Evan's weekend warrior build

Thanks! Where in CT are you?

 

Im in Manchester. You?

 

Branford, born in raised in guilford though.

 

Evan did you get that SCS decal mounted yet? Pics!

 

Not yet. Im waiting on a rear plate bumper with swingout first it will help me decide if i want the decal on the tailgate or somewhere else haha.

 

who is making your rear plate bumper with swingout?

 

Buy my skids . I'll make you a good deal

 

Custom built, cam posted some rough drawings in his thread
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/265933-front-bumper-build-slow-9.html
His front bumper came out great, i can't wait to see him work his magic on a rear bumper, i am already really impressed with his design.

 

Dammit john lol. If i wasn't doing a bumper i would have already bought them. Blew my mod budget for the year already. I need skids. I am suprised you haven't sold them yet for that price.

 

Me too . I paid close to a grand with shipping . Let me know if you come up with some extra cash . I'll make you a good deal.

 

Thanks, i will. I looked into that washer and dryer for you, he already sold the set for $600 on CL. Sucks i could have got you a great deal, the set was $1200 brand new and only used for a year.

 

Custom built FTW! Cam's designs look good man it'll turn out real nice hopefully

 

alright guys I need some input on lighting...again, ganna pull the trigger tonight. My goal is to have distance and fill, and to be able to light up the road/trail like its daytime


Option 1: 2 Lightforce 170 strikers, halogen (7" round) hang those off of the light hoop. 21" single row blitzpro LED light bar mounted "low pro" on the bumper underneath the LF's. I will have the option to add a third 7" light in the future, maybe a HID for distance.
$412
LEDs 4,060 lumens
Halogens 110,000 candlepower

$237 Lightforce 170 Striker Light Set - RMDL170HT

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Lighting...px?t_c=14&t_s=448&t_pt=4242&t_pn=L/FRMDL170HT

http://blitzpro.com/nye-sale/hawk-21s-led-light-rail-bar.html

Option 2:
2 Lightforce 240s, halogen (9" round) bright as hell. that's all I can fit in the light hoop, BUT I have 2 flood LED pods that can fit in a cutout inside the bumper like the picture below. the plan was to do custom cutouts in a rear bumper and put the pods in there, but that can change
$343, but already spent $105 on the 6 LED OKled pods, so $448
LEDs 3240 lumens
Halogen 730,000 candlepower

$291 Lightforce Blitz 10" Halogen Driving Lights - RMDL240T

http://www.4wheelparts.com/Lighting...spx?t_c=14&t_s=448&t_pt=4242&t_pn=L/FRMDL240T

http://www.okledlightbars.com/apps/webstore/products/show/3973643



Help me decide!

 

The led low pro light bar under the main hoop would be killer.

 

I made up my mind, thats what i am going with, just waiting to hear back from blitzpro about a new mount in the works. Ganna buy a set of LF 170s tomorrow. Im psyched!

 

How did you like your 36" LED bar when you had it? looking to do the same thing very shortly. mount it flush in the lower grill behind some matching mesh.

Did you go with spot of flood? I will probably go with the spot pattern.

 

It was a sweet setup, its a great location for a light bar, it actually works really well in bad weather because it is mounted so close to the ground. I had a spot pattern, that particular light bar threw alot of light all around, distance was decent. 36" is pretty much as big as you can go. I had to trim a good amount of the plastic lip in order for the light to sit close to the backside of the mesh.

 

These might help, i can grab some measurements of the sliding bottom mount brackets i used. I mounted them directly to the aluminum crash bar using self tappers and the height was pretty much perfect

Score and snap

 

Very nice! Thanks. Good to hear. So with the spot pattern, I know led bars really don't throw a lot a light down range, but was it decent? Would you have rather gotten all flood?

Thanks for the pics. Im only worried about the clearance in that bottom bumper due to my superchargers intercooler pump sits down there.

 

I think spot is a better choice. The light i had isn't the best quality, i dunno what you are planning on buying, mine was a cheap chinese knockoff. Light output was still pretty impressive, and the spot pattern still threw light all around as well as decent distance, thats why i wouldn't go with flood. better quality light bars probably have better light patterns, so you might have different results, but i think spot pattern would be best for that location and that big of a light.

Check out the video in the second post. That thing lights up the trees. Should be pretty easy to tell between lows/highs and light bar.