Bull Bar vs. Grille Guard

[ridgeline30152]

Originally Posted by chrismarko

its ok i dont get bothered by 16 year old keyboard warriors.....aside from that the bull bar was on both my 08 and 13 and has won ridgeline of the month twice this year....any way i digress....the bar was bought on ebay and i believe it was APS and it was all black

So this makes you my evil twin chrismarko...come away from the dark side.

JK, looks great. If I had a black Ridge my bar and skid would be all black too.

[chrismarko]

evil twin with the black one of angel with the white one?

[Fubard]

I got the grille guard because I do occasionally go off road and live in an area where the deer are suicidal. wish someone a steel bumper replacement (and a diesel motor for it) but I work w what I got. I'm happy w it

[esimukka]

Originally Posted by Fubard

I got the grille guard because I do occasionally go off road and live in an area where the deer are suicidal. wish someone a steel bumper replacement (and a diesel motor for it) but I work w what I got. I'm happy w it

Which one did you go with? Any pictures by chance??

[3djedi]

I think the grille guard looks really cool. Although I've only seen it on the internet and it's always directly from the front. I would love to see more angles. I'm trying to decide between the two myself! I going all black as well.

[Matt08RTL]

All the different brand bull bars I've seen posted on here look good in my opinion, BUT...I bought the Westin b/c the other cheaper brands, while they still look good, are bigger and do not fit the truck as nicely IMO, The bull bars do look a bit odd from the side angle and even more odd with the bigger ones like Steelcraft.

[wrapper]

Hello;
I have the brush-grille gard. i would definatly get the full coverage. I hit a 1500 lb steer this summer and did a lot less damage with the brush-grille gard.
the ins. company told me the damage would of been around $7.000 to $8.000 .
without the grill gard. the grill gard saved my truck from extencive damage. with it ,the damage was $2700 .you decide. im sold on the brush-grille gard. The last picture is the truck after repairs. The grille gard saved the bumper and the grille itself
Don

[3djedi]

so which one did you decide to go with?

[esimukka]

Originally Posted by 3djedi

so which one did you decide to go with?

I was really leaning towards the bull bar. Lots of great discussion on here, but I pulled the pin yesterday and ordered an Aries grill guard, all black. The pros for the full guard won me over as well as the profile look. I was actually able to see one on a RL and liked the way it looked from all angles. The bull bar looks good, but the profile look to me just didn't sell me. So, hope to get it in a few days and will post pics after I get it installed.

Thanks for all of the help though. As always, a lot of good information on here.



I know that it shows a Toyota in the picture....but the guard is the same style, construction, etc.

[3djedi]

Awesome. I think thats the way I'm gonna go as well. Theres a guy on here who has red ridgeline with the grill guard that looks really good. He has a ton pictures in his profile with every angle. Sold me on it...