Brush guard vs. off-road bumper: Have I been duped?

[Grench]

X2 on the Tail light guards. These things will transfer all of the impact to the BODY, where they mount. Specifically I've witnessed a Land Rover that had these, and while the (replacable) lens remained intact, the (not so replacable) body around the tail light was FUBAR.

Remove them, before this happens to you.

Once you have them removed... what to do with them?

Not willing to curse anyone with them, even a stranger on Ebay, I gave my old chrome tail light guards to my brother in law as scrap. I know one got welded to a go kart frame as a front end skid plate/bull bar.

The TLC tail light 'guards' are actually worse than the LR ones. The TLC ones only connect via the retaining screws on the tail light. These screws were only meant to keep the tail light from falling out on the ground. Any impact to the guards would seriously hose the lens mounting. If caught on a branch they would be a big crowbar between the tailgate and the lens.

The PO of my truck had the chrome bling going with cosmetic brush guard nerf tubes and tail light guards. I fixed that with an ARB, Hanna sliders and a Slee rear bumper/carrier. Of course my truck is a bit heavier now...

 

[jditom]

I agree with all the above. On top of that is that a bull bar is on your OEM bumper which is 40% plastic and 60% thin sheet metal. This is why a bull bar colapses in a collision.

My bull bar went away soon after I got my TLC and my Slee bumper has just arrived I will install soon.

 

[Doc]

I call my sliders "Walmart Idiot guides". No more door dings for me, unless I park next to a big truck- not to many of them are high enough to make a differnce now. My 80 currently sits higher than an F150 4x4.

 

[IdahoDoug]

Grench,

There is no such thing as "TLC taillight gaurds" and you malign the brand by implying Toyota would be so inept as to make them. Those are aftermarket crap-o-la.

DougM

 

[Grench]

Grench,

There is no such thing as "TLC taillight gaurds" and you malign the brand by implying Toyota would be so inept as to make them. Those are aftermarket crap-o-la.

DougM

I stand corrected on the origins. I stand by your quality assesment.

I still think using one as a go-kart bullbar was the best outcome.

 

[BOZ]

If you have the tail light covers, I would keep them on. I dont have any and I have replace the same one twice. Some yahoo opens the door and puts a dime size hole in the lens. AND since they are water tight... they fill up with rain and short out . I may get some at some point. The cost of the tail lights are about the same price as the guards.

Boz

 

[cruiser4life]

And then there was LX....

In NC, there is also serious possibilities of hitting deer. Even though the slee super-ultra-streamline-unobtanium bumper is very stout with good recovery points, it just doesn't cover enough upper grill IMHO for deer collisions. So i went with the ARB.

When did you do that?

That's good stuff. I'll no longer have to hear about stealing your ARB!

 

[Grench]

check them out before you buy a set...

If you have the tail light covers, I would keep them on. I dont have any and I have replace the same one twice. Some yahoo opens the door and puts a dime size hole in the lens. AND since they are water tight... they fill up with rain and short out . I may get some at some point. The cost of the tail lights are about the same price as the guards.

Boz

I recommend that you find someone that has a set first and check out how they're mounted before you (IMO) waste the $$$. If you're bent on having a set, post it in the parts wanted. I'm sure someone has a set lying about that they're willing to part with.

The tail light guards were the first things I took off my truck followed by the brush guard. They were gone inside of 8 hours after I got the truck. I would have removed the junk tube steps that same night as well, but it was 10:00 at night on the day I purchased the truck and I didn't want to be running the air tools that late.

 

[k-kfarmer]

it's all good

I liked your pic's but although the cruiser looks good I like the SPARTEN in the background i will trade you a ride in my cruiser for a ride in your plane Karl

 

[docbluedevil]

I liked your pic's but although the cruiser looks good I like the SPARTEN in the background i will trade you a ride in my cruiser for a ride in your plane Karl

To clarify, these are not my pics; it's from the dealership. No planes in my stable.