LonghornTaco's build (with pics now)...

LonghornTaco · 02-25-2009, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver07taco

Thats why

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiYYDSivdRk

Nice!

longbow · 02-27-2009, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LonghornTaco

Mounted my Hi-Lift jack in the bed tonight. I FINALLY used those brackets that Longbow sent me about two months ago.....

I plan to cut the braces shorter so it will sit higher, and hopefully I'll be able to mount a shovel underneath it...

Hey you getting any vibe noise from the jack base bumping the bed. Hard to tell I know with the cover on. Noticed some noise on mine with cover off, father pin pointed it. If you do just add a small piece of rubber hose to a small section of the base, cheap and easy to replace.

LonghornTaco · 02-27-2009, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longbow

Hey you getting any vibe noise from the jack base bumping the bed. Hard to tell I know with the cover on. Noticed some noise on mine with cover off, father pin pointed it. If you do just add a small piece of rubber hose to a small section of the base, cheap and easy to replace.

No, I haven't noticed any. However, it's held pretty tight up against the bed. There's no movement. I'll try to snap some pics when I get home...

longbow · 02-27-2009, 01:38 PM

Yea I understand what you mean, I end up putting a poly spacer at the top bracket, so it brought it out a little. Why I did it, can't remember.

LonghornTaco · 03-06-2009, 09:47 PM

Installed my new CB tonight... Cobra 29 NW LTD Classic with a 4' Firestick mounted on the drivers corner of the rear bumper.

oakleyTRD · 03-12-2009, 01:45 AM

how did you mount the Antenna? i have the same one (gotta support local business

)
i need a new way to mount it now that i have a tonneau on

LonghornTaco · 03-12-2009, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oakleyTRD

how did you mount the Antenna? i have the same one (gotta support local business

)
i need a new way to mount it now that i have a tonneau on

I mounted my antenna on the rear bumper, drivers side. Ran the cable along the frame and up into the cab from below. It's the only way I could find to get it.

phantom · 03-12-2009, 08:09 AM

Quote:

I mounted my antenna on the rear bumper, drivers side. Ran the cable along the frame and up into the cab from below.

think you will find you can transmit and receive strongest from the front right of the truck now.
truck body becomes the ground plane for the antenna
so for omnidirectional would be behind the cab middle

LonghornTaco · 03-12-2009, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phantom

think you will find you can transmit and receive strongest from the front right of the truck now.
truck body becomes the ground plane for the antenna
so for omnidirectional would be behind the cab middle

Why would that be??

phantom · 03-12-2009, 11:10 AM

the ground plain for the antenna is the truck and if it is the middle it is omni-directional
if it is on a corner then it is stronger signal at the mass of the truck ( forward and to the opposite side)

you look at the antenna on a 18 wheeler and they have one on each side so they are strong facing forward and aft.
i was just hinting you might want to see how far you can get out and receive as could be weak in some directions.

and a lot of the guys will mount the antenna at the front of the bed to be in the middle of the mass of the truck

LonghornTaco · 03-12-2009, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phantom

the ground plain for the antenna is the truck and if it is the middle it is omni-directional
if it is on a corner then it is stronger signal at the mass of the truck ( forward and to the opposite side)

you look at the antenna on a 18 wheeler and they have one on each side so they are strong facing forward and aft.
i was just hinting you might want to see how far you can get out and receive as could be weak in some directions.

and a lot of the guys will mount the antenna at the front of the bed to be in the middle of the mass of the truck

If I didn't have the tonneau cover, I'd use the bed rails. But unless I wanted to get a magnetic antenna and stick it on the roof each time I wanted to use it, I had few options.

This tonneau cover really limits a lot of things!

oakleyTRD · 03-13-2009, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longhorntaco

i mounted my antenna on the rear bumper, drivers side. Ran the cable along the frame and up into the cab from below. It's the only way i could find to get it.

pic ??

LonghornTaco · 03-13-2009, 04:10 PM

Not a great picture, but shows where I mounted it.

It's not AS crooked as it looks in this picture, but it does lean in just a little. I can't figure out why though - the bumper is flat where I mounted the stud...

oakleyTRD · 03-13-2009, 10:41 PM

thats exectly where i was thinking about doing mine, i had it on the metal panel inside the bed so it has to be moved, I went down to the Firestick factory and they loaned me a few mounting brackets and nothing worked. Granted i didnt cut any holes, would u mind telling me where you bolted it to and such maybe a picture if you can??? sorry i hate to be bugging you about this so much, I just hate having my CB out of commission.

