mounting manik brushguard very soon (brackets should be here in a day or two)

if i add a 3" body lift, will the guard look too low and retarded?

 

your could always make some custom brackets that attatch to the frame and to the brush guard to place it...

 

dammit! i just payed $80 for brackets from manik,and i didn't even get them yet. hopefully some of the guys with the two mods i mentioned will chime in with some advice

 

Depending on your body lift manufacurer, you should get front brackers to lift your front bumper up. Last body lift I did was on my 91 chev K2500HD. And I too was running a body lift on it with my westin bush bar.



The kit came with dam near everything but the rear bumper brackets. You cannot tell the body was lift except for the body gaps in the rear and the rear bumper being a couple inches down.

 

I have that Westin like I said earlier, I also have a 3" body. Once I got my brackets I looked at how they mounted then measured the brackets. I had to actually make them shorter, not longer. The way Westins mount (I'm sure Maniaks are similar) is that the brackets mount to that cross member on the frame right up by the front bumper, so they hang down below that. Fortunitially there was a perfect 3" of "extra" material on the brackets. I measured, marked, and got out the sawzall. Then my friends dads bunndy is a welder for a living so I had him weld it just to make sure the welds are never gonna fail.

I'll take some pics of the brackets for you, my camera should be back from repair today hopefully. Also you can take some pics of your brackets and I'll see if I can come up with something to help, hopefully they mount the same.

 

thanks socha i appreciate it. i should be getting my brackets anyday now. i dont have the body lift yet; i was about to order it and then i thought of the brush guard. oh well i'll get some pics of the brackets when i get them

 

Sounds good, I'll go snap some shots of mine and you can see how they're welded. Just got my camera back from repair today

 

ive been consitering going up another 2 or 3in too but i dont know how mine will look. plus i cant really mod it because its made to be strong to hold the winch. ill have to see

 

Hey Spike, out of curiousity is that truck on the left of your pick running on 52's?

 

Far left is a 79 yota on 49 inch IROKs, with dana 44 front and 60 rear (they didnt last one day), 400 SBC and turbo 400 (also didnt last the day. Lets just say it blew up in 2 separate holes and made a mess of the drive line

The one in hte middle is a 82 Yota on 38s, with a done up 302 ford, rear rad, etc, etc etc.....