Anyone ever seen a wooden bumper before?

Has anyone ever seen this before?? I'd think it would rot, but honestly, it's almost sort of cool!

Here's the link to his ad on CL:

https://kalispell.craigslist.org/cto/6155232838.html

 

yeah ive seen one on a old school 4 door vw truck, i love the idea, not to much protection but i dig the look,

 

Yeah for sure! And heck, if it gets beat up, it'd be pretty easy to make another one!

 

I have now and it's awesome.

 

I saw one a while back and it did not look too bad but I have also seen a truck w/wooden running boards and it looked like crap.

 

I grew up in Sonora CA.

So yeah, I've seen that before.

 

Haha now that would be interesting for sure! And I feel like that would be a lot of work for running boards, which are pretty cheap!

 

Am I the only one who thinks the idea of a wood bumper is retarded on a Tacoma? Or any new car

 

Judging by the rarity of a wood bumper seen driving down the highway, it's a safe bet the answer is no.

Plus, that was a first gen, so hardly a "new" vehicle.

 

Had a wood bumper on my T100 and on an Escort Wagon. Mostly because I was broke
The T100 I also bolted a HMMWV bumper piece to it.

https://www.instagram.com/p/O8ovcHnLOb/

 

In short, no.

You are not alone! We're in this fight together...

 

I doubt most people who go with a wooden bumper were concerned with it looking awesome. On the upside it will absorb some energy in a wreck. Just think of it as nature's own crumple zone.

I had a 58 willys that went the opposite direction, rear bumper was a piece of railroad track.

 

Has anyone ever looked at our stock bumpers? Even a wood 2x4 is stronger than them.

I saw a Tacoma with led lights in the wheel wells and under the truck a couple days ago. Now that's ridiculous. Maybe they're nightlights so the tires aren't afraid at night.

Cool, just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

So would airbags even deploy if you hit one?

 

had one on my old S10
Got rear ended by some girl, her insurance gave me money for a new 2x4 as part of the settlement

 

Was there much of a payout then or did you make bank? Either way Im sure the insurance company probably had a double take when they found out you had a wood bumper. Wasn't there a member on here who recently made a wood bumper last year and posted pics for a second gen?

 

No. Airbags are afraid of trees. Its weird really.

 

$8. It was a pressure treated 2x4.

 

Wait so was that the settlement or what you put into for a new 2x4?