Custom rub rails

[Yannick]

When Picked up my 710 it was missing the driver side wood rub rail, soooo today I made some.
I just so happened to have two 13 or 14 ft sticks of 2'' .095 Dom. A couple of 50 deg. bends 12.5" apart and presto.
For the mounting, I used 2" x .125 cold roll strap and cut the pieces down to 2.5" and 1.25"x.65 tube, notched and cut down to 1/4" spacing between body and rail. The tabs were also welded over every other original holes.














Painted the sides and rear bumper black .. hmmm not sure if i love it?



The front tubes aren't done yet, custom bumper coming soon that will tie in.



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[krick3tt]

Good looking. Very clean and nice welds.

[Fentonite]

Those look awesome! I imagine you could sell a few of those, of you were so inclined...

[TechMOGogy]

Great how-to
Perhaps it should be moved to the Tech Sessions
Not sure I would weld them on but those are very nice looking welds so what the heck!
How did you weld - MIG with gas I assume since they are so clean?
Cheers

[M Wehrman]

The ends are open,does it whistle?

[krick3tt]

I thought that as well, but you have to read the part about the custom bumper coming soon.
If it is as well done as the rail it will be a show piece.

[Yannick]

No whistle but came in handy today ..bounced off some rocks! Thanks guys! Need to find the right winch so i can build a bumper around it, then tie in to rails (bolt on of course)