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Front Bumper

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by orafrith, Sep 5, 2016.

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Which bumper to choose help me decide.

  1. Option 1 winch bumper

    65.5%
  2. Option 2 lights bumper

    34.5%
  1. Sep 6, 2016 at 11:12 AM
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    JoeyDel

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  2. Sep 6, 2016 at 4:15 PM
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    Thats great to hear!

    Im not familiar with any shops in that area. Im sure there are some that could handle it though. The cutting process really isnt that hard. We have instructions in our Vendor sub-forum if you would like to check those out for more details.
     
  3. Sep 6, 2016 at 4:24 PM
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    Sos concepts does a good job on the 3rd gens
     
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  4. Sep 6, 2016 at 4:43 PM
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    My current list of choices are

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    However I'm waiting to see what Joe and the boys at Mobtown come up with before I decide. I spoke with Joe on Sunday he says their plans ar ego have it ready for a Black Friday sale. In a perfect world they'd have one out, but Black Friday will be here before any of us want it to.

    There are some structural pro's to cutting, and to be frank I'm not building an overland truck to trade in in 3 years so I don't expect to be removing it before resale either way
     
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  5. Sep 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM
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    Same top 3 for front bumpers.
     
  6. Sep 6, 2016 at 5:35 PM
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    You might as well put the front bumper skirt back on after all that work on your lift you put a bumper that poorly design for your approach angle. Also what is the weight of one of those bumpers w/ a winch? 300 lbs? That is a lot of weight over the front wheels.
     
  7. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:12 PM
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  8. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:19 PM
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    Both original options are atrocious. And there's a reason all those marketing photos are from a low angle.
     
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  9. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:22 PM
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    Nice and clean! I like it.
     
  10. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:22 PM
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    X2. Too Big & Bulky looking
     
  11. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:27 PM
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  12. Sep 6, 2016 at 6:28 PM
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    Was surprised too!

    image.jpg
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    Good looking truck.
    Pretty close to what I'll be doing once I buy mine (depending on how work lines up it will be a late 2017 or early 2018 model)
     
  14. Sep 6, 2016 at 7:24 PM
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    I have taking everyone's ideas into consideration and my first two choices are ridiculously big you guys has opened up my eyes to a lot more bumpers then I originally could find thank you very much keep the ideas coming. As soon as I can figure out how to reply to each person independently I will do so my computer is down and I'm using a tablet and I haven't seen that option yet the only option I see is to reply to the whole entire post. I'm still new to this forum. Thanks again.
     
  15. Sep 6, 2016 at 7:28 PM
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    As a long time lurker, and fellow relatively new poster...welcome to TW.
     
  16. Sep 6, 2016 at 7:49 PM
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    This forum actually did some good for once!!!! That's awesome that you didn't get offended. One thing to keep in mind over looks is the weight of the bumper.

    Try to save up for an aluminum one. It's going to be lighter, wont rust out and in a collision it will absorb the impact a bit better that steal.
     
  17. Sep 6, 2016 at 7:51 PM
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    Weights a great point. I forgot to mention that when I linked the Pelfreybilt...theirs is aluminum
     
  18. Sep 6, 2016 at 8:01 PM
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    Lift and tires spec?
     
  19. Sep 7, 2016 at 12:43 AM
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    If I remember correctly from some of his other posts they're 35s. IDK on the lift but it looks damn good.

    I personally want to do 33s or so. Its a toss up between OME BP-51, Icon, or King at this point.
     
  20. Sep 7, 2016 at 4:25 AM
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    I just installed Fox and 33's. After a couple of days I wanted to go to 35's but I already need a body mount chop for the 33's so I'll see how much I can cut to eventually get 35's.
     

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