Road Armor Bumper pics
 

Installed this last weekend. These are the only pics I have so far. Just my cell phone, though I plan on taking some nice pics later.

Install was a bitch, but that's 'cause I did it myself. All my friends were at ComicCon, and that's just not really my thing.

No instructions were sent with my bumper. Wish there was because I ended up not knowing what to trim until after I had it installed. Now I have to take it back off to trim a bracket.

First pic shows the front end naked. You see that bracket under the side marker light? Or where the side marker light would be.
The horizontal component of it needs to be trimmed. It's the width of the inside of the new bumper. Which is fine at a rest, but since the bumper is bolted to the frame, and that bracket is on the body, there is movement between them. Or there should be. On mine it squeaks now.

Overall I am very happy with it. In the week between when I ordered it and when I got it installed, I was having huge regrets due to its cost, but it just looks so damn good now that I have no regrets.

Fitment: As you can see, it fits up prety close to the headlights. So the plastic piece in between the bumper and the headlights is gone too.
The bottom part of it goes down just low enough to protect the bolts that hold on my skidplate, and the bolts that used to hold on the tow hooks. From there it angles up, and passes just barely in front of the bottom corner of the frame.
So close that I am positive the stock tow hooks stick out farther and hang down lower.
So I gained approach angle, which was one of my main concerns.

I went with the full guard on mine, mainly because I think they don't look balanced without the guard. Too much lower end and not enough upper end.

It's funny, you hardly ever see price mentioned on here. I didn't sign an NDA when I bought it, so price was $2124 shipped to my work, from Ranger off-road. Heinously expensive, but less so than trading in my truck. Which up until this truck I had a habit of changing vehicles once a year.

As far as weight, the shipping manifest said 375 pounds, but that doesn't sound right. I can grab the top bar and lift it about an inch off of the ground with my legs, so I am guessing more like 180 pounds.
I did lose about half of an inch from the front suspension though. And I still gotta put my winch back in.

I am considering getting it Line-Xed, but man they want $450 for that here. It'll prevent inevitable rust up here in the salt belt though. What say you guys? I kinda like the smooth powder coated look.

Still need lights, but that may wait until my wallet recovers.

Also, it plays pretty well with my RCI skidplate. I gotta get a picture of that, but where the skidplate used to tuck into the front end, now it kinda hags down. It'd be nicer if it was angled more. I'll get some more pics this weekend to show that

Looks awesome!!!! Good choice!!

Wow saying it looks tough is an understatement.

Sir you need to stop modifying your truck so perfectly ... Your making me spend money lol

Jeesh you could drive through a mall with that thing, and I don't mean down the aisles.

Or just park in the parking lot like everyone else.

Thanks, Lol. I've actually got more mods partially installed that I haven't taken pictures of yet.

I was thinking about this, and this can't be right.

1/2" height drop. 490 lbs/in springs times 2 would mean the bumper itself weighed 490 lbs.

I'm going to have to measure again when I get on some level ground.

Join the f150 lifts boss list :)

No thanks. In my opinion he's asking way too much for a 2.0 shock in steel. If it was aluminum it'd be only slightly expensive.
And he never could tell me more information about what kind of pistons he is using.

Fronts will probably wait until next year anyway, too much money has been spent this year. I may to Icons, or I may custom build an application with FOA coilovers or Bilstein 9100 coilovers.

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Looks good! I lost about 3/8" when I installed my Road Armor w/ guard. I don't have a winch though as I plan to buy a universal mount winch that I can easily store when not needed and save some weight. To get that height back, I am considering either installing heavier duty springs from coilsprings.com, who will make custom springs to accomodate the heavier bumper (~$275/pr), or buying the F150lifts so I can adjust height as necessary.

Looks mean!! I'm probably going to get the Road Armor "pre runner" bumper considering that my factory bumper is trashed.. How long did it take to get your bumper after you ordered it?

About a week and a half.

I've got my stock bumper for sale. Come to think of it, I also have a Rough Country hidden winch mount I no longer need. It'd also be for sale. Neither of which you need if you are ordering a Road Armor bumper.

I considered the pre-runner one. But it doesn't get you any difference in clearance, and the full guard just looks better in my opinion.

Wow a week and a half is quick. I looked at getting one from 4wheelparts but they have a 4-6 week ship time.

Depends on if the model is in stock or not. Ranger had it in stock, so most of that was shipping time.

Looks tough as hell man.

Looks badass man that's one of the best looking reg cabs I've seen

That is pretty good price from what I have seen. Regarding the weight, it is ~170lbs over stock. I bought mine used and it had some dings. I thought about having mine Line-Xed after I had the 2" receiver welded in but it was too expensive (~$400) and the nearest dealer was 2hrs away. I had it powder coated for $200. IMO the powder coated finish looks better. I have seen one Line-Xed that was faded, which didn't look so good IMO.

Yeah you'd have to get the UV coating on top of the Line-x, which would add cost AND make it gloss black, not flat black.

The main reason I am considering it is the salty roads up here ten to rust products, even powder coated ones. I think what I am going to do it wait. If it rusts slightly, I'll get it sandblasted and the Line-Xed at that point. Since it's already powedercoated that'll give me a couple of years.

Looks killer!

Awesome looking rcsb! That bumper is massive but looks perfect on your truck.

Not usually a fan of those offroad bumpers.

But with that regular cab and cap, that's pretty badass!

Looks good