Full-Size Winch Bumpers Debut for the 2024 Tacoma

Dropped on Christmas Day, the C4 full bumpers come in seven different variants.

Jeeps might always be number one in the world of off-road aftermarket, but Toyotas have a devoted and enthusiastic following of their own. I’m personally afflicted with just such an ailment and as a result added a new rice-burner to my fleet for 2024.

With a keen eye on the aftermarket, I’ve known about the low-profile bumpers that many manufacturers have offered for a while now. They require minimal trimming, provide a solid winch mounting point and some even integrate a light bar mount or additional bull bar protection for the radiator in the event of an animal strike or minor accident.

Personally, that was never my jam.

I’m a plate steel bumper guy through and through – I want full coverage across the front with headlight hoops and all. Growing up in Kansas and with more than a handful of deer incidents under my belt, I’m after a bumper that can take a licking and, well, you know the rest.

Beefy and with plenty of protection, the Expedition One was more than enough to keep my Tundra safe.

My old Tundra had a beefy Expedition One three-hoop, my ancient but still reliable 4Runner has a Demello, also with three hoops, while the 3rd Gen 4Runner I passed on to my father wears a CBI.

Needless to say, I was pleased when I found out about C4 Fabrication’s plan to debut their Overland and Hybrid bumpers, which happened over Christmas.

Though the Hybrid version offers more light mounting points in the wings, it’s not my preference for a steel bumper.

For me, it would have to be the Overland. Less light mounting out in the wings is offset by plate steel coverage of the underpinnings that a hybrid bumper might leave hanging out in the air for all to see. A full-height central bull bar is flanked by hoops over either headlight, giving it the protection I require for evening drives in western Kansas.

That’s more like it! Three hoops of protection to try to keep a deer out of the radiator and headlights.

At an MSRP of right around $2k, protection doesn’t come cheap – but if my previous experiences have taught me anything, it’s worth every penny.