Light bar in grille ??

kbanks93 said:

hey just wondering if anyone has done a custom grille designed like rigid industry's makes for light bars? I've recently installed a 21 inch light bar in my bumper and i want more. I know lots of people have mounted behind the grille i just want to know if anyone has made the cut out of like a billet grill and mounted the light bar flush. Thanks again happy night driving

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i am actually in the process of creating a new grille that i might offer for sale up on the nation that will have a light bar inserted in either both top and bottom half of the grill single or dual row light bar. As i said it is in the works and i have not mentioned this to anyone prior to now. Atm i have a 10" mounted behind my stock grill since my custom was destroyed by a deer.... so much hard work gone o well onto the next project. Ill keep you posted.

Block airflow to the radiator = no sales

After taking my grille off several times I discovered that is pretty weak: I´ll be very skeptical about the ability of a stock grille holding a LED bar like those ones. Maybe with some steel frame on the back to add some support and bolting the grille into the body (not using those weak OEM Clips).

still having a LED bar inserted on the grill without compromising the air flow would be Fkng awesome!

FrEaK_aCcIdEnT said:

Block airflow to the radiator = no sales

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its the same size as the bar thats on the Colorado so I dont think it will be a problem

fitsector said:

After taking my grille off several times I discovered that is pretty weak: I´ll be very skeptical about the ability of a stock grille holding a LED bar like those ones. Maybe with some steel frame on the back to add some support and bolting the grille into the body (not using those weak OEM Clips).

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I thought about something similar. Instead of mounted the bar to the grill itself, just mount it onto the frame and cut a hole in the grill for the bar to stick out.

Ive been thinking of this too

Dctrpayne said:

its the same size as the bar thats on the Colorado so I dont think it will be a problem

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I was going off of statement below in bold. South Texas is hard enough on cooling systems in the summer time. No way would I opt to block it more. I want to ditch the front plate bracket, but front plates are required in Texas. Hopefully that goes away tbis session. I think I saw a State Senate Bill on it.

xpaintcmb1 said:

i am actually in the process of creating a new grille that i might offer for sale up on the nation that will have a light bar inserted in either both top and bottom half of the grill single or dual row light bar. As i said it is in the works and i have not mentioned this to anyone prior to now. Atm i have a 10" mounted behind my stock grill since my custom was destroyed by a deer.... so much hard work gone o well onto the next project. Ill keep you posted.

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Rod-o said:

I cut away my center bar and It is just about a 1/8 of an inch to narrow for a light bar to fit so mine sticks out by about an inch on the sides and 1/32 in the center.



Also if you do it this way your not blocking any extra air flow

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Whit this cut away and the bar bolted directly to the body frame not the grille, then you got a really solid design.

FrEaK_aCcIdEnT said:

Block airflow to the radiator = no sales

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i have had zero issues with airflow and actually it opened up the grill more than before so if anything my airflow has increased. thanks for the concern however. If this was the case i think people would be more hesitant on swapping grills and putting some of the random things i see behind there grills. The light would be the least of my concerns as far as airflow its only 2" wide as wide as the chrome strip that blocks airflow on our trucks. I would be more worried with the people i see running LARGE PIAA lights behind the grill or in-front that almost blocks the entire radiator. lol :drinking28: Just my 0.02

Rod-o said:

I cut away my center bar and It is just about a 1/8 of an inch to narrow for a light bar to fit so mine sticks out by about an inch on the sides and 1/32 in the center.



Also if you do it this way your not blocking any extra air flow

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i love where this is going im in for some more pics of a finished product!

xpaintcmb1 said:

i have had zero issues with airflow and actually it opened up the grill more than before so if anything my airflow has increased. thanks for the concern however. If this was the case i think people would be more hesitant on swapping grills and putting some of the random things i see behind there grills. The light would be the least of my concerns as far as airflow its only 2" wide as wide as the chrome strip that blocks airflow on our trucks. I would be more worried with the people i see running LARGE PIAA lights behind the grill or in-front that almost blocks the entire radiator. lol :drinking28: Just my 0.02

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Do you have pictures? I just can't picture how it would open up for better airflow. Also have to keep in mind that there are more fluids going through the radiator than just water. Tran fluid temp is also a major factor to consider. I use a scangauge2 to watch all my temps. We have the 4L60e thanks that builds up a lot of heat and doesn't like it when fluid breaks down due to excessive heat. The general rule is <200°F trans temp is good. <185°F is ideal. >200°F is not what you want. In the summer time in south texas with the V8 without a trailer in traffic I see up to 220°F. Any more blockage would bring a negative effect on my trans fluid degridation.

Y'all are confusing.

Jesse said:

Y'all are confusing.

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@ivan29 Maybe he can unconfuse all the confused confusion?


lol

Ok Kbanks93 sorry to thread high-jack but I'm going to start a build thread on this. Not a How-To because I'm still working on it a bit.

Link-> http://www.355nation.net/forum/projects-build/138482-light-bar-grille-build.html

FrEaK_aCcIdEnT said:

@ivan29 Maybe he can unconfuse all the confused confusion?


lol

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@ivan29

:ivanmad:

I got nothing. NOTHING.