Do I really need a front and rear steel bumper?

I’m looking at getting sliders, do i really need a front and rear steel bumper though?

Weight wise what am I looking at? I have a rear and front receiver for what it's worth

 

Depends what you plan on doing, for the light off roading I do sliders and a decent skid plate are all I need. I have thought about steel bumpers, but figure I will get some if/ when I do damage to my front bumper I will just replace with something after market. Damage to the side of you truck can't be repaired with slider install, so I would recommend getting those sooner than later.

 

True, what about that lil piece on the bed at the rear bumper? Wouldnt one need a slider ther? I would incorporate it with the rear bumper to wrap around it till it reaches the rear fender flare

 

Do i have to weld or bolt on?

 

Weld on tends to be cheaper, but I went with bolt on.

 

I'd consider a hitch skid (big fan of WarFab in general) in lieu of a rear bumper. Much lighter, cheaper, and will protect well against dragging your rear. With a front receiver you could actually run them on both ends....

The bumper adantage is side protection if you're sliding in rock gardens (rear) and approach angle (front). If you aren't finding yourself limited by approach or side-sliding, I'd start minimal and work up as/if needed.

 

Can anyone direct me to where I can buy ‘bolt on rock sliders’ for my single cab I also would like ‘rear quarter panel sliders’ only I dont want the whole bumper that wraps around the rear quarter panel it aswell should be bolt on, thx

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/1st-gen-tacoma-sliders-with-options-and-prices.372739/

Should give you a good cross-section of options.

I'm not sure what you're looking for with:

Are you looking to protect the rear quarter-panel of the cab like this:


Or of the bed more like this? (I know you're not looking for the full bumper)

 

Yes, but ima keep my stock rear bumper i just want the wrap around part at the rear quarter panel by the end of the fender flare

 

Copy. I'm not aware of any that don't include the rear bumper; the engineering on that would be difficult due to the applied torque. Hopefully one of the other 1st gen folks knows of something or you can go custom. Good luck!

 

Ima have a local welder just weld both to the frame then, thx