BX Grill Guard On E-Bay

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

I saw this on e-bay if anyone needs one./forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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[surfran]

Looks like he does a nice job building those. Are the Kubota ones Aluminum or painted metal?

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

I have no idea, anyone have a BX22 that can tell us??

 

[aardvark]

The ones from Kubota for the BX23 are painted steel.

 

[TractorTodd]

All BX grill guards are painted metal type. The BX 22 & 23 guards are painted silver with the letters BX incorporated into the design. To me these look much nicer. The grill guards on all other models are plain looking, but painted orange. They will interchange with each other and sell for the same price.

 

[Junkman]

The factory originals have the BX part die cut in the steel and on this one on e bay, the BX is painted on. Other than that, they look identical. His price is almost $130 with the shipping, and you can buy a factory original for $160... the $30 difference to me is a no brainer..... I rather have the factory original for the small difference in price. I know how good the factory welds are, but I don't know the quality of the craftsmanship in the knock off..

 

[radair]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The factory originals have the BX part die cut in the steel and on this one on e bay, the BX is painted on... )</font>

I agree with the rest of your logic, but what makes you say the BX is painted on? It looks like it's cut out.

 

[JoeG]

If the letters are not painted on then how do you suppose those "islands" in the middle of the B are suspended?

 

[kubotabilly]

Hello, As you can see, I'm a newbie to TBN. I am also the seller of the grill guard on ebay. I build these guards for something to do in my spare time /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. These are not factory perfect, but then neither are you and I, but they do make a nice addition to the front of your BX for a fraction of the cost of a factory model. I'm not a professional welder, but I will guarantee my welds not to break at the weld joint. I made a mistake in my ebay listing. The factory guard from my kubota parts man costs $215 + freight. The one for $160 was an orange FEL model. Sorry for the mistake. These guards are built with the same size painted steel that Kubota uses, with one exception, I used 1 1/2" ID round bars and Kubota uses 1" ID bars. I plan to cut mine back to 1" ID bars to help cut down on weight. I will also list a new version that has 3 bars and no BX logo. Junkman, I no doubt believe that you are a very knowledgeable person, but please research before you assume. My "BX" logo is die-cut, not "painted on". If you look at the photo on my ebay listing you will notice that you can see part of the tractor grill through the BX logo. As you can see by my ebay feedback, I don't sell junk (no pun intended) and I have many satisfied customers. If any one would like photo's, please email me and I will send them. With this all said, I hope I didn't step on anyones toes, but I felt this had to be cleared up........................Thanks, Bill

 

[radair]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( If the letters are not painted on then how do you suppose those "islands" in the middle of the B are suspended? )</font>

I also wondered about that, but my guess is that they're supported by a piece or two of small bar stock (probably painted black) on the back of the "BX" plate.