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Front bumper recommendation - need help/input

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Starts at 424$ for just the bumper no other options. No Bull bar no winch tray no lights. Just go on there and figure what you want and add it up.

As far as the powder coat goes it looks great I haven’t noticed any blemishes it looks good. Now I haven’t studied it but I’m happy. Thanks
 

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So on all these how do you get to the handle to go from free spool the winch?
 

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So on all these how do you get to the handle to go from free spool the winch?
Haha ask your 2 year old to get their hand in there. It’s nearly impossible honestly. Funny story about that hear me out. So after I get everything installed. Which I did multiple things that day to the front. Grille, bumper, fang lights, fog lights, and weece. The only thing that I got to work at first was the Baja fog lights. So I was very disheartened. I spent over 12 hours working on it and didn’t get home from the shop until about one in the morning which I had to work the next day. So the next day after troubleshooting, I figured out everything was installed correctly, but I had no access to the winch to turn on the wireless remote setting. I could not access it easily so I was thinking that I was gonna have to take the whole bumper back off to flip the wireless switch, but I finally figured that I could take off the top, thin black shroud by the radiator and stick my arm down there and flip the switch,after saying all that it is still extremely hard to get to that spot and flip the free spool. I ended up having to take the front off again, so I ended up running the wire for the wired remote and I’m just content with not worrying about the free spool. I did see one guy who installed the same exact winch with a different bumper he had installed a really long ratchet extension that came all the way up to the top of that plastic shroud by the hood latch and so whenever he wanted to free sport, he would use that so he’d hook up his ratchet and just turn it so I was thinking about possibly doing that if I ever took the front back off again. If they ever ship me my alpha Rex headlights. Also food for thought the bumper looks in the front facade. So if you want to add fog lights or head lights after the install the steel bumper has to come out. The winch doesn’t though.
Someone smarter than me might be able to figure out a way to access the free spool easily but I’ll have to wait to see it on you tube
 

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Why not ?
The bar can be seen a bit from the camera. It’s heavy as heck and decreases front approach angle a bit.

Hard to install on top of all of that. No room to add the clutch to the winch so you’re entirely wireless remote at all times.

I’d swap it for a number of other offerings at this point. If I didn’t get it for basically nothing I wouldn’t be running it, that’s for sure.
 

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The bar can be seen a bit from the camera. It’s heavy as heck and decreases front approach angle a bit.

Hard to install on top of all of that. No room to add the clutch to the winch so you’re entirely wireless remote at all times.

I’d swap it for a number of other offerings at this point. If I didn’t get it for basically nothing I wouldn’t be running it, that’s for sure.
I’m considering the Rough country hidden winch. I don’t mind the OEM look but not against changing it either. The Toyota dealership around me is also a RC dealer which has me wanting to just go that route for warranty purposes. Anyway, if you were to pick again what would you recommend?
 

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I’m considering the Rough country hidden winch. I don’t mind the OEM look but not against changing it either. The Toyota dealership around me is also a RC dealer which has me wanting to just go that route for warranty purposes. Anyway, if you were to pick again what would you recommend?

C4 has a really nice bumper that also has the option to do a minor viper cut and add some "wings" to make everything blend well. I'd probably do that one or the CBI.

I like my truck looking as lightly modded as possible while still being a big performer. I had the showy, complex build on my last truck and it was a headache.
 

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I didn't want to spend a fortune on a bumper so I went with the DV8 Offroad bumper and was still able to use the factory skid plates. Goes on the same way they all do. I have an openroad 12k winch and I can reach in and switch to free spool.

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I didn't want to spend a fortune on a bumper so I went with the DV8 Offroad bumper and was still able to use the factory skid plates. Goes on the same way they all do. I have an openroad 12k winch and I can reach in and switch to free spool.

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Looks dope.
 

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I didn't want to spend a fortune on a bumper so I went with the DV8 Offroad bumper and was still able to use the factory skid plates. Goes on the same way they all do. I have an openroad 12k winch and I can reach in and switch to free spool.

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Dude, Factory Butte, Henry Mountains, and Moonscape Overlook. Three of my favorite places on earth. Heading that way from Florida in 3 weeks.

My CBI super stock in almost identical, I did not want to disturb the sensors and radar. Yotamafia wired the winch this morning, I also can reach in and switch to free spool.

Great looking truck build!
 
 






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