Not really. They're referred to as damage multipliers for a reason. Best bet is to just mount the lights to your stock bumper like everyone else.

 

Every bull bar I've seen has been approximately 3 inch tubing with extremely thin walls. No amount of bracing or added brackets is going to make it something it isn't. There are a couple threads out there about how to add lights into the grill or making a very simple mounting solution behind the bumper.

With that said. I had a bull bar that was hit in a parking lot and it dented the center tube but it didn't move or damage the bumper. Who can say it protected anything or just perfect circumstances where it gave first but the impact stopped there. Either way they are cheap and the Hunter one looks great on the X. My take, its the low bumper portion your worrying about with a bull bar, not head lights or the grill like with a grill guard, so in a collision its toast most likely either way.

 

Yeah, the real question is what you are trying to "get".

Plenty of people mount spot lights in the grill, or LED bars in the "mouth"... so lights aren't really a legit reason to get a bull bar.

 

Well the bull bar is already there. Pretty sure it's just a cheapo eBay one. Thought about removing it but the lights I've got are to big to go in the mouth of the bumper.

 

This is what I did and so far they've been great and haven't budged on their own, only when they get bumped.

http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=139218

 

Just don't hit anything

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Yeah, there is not really a way unless you wanna take off your bumper weld something on and sit there and redesign mounts and stuff. I am getting one just because city living=eventual jackbutt backing into you

 

Why not look into the Calmini pre-runner bumper? Comes to like ~$600 shipped I believe

 

A true bull bar is stout, but the term gets thrown around on brush guards, which are more for looks than real protection.

Sort of like how sometimes people will call side steps sliders, when you know they wouldn't hold up to anything.

 

I had a Smitty Built bull bar / brush guard on a Jeep Liberty. It was very stout. Still not the same as a bumper.

I'f you don't want or "need" a bumper, just mount the lights to the stock one.