LonghornTaco · 03-13-2009, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oakleyTRD

thats exectly where i was thinking about doing mine, i had it on the metal panel inside the bed so it has to be moved, I went down to the Firestick factory and they loaned me a few mounting brackets and nothing worked. Granted i didnt cut any holes, would u mind telling me where you bolted it to and such maybe a picture if you can??? sorry i hate to be bugging you about this so much, I just hate having my CB out of commission.

No worries... I'll try to take some better pictures tomorrow. I think I'm finally going to clean it up after my wheelin' trip last weekend...

LonghornTaco · 03-14-2009, 11:38 AM

Here you go oakleyTRD... It's this stud mount from FireStik

Hope these help you...

longbow · 03-15-2009, 06:25 AM

looks good Longhorn, now watch, next month you will get a great deal on a rear bumper and start all over................

LonghornTaco · 03-15-2009, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by longbow

looks good Longhorn, now watch, next month you will get a great deal on a rear bumper and start all over................

Story of my life.......

longbow · 03-15-2009, 10:50 AM

you get it.....I am sure I will follow.

LonghornTaco · 04-09-2009, 10:26 PM

So, I've had these AWESOME skid plates sitting in my apartment for the past three to four weeks, I've just been too lazy (and busy too) to install them considering I had to cut up the bumper and the skids. However, after a few false starts on the install (separate story), I've got some of it done.

So, let's start with how I had to cut the bumper and skids...

Here's the skids. I had the IFS skid powder coated red - I was so sad that I had to cut it! As you can see, I can't cut straight for shit! But, after I got this cut off, I was able to grind it pretty straight and smooth. Ish...

Here's how I notched the bumper (sorry, no before picture...)

I also had to notch these support brackets to fit with the bumper...

And, after a little trial and error, I got the IFS skid mounted with the bumper!

While I had the bumper apart, I needed to mount my winch controller and hook up my winch. And for those that may remember a previous post - I had to remove the line from the winch again to feed it THROUGH the fairlead!

Here's from a few weeks ago when I first mounted the winch (still had the wire line on it)

And mounted the winch controller here (like many others before me...)

In order to relocate the winch controller, I had to order longer cables. The 18" cables it came with were just too damned short! The 4' cables I bought were almost too short! I had to move the controller forward from it's original spot to make it reach...

And here it is all put back together...

I also took this opportunity to assemble the top half of the bumper "properly". I'm still not happy with the fit though. Gonna send some pictures to Terry tomorrow morning and see what he says.

As you can see, some of the holes just won't line up! And the bolts that I actually got it, I had to use a rubber mallet to drive them in. None of the lined up perfectly either...

I still have the other three skids to install, but I'll do them tomorrow. Getting too late... But, the hard part is done!

02-27-2009, 01:38 PM	#204
longbow Bullet with a name on it Name: Bill Joined: Jun 2008, #7586 Location: Indiana Gender: Male Posts: 5,159 05 Tacoma Silver Mica TRD 4 Door 2005 Double Cab Automatic 6 squirrels and a pissed cat Toy-tec Coil over lift, Eibach 700 lb springs, Sway bar relocate, Total Chaos UCA's, Moto metal wheels, BFG mudterrians, HID, custom 3 piece grill, Highlift jack w/custom mount, Highlift jack cover, bed matt, de-badged 100%, storage box lock mod, using defrost w/o AC mod, short antenna mod, horn re-locate, Tire Gate flat spare tire mount, engine cover painted, bed light (1) mod, wreck bar carrier, Blue Sea 5026 fuse block, center console outlet, flash light mod, Blue Sea inline fuse, Shrockworks sliders, All-Pro front bumper, Piaa 510 driving lights, Warn shackles front, Kennesaw rear bumper, "Tag Boltz" plate lights, Warn shackles rear, Warn M8000 winch, devil horns, BHLM, weathech liners front and rear.....T.W. sticker of course. Custom Sock bed decal for Michele	Yea I understand what you mean, I end up putting a poly spacer at the top bracket, so it brought it out a little. Why I did it, can't remember. __________________ "Never lay down, Never say die, Never tap out" Sig. by cmack48

