<font color="blue"> Has anyone put expandable metal or a grill on their DK45s brush guard? Looking for some ideas! </font>
Greg, I'll share with you the process I went through and maybe you can adapt some of the ideas.
First I made a cardboard template of the brush guard..... which I then used to lay out on a piece of expanded metal. I cut the expanded metal a few inches larger on the sides and then bent and formed the sides to lay in next to the side plates. Then I trimmed the formed expanded metal sides to be within the width of the brush guard side plates. To make the connection along the top I cut a piece of pipe in-half longways so it would saddle the top pipe. Formed the expanded metal over the saddle pipe. Drill four holes through the top of the saddle pipe and laid a 1" wide piece of metal strap across to secure the expanded metal to the saddle pipe. You can't see the saddle pipe in the picture because it's painted orange. I did use one stainless steel hose clamp in the middle to secure the saddle pipe to the top brush guard pipe. The bottom I cut a 1/4" steel plate and sandwiched the expanded metal between the brush guard and plate. The D ring is welded to the steel plate.
Don
