Bought them off FB marketplace. Idk how I feel about the purple powder coat but they're fine for now. No leveling kit and doesn't rub. A nice OEM+ upgrade.
I think aluminum will be strong enough. These are 14 gauge steel and they're plenty strong. I think the aluminum will be even stronger. I'm gonna run the numbers and see if it's worth it to put some in production to bring them available here in the states.
There's 6 attachment points. Stainless also warps extremely bad on a plasma table with my experience. I'm getting some quotes for laser cut aluminum in 1/8 inch this week. As for longevity of the mild steel, these were a proof of concept to see if they would work how I wanted.
I wanted a set of these and i hadn't found any that I liked or were at an acceptable cost so i made my own. I'm gonna look into have a run waterjet out, they were a P.I.T.A. to cut out on my plasma table. These are steel but I'm gonna look into aluminum.
I also bought these brackets and for the price the fitment was horrible. The extra bracing on the bottom side of the brackets digs into the molded rubber on the cowling cover and any way you adjust the bracket it is within 1/16 or less from the hood edge. After final tightening the gaps got...
So I installed ditch lights yesterday along with a 32in dual row behind the grill. I went with Rough Country Spectrum series, I like the semi smoked look and they've been tested on my company trucks for several years with no problems. The pre wire harness for Aux 6 was used for the grill light...