03-06-2009, 09:47 PM	#205
LonghornTaco Can you pass the bailout please? Name: Jason Joined: Oct 2008, #9763 Location: Minnesota Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 3,528 Black 09 4x4 TRD Off Road Doublecab 2009 Double Cab Automatic V6 3" ToyTec coilover lift on Bilstein 5100s, Total Chaos UCAs, ToyTec diff drop, Scangauge II, 4D MagLite mounted on the drivers seat, Painted engine cover, Painted calipers (red), Painted skid plate (red) Valentine 1 radar detector hard wired, Damplifier Pro on the floor, back wall and doors, Luxury Liner Pro on the floor and doors, Kenwood DNX8120, 2 Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10" shallow mount subs, 2 Pioneer PRS-D4200F 1200W amps, Mr Marv sub enclosure, Hybrid Audio Clarus 6.5" components in the front doors, Alpine 5.25" coaxials in the rear doors, A.R.E. LSII fiberglass tonneau cover, All Pro bumper, All Pro sliders, Wet Okole seat covers, Sockmonkey Mountain badges, PIAA 510 SMR Driving Lights, Warn M8000 Winch, Bud Built skids	Installed my new CB tonight... Cobra 29 NW LTD Classic with a 4' Firestick mounted on the drivers corner of the rear bumper. __________________ Texas style is no trifling, trendy thing. It is that which you would remove from Texas in order to make it Oklahoma. March TOTM My Build

03-12-2009, 11:10 AM	#210
phantom you win mr anonymous Joined: Oct 2007, #3036 Gender: Male Posts: 1,566	the ground plain for the antenna is the truck and if it is the middle it is omni-directional if it is on a corner then it is stronger signal at the mass of the truck ( forward and to the opposite side) you look at the antenna on a 18 wheeler and they have one on each side so they are strong facing forward and aft. i was just hinting you might want to see how far you can get out and receive as could be weak in some directions. and a lot of the guys will mount the antenna at the front of the bed to be in the middle of the mass of the truck __________________

03-13-2009, 04:10 PM	#213
LonghornTaco Can you pass the bailout please? Name: Jason Joined: Oct 2008, #9763 Location: Minnesota Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 3,528 Black 09 4x4 TRD Off Road Doublecab 2009 Double Cab Automatic V6 3" ToyTec coilover lift on Bilstein 5100s, Total Chaos UCAs, ToyTec diff drop, Scangauge II, 4D MagLite mounted on the drivers seat, Painted engine cover, Painted calipers (red), Painted skid plate (red) Valentine 1 radar detector hard wired, Damplifier Pro on the floor, back wall and doors, Luxury Liner Pro on the floor and doors, Kenwood DNX8120, 2 Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10" shallow mount subs, 2 Pioneer PRS-D4200F 1200W amps, Mr Marv sub enclosure, Hybrid Audio Clarus 6.5" components in the front doors, Alpine 5.25" coaxials in the rear doors, A.R.E. LSII fiberglass tonneau cover, All Pro bumper, All Pro sliders, Wet Okole seat covers, Sockmonkey Mountain badges, PIAA 510 SMR Driving Lights, Warn M8000 Winch, Bud Built skids	Not a great picture, but shows where I mounted it. It's not AS crooked as it looks in this picture, but it does lean in just a little. I can't figure out why though - the bumper is flat where I mounted the stud... __________________ Texas style is no trifling, trendy thing. It is that which you would remove from Texas in order to make it Oklahoma. March TOTM My Build

03-14-2009, 11:38 AM	#216
LonghornTaco Can you pass the bailout please? Name: Jason Joined: Oct 2008, #9763 Location: Minnesota Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 3,528 Black 09 4x4 TRD Off Road Doublecab 2009 Double Cab Automatic V6 3" ToyTec coilover lift on Bilstein 5100s, Total Chaos UCAs, ToyTec diff drop, Scangauge II, 4D MagLite mounted on the drivers seat, Painted engine cover, Painted calipers (red), Painted skid plate (red) Valentine 1 radar detector hard wired, Damplifier Pro on the floor, back wall and doors, Luxury Liner Pro on the floor and doors, Kenwood DNX8120, 2 Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10" shallow mount subs, 2 Pioneer PRS-D4200F 1200W amps, Mr Marv sub enclosure, Hybrid Audio Clarus 6.5" components in the front doors, Alpine 5.25" coaxials in the rear doors, A.R.E. LSII fiberglass tonneau cover, All Pro bumper, All Pro sliders, Wet Okole seat covers, Sockmonkey Mountain badges, PIAA 510 SMR Driving Lights, Warn M8000 Winch, Bud Built skids	Here you go oakleyTRD... It's this stud mount from FireStik Hope these help you... __________________ Texas style is no trifling, trendy thing. It is that which you would remove from Texas in order to make it Oklahoma. March TOTM My Build

