Well, I totally see where you are comming from. But first off let me say that the shields project was already in motion before I even found out that DOR sold them. It is a logical idea that anybody could come up with. And to be honest if I had the funds right now I would have at that point purchased them from DOR and supported a vendor in a heartbeat. But as a student, my money is tight and could be used elsewhere, so I opted to get my own fabbed for a 1/4 of the cost that the DOR ones are.
The DOR ones are awesome, and look BEAUTIFUL, and I sure wish I could have afforded them, but I just couldn't right now...
In my opinion, it is no different with people custom fabbing bumpers/bullbars, when there are plenty on the market for us to choose from. Why do we do it? Because if we have the skills too, or another way, it is cheaper and alot more fun.
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