I know there are 2 schools for Pick-ups.

1. The Street truck guy who likes to "slam" the thing and put an extra 7000lbs of chrome on it.

2. The off-road guy who likes to put a 18" lift kit and 72" tires and drive over school busses at the county fair.

But here's the real question: Why the hell would someone put 20" Chrome rims with 255/35 tires on their truck and also mount a bull bar with headlight guards on the same truck? Are they planning to do some muddin' with it? Or is it for the simply gratuitous reason of adding even more chrome?

 

It's all about the image and looks. Gotta have the "bling" factor. LOL

Once you except the fact that, yeah, alot of people buy 4x4s and street them out, and they would bottom out the truck on an acorn.... some of them end up looking pretty damn cool. But then there's the rest of us practical guys, who'd rather jack it up and put tractor tires on it so that we can run over ricers.

I think my truck lets out a little laughter when it sees a ricer, anyone found a fix for this? Made a PCM update?

- Justin

 

I am planning on putting a bull bar on my truck eventually and I dont planto take the truck off road all the time. I live in a area with a lot of deer and other wildlife that think they have the right of way .

 

I saw huge bull bars on a riced out toyota RAV4 today on my way to work. Looked bad to say the least. I think that a ghetto RAV4 and a street truck with bull bars just missed the point...

 

whats a bull bar if i may ask? are those the bars that Westin sells?

 

My truck is the typical suburban pickup - the yard-waste, plywood, lumber and hardware, firewood, mulch, gravel, dirt, and nursery plant hauler. Plus the weekly drives with my upright bass in the back. It's a 4x4 too. Do I really need it? No. It's not and integral part of the daily use of my truck. However, during snow, ice and severe rain storms it adds an extra level of safety and control.

Will I add lights, bull bars, brush guards, etc to it? Heck no. If I did install all that stuff they'd better be covered in dirt.

I do make it a point to let those drivers with the thin-tires, big chrome wheels, safari gear and tinted windows know that they're just posing.

Here's to real trucks doing real things.

 

most people around here (houston) just get stuff for looks. i say that because half of the people here have never been outside big cities and dont know what off roading is, even though they have 4x4 trucks. personally, if i had a truck, i wouldnt put a bull bar on, id for for a grill guard. i wouldnt get a bunch of shiny crap and throw it all over. i would have the gill guard for when i go mudding and have to drive through some high grass.