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I had one years ago on an s-10 blazer. I had what would've been a minor accident, I rear-ended a Ford pickup at very low speed. The guard folded back, creased the hood, both front fenders and broke the mounts on both headlights. Without that "guard" I'm sure the damage would've been minimal. We joked afterwards that the grille guard actually did it's job, as the grille wasn't damaged at all! Lol Needless to say, unless it's a strong fabricated unit, I'll never have one again. I love what@KiwiTerrano has, any info on that? (But I'm sure it's not available here)

Nope these came from overseas. Got them from a guy in Canada. There the real deal. I've got a pic somewhere of my old headlights illuminated. If you look closely you can see XENON printed on the glass. Mr Cox 96R50-97JR50

That won't do much. You really need a full bar like this

JDM. Also on my truck (which is entirely JDM with a diesel ?)

Side by side Mr Cox 96R50-97JR50

About a year ago, maybe a little less or little more, I made some rack bushings out of some high grade neoprene rubber I had in the shop at work and yesterday I found them to have failed. Some of y’all probably already know this but for those who don’t know like me, neoprene is not good for bushings. I thought because good quality SO/SJ cable comes jacketed in neoprene that it might be a good choice, but it’s not. Around a year in the presence of oil and pressure (clamp force) neoprene begins to separate.

A lift of that height would sure be quite a project. I'll sum up by listing the absolute necessities. Front suspension parts: Custom fabbed 6" SFD (will need to include blocks to drop the front subframe, engine mounts, steering shaft joint, strut tower spacers) 2" coils (available from AC Custom lengthened front driveshaft (probably to include double CV joints due to the much greater angles) Longer brake lines Rear suspension: Appropriate combination of either Grand Cherokee or Land Rover springs & spacers (the right springs could probably net you 6" then 2"spacers) Longer shocks (gonna have to do your homework to find what would work best) Custom fabbed panhard drop bracket Custom lengthened upper & lower trailing arms (panhard bracket & trailing arms would be to keep proper rear axle geometry & alignment) Custom lengthened rear driveshaft Longer brake lines Can it and has it been done? Yes. Is it a ton of fabrication, figuring, work and money? Yes. Is it worth all of this to be able to get 35's or maybe 37's under a vehicle that can't be regeared to compensate for the much larger tires? Depends on your wants and intended use. If all you're looking to build is a show queen, mall crawler or boulevard bruiser, than as long as all the work is done properly, with safety and driveability in mind, and dropping close to 10-grand to build a unique ride isn't an issue, go for it! Don't expect it to be a good commuter or daily driver (not saying you couldn't, just wouldn't be very practical), or an amazingly powerful mud bogger or rock crawler (unless yyou take the project even further, adding a transfer case doubler and/or doing a solid axle swap, which would make almost all on the above list null & void). Keep us posted on your decision

The trouble with brush guards, as I understand it, is that the guard tends to slap into the front of the truck if you hit something and damage more things than would've gotten hit by what you ran into. It looks like that one's got half-decent lower mounts, but if those bent pieces of flat bar are supposed to be the middle mounts, I wouldn't trust them for much. And if those fail, and the lower mounts don't, you've got a bunch of leverage acting on a part of the truck that probably wasn't designed for that. Even if all the mounts are good and attached to solid parts of the truck, that thing doesn't cover a whole lot, does it? It might keep most of the sticks or tree branches out of your headlights (provided they don't get stuck in the little cross-bars), but they'll still hit the bumper cover or drag along the hood/fenders as you pass. I doubt it would do much if any good against a hoof rat, unless said hoof rat was considerate enough to stand in just the right spot. About the only thing I think it would be good at is pushing something wide, like the bumper of another vehicle--assuming, once again, that the mounts could take it. I'm also imagining trying to clean out behind those headlight hoops after a good snow. Especially if it's melted a little and then re-frozen. That might not be as much of an issue in your area, though!

OEM for R50's w HID's. @onespiritbrain @ferrariowner123 has a few sets for both his 96 and 03 and I think @XPLORx4 also has a set on his rig as well.

So I decided to give it a whirl without the roof racks and it has worked amazing so far. All I had to do was rotate the tent rails 90'. I did put some foam in between the mounts and the vehicle rails to protect to try protect the finish. As you can see it obviously sits much lower which is nothing but a good thing!