'17 Denali: Light bar in the bottom of the bumper?

[Robbys3m3]

I know this may be a little 'anti-denali', but has anyone tried a 40" curved LED bar where the boring plastic area is down below on the bumper? after I did the 2" level and 285/50/22 I feel like the suv looks tougher, and we would actually use the light if it was there....just curious

 

[L's Truck]

Somebody was coming down the road with one of those things on the other day and it blinded the shit out of me.

 

[Robbys3m3]

Wouldn't use it for that...

We have ranch property we frequent and use all the lights on my raptor on the property

 

[gat0r]

i have seen a 30 curved & a 32 straight behind grill

cant say i have seen anything e/ bumper yet

 

[L's Truck]

Wouldn't use it for that...

We have ranch property we frequent and use all the lights on my raptor on the property

Not saying you would. I see the utility for off-road purposes. Some people just take things a little too far haha.

I think it would look good in the area you're looking.

 

[Fifty]

Seems like there is a ton of space behind the grill, but it would be a lot smaller. No idea for sure.

 

[Ct Pirate]

I have a 2018 Denali Coming and putting a bar behind the grill would be great. I'm a total believer in the stealth lightbar you can't see during the day. I don't need to look like I'm going to the BAJA 500 in my Yukon. So I'll be taking a serious look at doing it and some back up lights also.

 

[Robbys3m3]

I haven't done anything yet...luckily that plastic piece is quite cheap if I decide to try it and it looks horrible.

 

[thindiesel]

any curved bar is a mistake in any location.....

 

[Robbys3m3]

I think you are right a lot of the time but I like how it turned out on my raptor

 

[Ct Pirate]

Yeah Looking at the bottom of mine I could do something but its gonna take a lot of balls to cut into a $80k vehicle with 300 miles on it. I was thinking about behind the grille also so maybe that will be a better option.

 

[Dave Legacy]

Looking at that pic of the front end makes we wonder if one couldn’t buy a tow hook facia piece and use the tow hook mounting points to secure a light bar?

I think I’d opt for recovery points over auxiliary lighting any day though.

 

[Ct Pirate]

Yeah, but if I need recovery points I screwed up REAL BAD lol! This is more of a cruiser, I keep the JK Jeep for the tough stuff.

 

[affliction4]

They make a very simple light bar which can attached to the tag bracket location and then be hidden behind the tag bracket. Then provides different options for length of bar for light support.

 

[affliction4]

Just an example...

https://www.roughcountry.com/univer...Izh6zpR63wUOg0eHEzdiZQZqeNI-vDosaAiXjEALw_wcB

 

[Ct Pirate]

That's COOL!!

 

[affliction4]

That's COOL!!

Also if the light bar is too low then you wouldn't gain much visibility unless the ground was as low cut as a golf course....imo

 

[Ct Pirate]

Yeah I'm just thinking about doing a full cut out as I don't have to run a plate in the front.

 

[OilfieldTrash78]

Did anyone ever do this?

 

[Ct Pirate]

I'll be doing it come October / November