Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

don't brake for dicks!

 

I would like to, but there's about a million other things I'm trying to squeeze in this summer. You're going?

 

Most likely. I think a couple of the St. Louis guys are going as well

 

Sorry to hear.

 

My condolences @Peeing on Jeeps

 

So sorry to hear this. Thank you for your service. My condolences for your loss!

 

@Peeing on Jeeps
Sorry to here this.
Three weeks ago I had to put Star down.
SSG LRRP is with good company.

 

Sorry to hear about you guys losing your pup’s.

 

Rats, I’ll miss it. I’ll be in CO. the week before but I wouldn’t have my truck out there anyway.

 

Sorry to hear it.

 

Looking for brush guard/ bumper recommendations. Damn deer.

Do you guys think one of those bull bars would have helped or do they crumple? Looking into one of those. I really would like the full steel bumper but that's a ways off.

 

If you had a brush guard or bull bar, it would have done MUCH more damage. They don't call them "damage multipliers" for nothing.

Steel bumper with headlight hoops is the ticket.

 

I have been eyeing up one of these made by Avid. It’s their bumper guard made of heavy steel tubing.

 

They do look way better as well. Thanks for the input

 

Indeed

 

That looks like a compromise between a brush guard and a steel bumper. Where does a guard like that attach to?

 

From what I seen they attach to the frame. I like a full off-road bumper but I would have to change out springs. The bumper guard is like 35lbs. I can deal with that. I found them when looking at different hybrid bumpers.

https://avidoffroad.com/cart/index....12-2014-toyota-tacoma-front-bumper-guard.html

 

I'll consider this too I think. Geekhouse23, would this also fall into the "damage multipliers" category like bull bars?
Thanks for the opinions guys.

 

I want to say yes. The plate bumpers are built beefier, thicker and with better materials designed to handle impacts.

For those that saw me on Saturday, one of you guys commented on my shackle mount. The previous owner of the bumper hit a prius going 40mph. That was the only damaged. Now imagine a bull bar or the avid bar in the same scenario.

I know there is an "Avid products" thread on here and there has to be some impact/collision information there.