2014 SR5 Premium expo build

TacoXpo

HOAX DENIER
Saw a Pilfrey Built 5th Gen front aluminum bumper at SEMA today and it looks sharp!
 

TacoXpo

HOAX DENIER
pics? Or it didn't happen....
I guess it didn't happen. Didn't bring a camera and had to preserve my phone to get to where I needed to get to. Didn't get home until 3 am.
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
That Rubbermaid stuff the OEM sells gets $$$. I bet its enough to cover a good bumper.. not to mention no body and paint costs for it.
I want to say mine was ~$2,500-3K for a new front bumper.
 

TNRunner

Seniors' Member
I was actually about to post a link to that bumper and ask yalls opinion! It's 3-4 weeks for delivery, no need to cut and reuse the stock bumper trim, and I like how it is similar to the factory front end look.
 

TacoXpo

HOAX DENIER
Any long term issues with an aluminum bumper? @TacoXpo any info on the non-like metals?
You are making a battery. Isolate? or Sacraficial cathathode? I don't think it's necessary. The stock bumper is Al.
 

Silverback

Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Good dose of anti-seize between the surfaces if you are worried. Most likely not needed.
 

Oswego

n00b
I put a very thin layer of hard plastic gasket that doesn't compress in between all my mounting points of my bumpers/resi mounts/etc. to prevent rust a few years ago when I redid my frame. We had a bunch of gasket left over here at work that we use to structurally adhere aluminum to glass via compression fittings for our glass entrances.

Regardless of the materials chosen, in those locations vibrations/flex mixed with metal to metal contact will eventually become a spot corrosion will start.
 

Taco Loco

Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
I'm out testing Al bumpers on my truck now, will report back in a couple hrs
 

Anathollo

Armorall is my choice of lube
Staff member
I was actually about to post a link to that bumper and ask yalls opinion! It's 3-4 weeks for delivery, no need to cut and reuse the stock bumper trim, and I like how it is similar to the factory front end look.
If I could do it all over again, I would've gone with an aluminum front bumper. You barely ever hit your front on any rocks. I'd still do steel for the rear since you're more likely to drag it on rocks.
 

TNRunner

Seniors' Member
Preliminary estimate is for $2100. Minus my $500 deductible he cut me a check for $1600. Gonna order the bumper then take the truck to my buddy's shop. They will charge the insurer for anything else.
 

Taco Loco

Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Well shit gonna need a new bumper
 
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