Aftermarket Front Bumper Weight

I have a 2022 Tacoma SR, V6, 4x4 with a rough country 3" lift kit. I am considering an aftermarket front bumper that weights between 70 and 100 lbs. Someone told me that it might cause my front end to drop a little due to the extra weight. Has anyone had this experience of the nose of the truck dropping a little due to the extra weight of an aftermarket, steel bumper?

 

I think droop fears are overblown. Your stock springs are something like 650#/inch, meaning it requires that amount of weight to push down 1 inch. An additional 100# from the bumper would result in a very small change.

 

It will some yeah, have someone push down on the front bumper and see if it’s acceptable to you.

 

You'll more than likely lose about a quarter of an inch in ride height on the front.

 

Yes your front end ride height will decrease if you add a heavy front bumper. It also decreases when you get in the cab. You can estimate the difference with some simple physics. The stock coil springs have a spring rate of about 700 lb/in. The IFS has a motion ratio of about 2:1. Therefore every additional 100 lbs on the front springs will cause a drop in ride height of about (100 lb / 1400 lb/in) * 2 * 2 = 0.29”.

 

Mathematically maybe but my truck lost about 1/2” after installing a low-pro and winch which together weighed about 180 lbs. granted thats more than 100 but more than what the spring rate would suggest.

That’s one of the contributing factors to why I went up to 750 when I swapped for a full bumper and added skids etc

 

1/2” drop from 180 lbs is right inline with the estimate I posted.