Well, after hacking up a dragster and a little tig welding, I came up with a conservative brush/light bar that installs WITH OUT deleting the factory tow hooks. The unit is completely removable and mounts the the two, inner studs that hold on the bumper. Currently, I am searching for 4, 6" off-road lamps to complete the package.

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Good job on the guard.

But if you wanted opinions I'd say ditch it and build something more robust. You could weld tow hooks into a bigger guard so ditch the factory hooks too. Right now it looks like futon bed frame scrapped, reworked, and mounted to the front of the truck.

...get her a bigger christmas present...your Dakota deserves more!

 

Looks like it'll do the job for a light bar, don't think I'd smash into anything with it though... Looks good.....

 

Basically, I just wanted something to mount the off road lamps. The entire peice is construncted of chrome moly tubing. I agree, I don't feel like performing a pit manuever or anything. However, I can grab it and push up and down as hard as I can...it doesn't move.