agreed, the bumper is a little thin, still looks good tho. I prefer the look of the brush guard but thats just me

 

hey man that looks GREAT i love it and as far as the lift get a 4 inch rancho and 35's and it will look really really good. and to the other guys that say its too thin i have seen one of these in person and they really look good
i would love one but don't have any money

 

How much did it run you.

Adbarron

How much did just a brush guard run you?

 

i got bumper for 885, but that was a deal , so u may find it that cheap , you may not...

 

Beef the truck up and it will look nice and mean... IMO

 

when my back pocket beefs up a lil bit ill definitely beef the truck up! haha

 

The guard was $650.00 installed at All Pro Truck.

 

it's not as "beefy" because the front end of these trucks just can't handle that much stress. When I first got my truck I was looking into them but I can't decide if I want to give my truck that look. I want something else because my ptm bumper is getting chewed up. I've seen these bumpers take quite a bit of abuse, well not this one but other ranchhands.

 

***** front crash rating would tell me your wrong on the front end being strong enough. I don't think my bumper being 145 lbs is going to put any stress on a fully boxed hydro formed frame. Heck everyone has been doing this and more for years on much weaker frames. But in a decade or so if my bumper mounts pull off the frame I'll be sure to post to this thread with a update.

 

damn! that thing looks great imo! think it would look good on my truck?


did you retain the factory fog lights?

 

I THINk it would look great bro..... ive seen plenty of trucks with your color combo black and gold... and they look great

 

I'd agree with you, your frame will be fine. I am talking about ball joints...

 

Ok so just have someone ride around with you in the passenger seat. "Oh no now my ball joints are going to snap!" Give me a break!

 

I'm going off what the Ranchhand dealer told me, and makes sense. The bumper he has on there right now is not going to hurt it. You put a beefy ranchhand on there and it will sag and PREMATURELY wearout the suspension.

 

I don't know.... I wouldn't think it would be a problem. maybe they are just staying that as a disclaimer. Sorta why the put CAUTION HOT on coffee cups.