Hello again!

I have a 95 D1 with a cool looking OEM brush guard, but ran across this 1/4in steel bumper. The guy wants $50 for it, but I'm not sure if I want to give up the advantage of the brush guard with it protecting my head lamps and radiator. So my question is would a bumper be enough protection or do I need to go at my Brush guard and cut off the top part and weld it on the bumper or what

thanks collin

P.S. I hope this makes sense.

 

Yes it makes sense.
Yes you need the brush guard to protect the front of the truck if you drive through thick brush.

 

What kind of bumper is it, in my opinion I would rather have a good bumper than a useless brush guard.

 

bumper. but brush guard is hardly useless. without it you will certainly mess up the front of the truck including lights if you drive and park in an urban area or as Spike crazily suggests, drive thru some bush. O i like that.

my brush guard looked dorky for ten years but saved me countless bumps and scrapes in new york city and san juan. she went out in style with a range rover hooking her and ripping her off my front end (poor range rover of a unappreciative doctors wife) . i brought her back to life by cutting off the end bits, pointing her out a bit and turning her into a stinger. now i worry about the headlights and corners only.

 

also you could do an mod to the bumper and add a bar for bush work.

 

The stock brush guard is weak it won't push anything that the stock bumper wouldn't handle alone, it might give you a slight protection advantage in some cases but a good offroad bumper would give you way more than you would lose with the brush guard.

 

Yes. It also looks more intimidating to those who wish to cut you off as you merge lanes to get into the tunnels/bridges.

Unfortunately mine became a peeling, rusting, eye sore and it had to go.

 

mine too and then she was reborn into this:

 

Get the better bumper and add the brushguard to it.

 

Get the bumper. I had a brush guard on an aftermarket bumper and it never did anything for me. That includes some thick stuff in Northern WI.