Dodge Ram 4500/5500 Front & Rear Bumpers

How to Choose a Dodge Ram 4500/5500 Bumper

On a Class 4 or Class 5 chassis cab, bumper style sets both function and stance. The front bumper choice comes down to three build styles, and both stocked brands span them.

Winch-ready front bumpers. Hammerhead builds winch-mount fronts in Low Profile, Pre-Runner, and Formed Guard styles across the 2008-2009, 2010-2018, and 2019-2023 chassis cabs. Warn adds the Ascent HD winch bumper. Warn has built off-road gear since 1948 out of Seattle, so winch and mount come from one source. Pick this when a winch is part of the spec.

Full-replacement fronts. For trucks that never carry a winch, Hammerhead runs non-winch Low Profile, Pre-Runner, and Formed Guard fronts in 7-gauge to 11-gauge steel. Direct bolt-on replacement, clean fascia, no winch tray. The practical pick for fleet and service-body 4500/5500s that log highway miles.

Grille-guard and brush-guard builds. The Hammerhead Full Brush Guard front wraps the grille and headlights in tubular steel. Warn's Ascent HD front ships in three grille-guard levels: none, full, and the taller Baja. Both suit trucks on rural routes, job sites, and livestock country. Out there, a front-end strike is a matter of when, not if.

Hammerhead and Warn cover the 4500/5500 from clean fleet replacements to winch-ready recovery fronts. Rear options are limited to flush-mount steps, including a Hammerhead flush-mount rear with factory sensor cutouts. Every bumper bolts to the factory chassis-cab mounts with hand tools. The brand logos below open each manufacturer's full Dodge Ram 4500/5500 bumper page.

What Fits Across Dodge Ram 4500/5500 Generations

The 4500/5500 chassis cab is younger than the rest of the Ram line. Dodge launched both trucks for 2008 to rival the Ford F450 and F550. These first chassis cabs ran through 2010 on the pre-redesign heavy-duty front end. The 2006-2009 Dodge Ram 4500/5500 page covers these launch-era bumpers.

The fourth-generation redesign arrived for 2011, the year Ram split from Dodge as its own brand. In 2014, a 6.4L HEMI gas V8 joined the Cummins 6.7L diesel. The 2010-2018 Dodge Ram 4500/5500 page covers this generation.

The 2019 redesign carries through today. Frame geometry, front fascia, and sensor routing changed again, so 2010-2018 bumpers do not cross-fit. The 2019 and newer Dodge Ram 4500/5500 page covers current-gen fitments.

Trucks optioned with ParkSense run six sensors across the front fascia. Bumpers for these trucks need cutouts or plug-in mounts. The Hammerhead flush-mount rear includes sensor cutouts. Each listing calls out whether front ParkSense stays live after the swap.

For the full generation map, pickup and chassis cab side by side, open the Ram 2500 and 3500 Bumper Fitment Guide; the 4500/5500 has its own section there.

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