Hit a Deer :/ Any recommendations for medal bumpers?

Looks like radiator might also have some damage. There's plenty of grille guards, which are mounting on frame. Cost wise they hit triple digits so you would want to consider the one that you can afford.

 

The only real protection you will get, will be from a full ARB bumper and grill guard.


This one below, and many like it, won't protect most of the front end.

 

What bumper is this?

 

BUT they ARE tasty! (both kinds )

 

It's the one I found below at the bottom of this thread.

 

I had a similar accident happen..I took the insurance money and was able to find items on clist used for a fraction of the cost ..used the extra money to snag a used bumper from a TW member a few months later ...

 

It’s not a bad looking bumper and I’m torn on front bumper I’ve ordered sliders and rear. I don’t disagree those winch bumpers don’t offer much deer protection

 

Yeah been there done that also. Hit a deer myself in spring. Lucky it was a yearling so not that big yet. No bent metal but a lot of shattered plastic.
Body shop I took it to refused to use aftermarket stuff, only genuine Toyota parts, which I was not gonna complain about. Was still a $7K fix though.
And it was fixed in 6 days, so all was good.

 

My body shop told me that they had to use OEM Toyota parts on vehicles that were less than 2 years old..anything older can use aftermarket parts...I'm surprised they replaced my Pro Grill & AlphaRex Headlights..
I thought they would only replace those with OEM parts...to my surprise they didn't.

To those that haven't hit a deer be careful with eyes peeled.I hit the deer running 60 miles per hour it is a SOLID IMPACT....the deer rolled off to the driver side luckily it didn't make full contact to the truck....these are dummmm animals.

 

All those are going to do are break and bend immediately and cause more damage that what would have happened. These are only good for pushing lightweight, tall field grass out of the way and reducing paint damage driving through fields.

Exactly.

Yep. If @hnfiori wants real protection, ARB is the answer. There are some other brands out there that offer "full hoop" style that have a tube that goes around the headlights and grille, but none of them are crash tested. A big reason to have a brand new truck is all of the safety features along with airbags and if you just put on a heavy steel (or even aluminum) Overland AF bumper, you will likely smash your frame and cause your airbags to go off sooner that a properly designed and tested bumper like the ARB.

 

Functionality or not I don't care for the looks of the ARB. I'd recommend C4 or slimline. A deer will screw up the truck bumper or not.

 

There's no point of putting a slim "medal" bumper on a truck for deer protection, which is what the OP asked for.

 

You can also tell that the OP isn't just going for "looks" as they don't have eleventy light bars on the truck.

 

That's exactly what I said. A deer will screw up the truck bumper or not. Doesn't matter which one you pick.

 

I was the same way.

 

Deer can cause some serious $ damage to these newer trucks. When I was in high school, we used to run over Texas Coastal deer with a 65 Pontiac Tempest with the pointy headlights. We used a deflated basket ball and foot ball to pop the door dents back out. We resorted to this method of harvesting deer after we go busted spot lighting one night. Those were the good ole days.

 

Damn I love that bumper it looks awesome on the voodoo blue too!!

 

Do you have a rear bumper from victory too? I ordered the C4 rear overlander non HC bumper but I don't do a ton of rock crawling in Tennessee. Man they are both phenomenal looking bumpers and your truck has me leaning Victory 4x4 for front although I’ll be getting the blitz bumper since I’m not willing to cut for the wings

 

I doubt the dealer would install an aftermarket bumper under an insurance claim.

Sorry for you dust up though.........