C4 Fabrication Hybrid Bumper
We have been utilizing the C4 Fabrication Bumper on our 2016 Tundra for 3 years now and wanted to give you a full review of the bumper, why we like it and how it has been performing on our Tundra.
About The C4 Fabrication Bumper
The C4 Fabrication Bumper is a made in the USA and can be customized to fit the following vehicles:
Tundra - Bumpers can be made for second generation up to present day Tundras
Tacoma- Bumpers can be made for Tacoma’s made from 2005 to present day
4Runner- Bumpers can be made for 4Runners made from 1996 - 2024
Land Cruiser- Bumpers can be made for Land Cruiser’s from the 60 series all the way up to the 250 series
Lexus GX - Bumpers can be made for the Lexus GX 460, 470 and 550
What we loved about this bumper is that level of configuration you can ask for upon purchasing. You can incorporate lighting, bull bar and winching options if you so choose, making this a potential one stop shop opportunity for all of your front of vehicle needs.
The bumper gives the ability to have better clearance for a significantly improved approach angle and allows you to fit bigger tires without having to make serious modifications to the body of your truck. It is also a lighter weight bumper which helps when considering what your truck’s overall payload is (spoiler, the Tundra doesn’t have the best payload capacity).
The C4 Fabrication Bumper will accommodate most winches and is designed to fit a 30” light bar. It can come configured with fog lights or you can choose to install all of your own lighting after installation.
Why We Like the C4 Fabrication Bumper
This bumper has provided us with a significant upgrade to our truck. We overall have loved having this on our Tundra for the increased safety measures it provides, ability to get to more places easier and we love how it looks! Below are more reasons why we love the C4 Fabrication Bumper.
It is Lightweight: With every major modification that we make to our Tundra, we are looking at our overall gross vehicle weight in relation to our payload capacity. What we don’t want is to be overweight, overloaded and stressing our trucks system. This bumper allowed us to have everything we needed in a bumper for less weight.
Increased Safety: We do a lot of snow wheeling in addition to driving roads at night during the summer season. With the increased risk of getting stuck in the snow or running into large animals (we never want this to happen but we live in deer and elk country) we wanted a bumper that could accommodate a winch that could get us unstuck and keep us safe in case we did hit an animal in the dark. This winch also allowed us to increase our lighting options to add to our safety while driving roads at night. We chose to install our own lights after installation of the bumper, you can watch a video about that here.
Better Approach Angle: Prior to installing the bumper, we frequently found ourselves in offroad situations (Imogen Pass for one) where we could go over obstacles without scraping our bumper. This limitation has been largely eliminated since the installation of this bumper.
Larger Tires: We have long wanted to put 35” tires on the Tundra. The C4 Fabrication Bumper allows us to do that without making any modifications to our wheel wells or bumper which we were thrilled to not have to do. On our Tundra the major concern is tires rubbing. With the stock bumper gone the area that could potentially rub is no longer there, thus eliminating any issues with upgrading our tires.
It Looks Cool: While this might not be the biggest reason to buy the bumper, we believe that you should love the way your truck looks and this bumper makes our truck look cool. Its heavy duty but low profile and is incredibly slick with the black paint job. It has been the perfect blend of highly functional and aesthetically pleasing.
We hope you have enjoyed reading about the C4 Fabrication Bumper and that this blog helps you to make the right decision for choosing a bumper for your rig. Let us know if you have any questions about this product and as always #staywild.
