For all of us driving a custom pickup, Jeep, or off-road vehicle, we know how important protecting the front end is. Whether you're hitting the back roads, constantly on a jobsite for work, or just cruising through town, it's good to know that you can count on that extra protection up front that you get from a custom fit grille guard.
Grille guards are designed to sit out front of your existing grill, thereby keeping it and all that sits behind it wayward tree limbs, stumps, rocks, and so on. They are also an excellent barrier if you should happen to bump into something like another vehicle, a tree, telephone pole, and mail box. They do wonders at absorbing the impact of such collisions.
Another wonderful advantage to adding a grille guard to your rig is that they are made to look good, and to look strong. Typically made of formed tube steel, you will find them in black, chrome, and stainless finishes, and most custom designed to fit your vehicle. No more intensive cutting, torching, and welding, but a true, easy to install, fit. You can pick from one piece, modular pieces, and even headlight guards – so that you can pretty much design and cover what you want to.
You may hear other terms used when referring to vehicle front end protection such as bull bars, push bars, brush guards, and grill guards. Oddly enough, grill guards and grille guards are the same product – just a spelling preference. Nothing more. Brush guards are one of the more common front guards, because they are designed to protect the bumper, grille, paint job, and beyond from getting scratched up by brush, branches, and the like. Push Bars are more of a combination guard and unit to assist in pushing other vehicles. The Bull Bar usually comes with a skid plate, and is more focused on protecting the lower front end from low lying stumps, boulders, and concrete contraptions that might be lying in wait, below your normal sight line.
Grille guards are available from a number of top quality manufacturers, such as CSI, Rugged Ridge, Westin, Cobra, and others. Each has their own styles and looks, so it is important that you do some serious shopping before you decide on the right one for you. These are all easily visible on the many on-line aftermarket auto accessory web stores, complete with pictures. All this makes it easy for you to visualize what this will look like on your particular rig.
All in all, the grille guard is a wonderful addition to the front end of any truck, jeep, 4×4, or off-road rig. Great protection for the grille, bumper, paint, lights, radiator, and so on. And just a great look up front – which really dresses things up right. So, do not delay one more minute, just start looking around, both on line and around town. Check out other vehicles like yours and see what others have done. Find what you like – and get that front end protected!