gm350reratliff
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Happy to say that we will be joining the Pelfreybilt family. Took advantage of the November sale and purchased a front bumper and winch. :rockon::banana:
Pelfreybilt Offroad ::: 5th Gen T4R Front Bumper
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LawnDart
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Steel version is starting to ship. I opted to stay with aluminum.
Bonyfattony
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Will this fit 2010-2013 T4R if lights and grill were modified?
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LawnDart
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Yep, totally would. If you replace the lights and that plastic trim piece between the lights you're good to go.
Bonyfattony
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That is the answer I've been looking for. Looks like I'll be joining the pelfrey family in the future. I live like two blocks away from them.
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grumpy514
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When did they start taking orders? I don't see any posts made by them or their website listing the steel version of the bumper.
What made you decide to change your mind and keep the aluminum bumper?
gm350reratliff
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When I talked to Pelfrey last week they said they would probably start building them after the first of the new year. I would've gone with aluminum even if they were ready with the steel version.
I had a TJM aluminum bumper on a chevy truck years ago and put that truck and bumper through hell. It was really pitted from lots of on road miles and had a bunch of knicks, scrapes, gouges, and a couple small dents but other than that it was solid and held up to ranch life better than expected. I don't plan on using my 5th gen anywhere near as hard as I did that truck so powder coated aluminum should be just fine.
LawnDart
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I believe on their old site you could pre-order or sign up for a waiting list. Looks like it's not there on their new site.
I opted for aluminum due to weight savings and function. The harshest I'll ever intensionally run the truck is at Moab every June. Outside of that it's intended as an overland-style build, which means a lot of road travel and car camping. I looked at how Sean Jennings' (Defconbrix) and Tyler Pelfrey's Tacos have held up, and as stated by the post previous, outside of some knicks and scrapes, they held up great. Plus up here in the PNW rust is a big issue. My CBI rear is a lovely bumper, but you really have to stay on top of scratches with touchup. The Pelfrey being aluminum is immune to that.
I think after Moab I was of the mindset that steel was better, heavier, thicker, etc etc. But I don't feel that way now that I've had 5-6 months of use and talking with people more experienced than I.
I think it comes down to use case. I think the steel version is great if you really really want steel and actively plan to smash stuff.
The aluminum is better all around for the needs of the vast majority of us especially for if we treat our rigs as a hybrid of daily driver and adventure mobile.
I've been running an RCI steel skid for my fuel tank and now I'm even sorta re-thinking if I want to maybe to to aluminum so shave 30lbs off the truck (I probably won't because the fuel tank is such a precarious component on the 5th gen). But I'm open to suggestions.
Liquidmantis
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It's cool to hear you rethought the change. I'm going aluminum as much as I can in order to keep the pounds off, but have worried about what the trade-offs are. An aluminum bumper alone saves more than all the aluminum skids I just added, which probably turned out to be a weight reduction after removing the mud-filled OEM skids. I'm curious what the net change of an aluminum bumper is after accounting for the removed bits, sans winch of course.
LawnDart
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I thin they were saying it was about 120lbs for the steel. So it's almost a doubling of weight, which is in line with other bumpers. I still think it's a better design than some of the other designs out there (one in particular looks like it was cribbed from the Pelfrey design).
matoolie
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Heard back from Pelfrey and accessible as expected.
MNT4R
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How?
I am very interested in this comment. I know you know your stuff, but have you seen this done with the aluminum pelfreybilt bumper? Is there a thread on it? If there isn't, but we can confirm it can be done, I would be happy to give it a shot...
-Jeff
I am very interested in this comment. I know you know your stuff, but have you seen this done with the aluminum pelfreybilt bumper? Is there a thread on it? If there isn't, but we can confirm it can be done, I would be happy to give it a shot...
-Jeff
LawnDart
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Replace three parts. It's not rocket surgery. Install bumper. Done.
MNT4R
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Yeah. Didn't think it would be hard. Just wondering if you had actually seen a 2010-2013 4runner with it done. Hate to buy an 85lb, $2k aluminum paperweight that won't fit on the end of my truck because of another small configuration mismatch.
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gm350reratliff
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My bumper should ship out tomorrow! Super stoked! :rockon::frog::banana::guitar3:
LawnDart
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Yeah. Didn't think it would be hard. Just wondering if you had actually seen a 2010-2013 4runner with it done. Hate to buy an 85lb, $2k aluminum paperweight that won't fit on the end of my truck because of another small configuration mismatch.
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It's 66lbs and people have swapped headlights and that upper grill piece.
Again it's NOT hard.
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