Learning to weld, or my new brush guard.

[morgan-tec]

Just a word or advice from one welded/fabricator to another, brace the lower and middle tubes with something alone the ends. If you hit anything substantial that will bend and pierce the headlight/fender area. Otherwise it looks pretty good, no how about some close ups on the welds????

[MustangO4]

Here is your closeup on the welds. I cannot take credit though. My neighbor is taking welding classes, so I just tacked everything up and he finished it up much better than I can right now. I am still using flux core so it's ugly, but I have my gas setup on order, then we'll see where I am at.

As for the pipe size, it is 1 inch and actually looks bigger and more substantial in person. That being said, I may do it again with 1.5-2" pipe. I just don't like the big "nerf bar" look. I think it distracts too much from the truck. I am still not too keen on the upper bar as it covers the grill. I also have to do the back guard.

[MustangO4]

After leaving it for a week, I decided I didn't like the top bar, so I cut it off.
The new tires are just some relatively cheap off brands, "made by Goodyear" that I got a good deal on. I think I'll bedliner the rims soon....

[JHarris1385]

Looks 10x better......How much $ did this cost you?

[MustangO4]

$15 in black pipe, $3 for a new sanding wheel for my cheapo angle grinder,$5 new blade for the sawzall,I had the angle iron, some MEK for cleaning and the spray on truckbed liner (any other textured paint would have worked fine too), $15 bottle of vodka to get my neighbor to finish the welding that I tacked in place and a six pack, while the paint dried.

[CrnCnn]

After leaving it for a week, I decided I didn't like the top bar, so I cut it off.
The new tires are just some relatively cheap off brands, "made by Goodyear" that I got a good deal on. I think I'll bedliner the rims soon....

Is that a sticker from Robocop? OCP?

[MustangO4]

"Dead or alive, you're coming with me."

yes