Aev Ram Front Bumper

07megacab

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Hey guys! I'm looking for people's experience with brush/grille gaurds on steel bumpers. I would like to put an AEV front bumper on my Ram. I like the idea of the full grille gaurd for animal strike protection, does anyone have any experience where that has actually helped? Any animal strike experience input would help!

I don't want a deer to be a trip ender for me. My old build had a high clearance bumper with no grille protection. I felt that a a deer or similar sized animal would probably just hit the body of the bumper and go under due to the truck hight. I would like to prioritize protection on the new build

The downsides for me are 1) I think it looks a little over the top and 2) it's $1600! Which is a whole lot for a few tubes.

Thanks!
 

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Roam.Wild

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The AEV bumpers are 2nd to none, have had a lot of AEV parts on my builds. Never had a deer strike with one though but I am sure it will hold up great.

It all depends where you live and how much night driving you do. When I lived back east I had hit 2 deer by the time I was 18. Out here in the west, while the animals are larger, I haven't had an issue in the last 15 years.
 

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