Trail rigs, show me your radiator hoops and stingers!

[Gummi Bear]

This is the summer of the fab project, and I'm drawing up all of my plans in a CAD like program to help me along the way. I have a good idea on what I want for bumpers, cage and sliders, now I need a radiator hoop and / or stinger to protect the front from getting squished on the trail. Finding one on a Jeep or Cruiser is a no-brainer, I wanna see something that is workable, but not gaudy.

So in short, I need inspiration.

 

[SaddleUp]

Nothing real fancy here but this is what I threw together. (I've been playing with the paint colors on my EB in Photoshop in this pic but it still shows the bumper and it was the closest pic I had at hand)

 

[GoFastCrackPipe]

You can see some pics of mine if you look at my gallery.

 

[Gummi Bear]

Thanks guys, I've saved a few pictures from y'all.

Who else has a radiator hoop or stinger on their rig?

 

[welndmn]

Radiator/engine cage.

Stinger

connects to roll cage.

 

[Gummi Bear]

Awesome! thanks Mark.

It looks like 2 bends in the top of the stinger helps a lot with the aesthetics, I'm trying to make one work on a 'Stealth' style bumper. I'm thinking of bringing some rub rails along the body line from the rock ski's to support the stinger, rather than go through the fenders like you did. That second picture looks a lot like Clayton, OK (love that place).

 

[welndmn]

Yeah, I had a round curve before and did not like it, the more squared off bend flows raised section of the hood better.