Radiator protection/grill or no grill??

GONOVRIT · Aug 29, 2013

I'm starting to button things up on the buggy and this is bothering me. I would like to cover the radiator where it is exposed without it looking like **** or some other vehicle. Mainly because I'm justifiably paranoid about a rock or stick going through it. I've had friends tell me to not worry about it.....but its not their buggy :flipoff1:

The area in question is roughly 24''x7'' above the winch and below the light bar.

Elliott · Aug 29, 2013

That hood is sweet. booyang

bushhog750 · Aug 29, 2013

Dont know how functional it would be but a piece of aluminum dimple died with a bunch of holes or in a mismatch pattern might look pretty good and still allow some airflow across the radiator.

nealcj8 · Aug 29, 2013

Buggy looks sweet are there any more pics of it any where

GONOVRIT · Aug 29, 2013

There's a long, uneventful build thread on muddevils4x4.com but you have to join to see most of the pics. I've had alot of ideas about this, I would just like to get some different opinions.

ridered3 · Aug 29, 2013

First thing that popped into my mind was how the grill was protected in the Bacon built Purple Passion buggy. Unfortunately don't have a pictures of its front end. Just a few saved of it upside down :****:

This video is the only thing I had that could show it.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk185/dirttoy3/Crawl%20at%20Mayhem%207-2-11/MVI_5270.mp4

nealcj8 · Aug 29, 2013

It looks kinda like a WOD buggy

GONOVRIT · Aug 29, 2013

Not a WOD buggy lol. This started out about 4yrs ago as an M&M fab sub frame. Quite a few people have had their hands on it since then. Chris Marshall @Marsfab.com in Harrisburg NC recently built the hood and did the majority of the building aspect. Chris is a badass fabricator. I parted my old bounceresque jeep out and decided I wanted something underpowered and overbuilt. Something I could afford to beat the snot out of and not have to worry about much. This is what I came up with;
22RTE/R151/mini crawl box/fj60 split case/steering 60's w/reid knuckles, C's and chromo everything, everywhere possible.....wish me luck

zjtrey · Aug 29, 2013

I've seen this stuff used on a few buggies recently.. seems like it would look good with the aluminum hood..

http://www.mcmaster.com/#perforated-aluminum/=o9zxf5

rig looks badASS :woot:

ridered3 · Aug 29, 2013

Very cool looking buggy!!!

nealcj8 · Aug 29, 2013

That is a sweet looking ride

GONOVRIT · Aug 29, 2013

Thanks for the complements guys. Its been nearly 2yrs since I've wheeled my own rig, I'm beyond ready to get it done.

tazer15 · Aug 31, 2013

Ya first thing I thought of was dimple died alum something rectangle with that perforated alum backing.Nice rig looks bad ass always liked the creeper locks