DrEntropy said:
I hate "badge bars". If the car gets 'tapped' in the front for any reason, those things tend to spread the damage over the entire front end. And they transmit an amplified vibration to the lights... they tend to "judder about". Just my personal preference.
Funny, but I have an almost completely opposite viewpoint! Technically I'm talking about accessory overrider bars such as AMCO used to offer, but for many cars they're the same thing.
My numerous experiences with a GT6+, equipped with front and rear overrider bars sold me on them completely. As (insert name of favorite deity or hero here) is my witness, I actually watched, on more than one occasion, as people paralled-parked their huge land barges on a street either in front or behind my poor GT6+; were it not for those bars, I would've lost the car! As it was, the only bump damage the car ever suffered was when some clown in a Pinto wagon realized he'd drive too far under a red light in front of me, and BACKED UP without looking. He braked just about the same time he hit the front bumper of the GT6+. Fortunately, he was good about it, as was his insurance company!
But that's not why you called. :wink: I never had accessory lights on the front bar; they'd have been too high. That might be the case with a TR4A/250 as well. I'd look to construct some sort of bracket that might come up from the bumper mount, perhaps to "nestle" the lamps in between bumper and guard (if present).