Front bumper or brush guard

[Elevated 2013]

Ok guys! I need your opinions. I have a 13 Ram 1500 Sport on a 4" lift and i'm wanting to give my front end more protection. I want people to think twice about hitting me, so i'm considering either a steel front bumper (https://www.americantrucks.com/dv8-offroad-recovery-front-bumper-bullbar-1315-ram-no-rebel.html) or a full brush guard (https://www.americantrucks.com/barricade-grille-guard-black-0917-excluding-rebel.html). I would like to find some trails and do some off roading some day, but as of right now it's my daily driver. I really like the front bumper and the possibility of adding a winch even if it's to pull me out of a ditch in the snow or something like that. But, it doesn't really protect all of my front end like a brush guard would. I'm on a budget and don't really want to spend over $1000 for whichever choice I make. The brush guard seems kind of old school to me and I don't know that it looks quite as good as it would on an old Chevy square body truck. I definitely don't want to just do a bull bar as they almost seem useless since they don't protect much of anything. So, let me hear those opinions. TIA!

 

[j517]

metal bumper saving my pennies nickles dimes and quarter to buy a bumper after all the other stupid rap i want to get. just ordered the diamond back cover that hurt now getting the borla type s then im on the fence about edge pulsar then bushwacker fender flares then the bumpers

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[j517]

this was previous bus m1 front i foget what i had in the back carli pintop rims klein train horn etc

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[Elevated 2013]

J517, that’s about the style of front bumper I want but I kind of like the little grill guard tube that goes up off of the top of the front bumper in that style. Nice looking truck.


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[PaulTGarrett]

I have an older style of this. I can attest to it's strength, a couple of years ago I was involved in an accident while running 80-ish MPH... There was NO apparent damage to my truck, the Honda Civic that tried to defy the laws of physics was totaled...

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