I recently hit a deer on the highway, and it dented my front bumper. Thankfully, there was no other damage. I've been thinking about replacing it with a Ranch Hand Summit bumper, but I'm curious about a few things, and if anyone has ever purchased one for their pickup.
1. my pickup is a 2013 F150 Ecoboost, and the gross weight of the Ranch Hand Summit bumper is 251lbs, do I need to reinforce the front end suspension for that kind of weight?
2. The bumpers only come in unfinished or black, and I have an XLT pickup, with alot of chrome on it. The factory bumper is chrome, which I really like the look of, especially since the grill if chrome as well, but does anyone have any recommendations to whether I should paint the bumper the color of the pickup, or keep it black?
3. The other option I thought about was putting a Body Armor Eco Series Front Bumper, and putting a Ranch Hand Legend Grill Guard on it. Does anyone know if it will fit?

 

don’t bother with the new bumper + grill guard. It won’t give you much protection, unless you just like the look. I also wouldn’t worry about reinforcing the front end. I have a ranch hand on mine and it obviously adds some weight, but I have bilstein 5100s in the front and no issues.