2000 C2500 Project

[EJ_74]

Those brush guards look cool but most of the aftermarket ones I've seen don't seem very sturdy. Only using the tow hook or bumper bolts. Probably fine for off road but not a crash. The toughest bumper I could think of would be like a 4x8 rectangle tube with brackets that had more attachment points on the frame

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Ouch... that does look like a lot from a car. Mine hit a little Toyota. We were on the highway and he slammed on the brakes too fast. The car had stopped all the way and I got down to maybe 30 before the hit. Seatbelt did its job and airbag in the other car didn't even go off. Nobody was injured in any way

That's what I thought too! This Burb is pretty tough, but when it gets hurt, it's usually worse than you'd expect. Same truck, in 2017, got backed into the rear side door on driver's side, by a Malibu (!) and it caved the door in. Window wouldn't go down, dent is bigger than my head, even got the jamb enough to see the mark. Fortunately we still had our first OBS Burb, in the same color, so I could swap the doors. Change the interior panel(different colors inside) and nobody is the wiser....it was in a parking lot so insurance wouldn't do anything.

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

Those brush guards look cool but most of the aftermarket ones I've seen don't seem very sturdy. Only using the tow hook or bumper bolts. Probably fine for off road but not a crash. The toughest bumper I could think of would be like a 4x8 rectangle tube with brackets that had more attachment points on the frame

Ranch Hand makes a solid product, but they're not cheap. I saw a set of their bumpers, front with integrated brush/grille guard, on a tow spec 2500 Burb in the yard once. Someone else got em before I could...I prolly didn't have the money for them anyway.

 

[EJ_74]

I wonder if the squarebodies are much stronger

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

I wonder if the squarebodies are much stronger

Might be a little bit more solid, but I've seen them pretty tore up in wrecks too. Plus the gas tank is mounted outside the frame rails instead of inboard like the 400 ones are.

 

[EJ_74]

Might be a little bit more solid, but I've seen them pretty tore up in wrecks too. Plus the gas tank is mounted outside the frame rails instead of inboard like the 400 ones are.

The 400 frames seem more stout but I think the sheet metal is a little thinner. I dented the roof on this truck just from resting my knee (and I don't weigh a whole lot) on it while loading some cargo

 

[99xcss4]

I do not know who made it but the one I have on frank'n truck is real beefy and f'n heavy some one did some thing to it at some point because it will not mount with bumper installed but it dose bolt to the bumper brackets it looks a lot like the one on the suburban in my picture and like this one here I found on google images

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[99xcss4]

note this is NOT mine just a example of the grille/brush guard also this video is where I got my picture

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[99xcss4]

note this is NOT mine just a example of the grille/brush guard also this video is where I got my picture

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[HotWheelsBurban]

The 400 frames seem more stout but I think the sheet metal is a little thinner. I dented the roof on this truck just from resting my knee (and I don't weigh a whole lot) on it while loading some cargo

Yes I'll have to be careful about that, whenever I get around to giving Rawhide a proper washing.
Back in the 90s I had a Dodge Intrepid, and I was putting a big Ram shield decal on the back glass. Dented the decklid doing that, and I was probably lighter then. I was used to kneeling on truck tailgates....