of covering my whole bumper just maybe the top half, this will be narrow in height but extend the width of the truck/bumper. Thanks for your insight though, it's much appreciated.

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