hey I'm wanting to build my own roll bars but not real sure on what width to go with on the polls. I was thinking 3 in. or 4 in. any suggestions or tips on building?

 

i plan on doing the same thing this week.
wanna start out with something like this

http://www.truckrollbar.com/3barphot...ABHANDLES.html

... just simple for now.
then go to something like this maybe.

http://www.truckrollbar.com/3barphot...ABHANDLES.html

 

are yall doing it for looks or functionality.

if you want it to work then you will need to mount it to the frame. and you will want to something stronger than just pipe. you will want DOM tubing.

if its just for looks and too add some lights on then the pipe will be fine.

 

yeah I'm goin for just looks. don't plan on rolling my truck any time soon. ha. How much piping do you think it would take to do my set up. I'm wantin to go with the look of the black ford on the link 97f150 posted. It's the one towards the end of the pictures.

 

im just going for looks also. just another place to put lights lol. plan on starting mine tomorrow if i get a chance. i plan on buying about 10 feet of steel. that should just about do it

 

nice well. let me know how it goes. post some pictures up. I'm really wantin to start mine but don't know how much steel i'm goin to need. are you goin with 3" piping?

 

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ap...ache-rack.html
here it is. i kinda went more towards a headache rack and left the roll bar idea. i wanted to do something a bit easier since i have never welded before and this would be my first project.
i went with 2in square pipe ..got 15ft for $35 so far i have spend about $55 on it total
i still plan on adding handles off the sides and am thinking of a way to make the lights swivel down or else i wont be able to fit in the garage lol