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Originally Posted by bigrey6306
The ARBs dont appeal to me, look kinda euro or something...
They just dont seem to go with the lines of the truck
They just dont seem to go with the lines of the truck
After market bumpers all come down to personal taste and intended use. The big bumpers only look good on trucks with lets say 8" lift or more. Stock truck with big bumpers look a little silly. I do like the bumper on your truck, because your truck is high enough for it to look proportional, but on a stock truck it would look to big. That's when something like the ARB would look better. Of course just my opinion.
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I agree the big bumpers look better on lifted trucks...
Especially those big tube bumpers, I dont think I have ever seen one of those on a stock truck, but I imagine it would look pretty silly...
Oh and thats what my bumper is (frontier)^^^^
Especially those big tube bumpers, I dont think I have ever seen one of those on a stock truck, but I imagine it would look pretty silly...
Oh and thats what my bumper is (frontier)^^^^
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me and the wife were doing some shopping the other day and she saw a Ranch hand bumper on a stock 04-06( roughly) and said it looked stupid. Of course you wouldn' t want to get rearended by it. Ouch !! Fab Four makes a huge bumper, looks like 12" and up on that one. I only have 6" lift so I'm considering the ARB, unless I fab one myself out of tube.
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Pappy, do you have any pics. My truck is about to get a leveling kit and hopefully (w/ the wifes ok) some 35in bfg mud terrains and i have started to like these replacement bumpers.
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I have pics on the Webpics at the www.ford-trucks.com and do a search for pqppy19, then go to pappys truck in my sig. Sorry, that's the only way I know how to post pics for now. Or you can pm me and I will send them to you that way.
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[QUOTE=bigrey6306]I agree the big bumpers look better on lifted trucks...
Especially those big tube bumpers, I dont think I have ever seen one of those on a stock truck, but I imagine it would look pretty silly...
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It'll look fine when it's rammed up some yuppie's a-hole who cut you off or when deer guts are hanging from the brush guards. On a lifted truck there's a lot more air space under the bumper for stuff to go right into your axle and steering components, so it kinda defeats the purpuse, unless the deer is 6 foot at the shoulder or the Honda is rolling on 35's.
Especially those big tube bumpers, I dont think I have ever seen one of those on a stock truck, but I imagine it would look pretty silly...
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It'll look fine when it's rammed up some yuppie's a-hole who cut you off or when deer guts are hanging from the brush guards. On a lifted truck there's a lot more air space under the bumper for stuff to go right into your axle and steering components, so it kinda defeats the purpuse, unless the deer is 6 foot at the shoulder or the Honda is rolling on 35's.
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