Bull Bar?
#1
Senior Member
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Bull Bar?
The Deer are thick around here and I drive in the country allot. I'm considering putting a Bull Bar on to protect the front end. Seems like the wrap around brush guards are not sturdy enough to whack a Deer. Any downsides to a Bull Bar?
#2
Originally Posted by Tundra Dweller
The Deer are thick around here and I drive in the country allot. I'm considering putting a Bull Bar on to protect the front end. Seems like the wrap around brush guards are not sturdy enough to whack a Deer. Any downsides to a Bull Bar?
#3
GO SOX!
#4
Senior Member
If I was seriously concerned with high speed impacts I'd look into ranch hand bumpers or road armor bumpers. Adding a little tube in front won't help much if at all. Full bumper replacements is what you should look into.
#5
Nothing will protect from hitting 150 lb at 45 mph. Except insurance.
My daughter had couple deer run into the SIDE of her car about a year ago. She saw them on side of road, slowed to about 25.....bam..they ran right into her. $4200 to repair. Driver and passenger doors, and front and rear quarter panel damage.
I hit one in my 95' Z71 years ago. I can say a lot of bad things about that truck, and GM but it was a tank. I was able to bolt on new parts to fix. Grill, bumper, lights. Just ordered chrome parts instead of painting. Heck that truck took a hit to passenger front tire /bumper that totalled a civic, with no damage at all. Civic went under bumper, hit frame and tire, vehicles bounced apart.
My daughter had couple deer run into the SIDE of her car about a year ago. She saw them on side of road, slowed to about 25.....bam..they ran right into her. $4200 to repair. Driver and passenger doors, and front and rear quarter panel damage.
I hit one in my 95' Z71 years ago. I can say a lot of bad things about that truck, and GM but it was a tank. I was able to bolt on new parts to fix. Grill, bumper, lights. Just ordered chrome parts instead of painting. Heck that truck took a hit to passenger front tire /bumper that totalled a civic, with no damage at all. Civic went under bumper, hit frame and tire, vehicles bounced apart.
Last edited by mbb; 03-25-2019 at 04:25 AM.