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Old 12-03-2016, 09:27 PM
beefjerky beefjerky is offline
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Default Building a bumper, what constitutes as full width?

I bought some KC lights as a birthday present to myself, and I needed something to mount them on. My dad offered the bullbar on his '95 Pathfinder. When I went to mount it, I discovered I couldn't line it up with my bumper due to a minor accident that made it crooked. Long story short there is now a bullbar welded to the frame of my truck, with about 1.5ft of open space on each side.

To make it legal, can I just build a simple tube structure? Would some braced sheet metal suffice? I could probably run it as is but would rather not worry about being pulled over. I'm pretty resourceful but I'm not made of money
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Old 12-03-2016, 10:41 PM
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Default Re: Building a bumper, what constitutes as full width?

What law are you referring to? Never heard of a law for a bullbar, so I'm not sure what's required. Pictures would help also, if someone knows your states requirements.
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Old 12-04-2016, 05:23 AM
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I think he is saying he removed the bumper and welded the bull bar on.
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Old 12-04-2016, 04:25 PM
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Default Re: Building a bumper, what constitutes as full width?



I'm in NJ, do you think some tube sections would satisfy the full width requirement?
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