03-12-2009, 01:45 AM	#206
oakleyTRD Banned Name: Cliff Joined: Jun 2008, #7232 Location: Tucson, AZ Gender: Dude Posts: 4,199 2008 Sport 4x4 2008 Double Cab Automatic 1GR-FE What are Mods?	how did you mount the Antenna? i have the same one (gotta support local business ) i need a new way to mount it now that i have a tonneau on

03-13-2009, 10:41 PM	#214
oakleyTRD Banned Name: Cliff Joined: Jun 2008, #7232 Location: Tucson, AZ Gender: Dude Posts: 4,199 2008 Sport 4x4 2008 Double Cab Automatic 1GR-FE What are Mods?	thats exectly where i was thinking about doing mine, i had it on the metal panel inside the bed so it has to be moved, I went down to the Firestick factory and they loaned me a few mounting brackets and nothing worked. Granted i didnt cut any holes, would u mind telling me where you bolted it to and such maybe a picture if you can??? sorry i hate to be bugging you about this so much, I just hate having my CB out of commission.

03-15-2009, 06:25 AM	#217
longbow Bullet with a name on it Name: Bill Joined: Jun 2008, #7586 Location: Indiana Gender: Male Posts: 5,159 05 Tacoma Silver Mica TRD 4 Door 2005 Double Cab Automatic 6 squirrels and a pissed cat Toy-tec Coil over lift, Eibach 700 lb springs, Sway bar relocate, Total Chaos UCA's, Moto metal wheels, BFG mudterrians, HID, custom 3 piece grill, Highlift jack w/custom mount, Highlift jack cover, bed matt, de-badged 100%, storage box lock mod, using defrost w/o AC mod, short antenna mod, horn re-locate, Tire Gate flat spare tire mount, engine cover painted, bed light (1) mod, wreck bar carrier, Blue Sea 5026 fuse block, center console outlet, flash light mod, Blue Sea inline fuse, Shrockworks sliders, All-Pro front bumper, Piaa 510 driving lights, Warn shackles front, Kennesaw rear bumper, "Tag Boltz" plate lights, Warn shackles rear, Warn M8000 winch, devil horns, BHLM, weathech liners front and rear.....T.W. sticker of course. Custom Sock bed decal for Michele	looks good Longhorn, now watch, next month you will get a great deal on a rear bumper and start all over................ __________________ "Never lay down, Never say die, Never tap out" Sig. by cmack48

03-15-2009, 10:50 AM	#219
longbow Bullet with a name on it Name: Bill Joined: Jun 2008, #7586 Location: Indiana Gender: Male Posts: 5,159 05 Tacoma Silver Mica TRD 4 Door 2005 Double Cab Automatic 6 squirrels and a pissed cat Toy-tec Coil over lift, Eibach 700 lb springs, Sway bar relocate, Total Chaos UCA's, Moto metal wheels, BFG mudterrians, HID, custom 3 piece grill, Highlift jack w/custom mount, Highlift jack cover, bed matt, de-badged 100%, storage box lock mod, using defrost w/o AC mod, short antenna mod, horn re-locate, Tire Gate flat spare tire mount, engine cover painted, bed light (1) mod, wreck bar carrier, Blue Sea 5026 fuse block, center console outlet, flash light mod, Blue Sea inline fuse, Shrockworks sliders, All-Pro front bumper, Piaa 510 driving lights, Warn shackles front, Kennesaw rear bumper, "Tag Boltz" plate lights, Warn shackles rear, Warn M8000 winch, devil horns, BHLM, weathech liners front and rear.....T.W. sticker of course. Custom Sock bed decal for Michele	you get it.....I am sure I will follow. __________________ "Never lay down, Never say die, Never tap out" Sig. by cmack48

04-09-2009, 10:26 PM	#220
LonghornTaco Can you pass the bailout please? Name: Jason Joined: Oct 2008, #9763 Location: Minnesota Age: 33 Gender: Male Posts: 3,528 Black 09 4x4 TRD Off Road Doublecab 2009 Double Cab Automatic V6 3" ToyTec coilover lift on Bilstein 5100s, Total Chaos UCAs, ToyTec diff drop, Scangauge II, 4D MagLite mounted on the drivers seat, Painted engine cover, Painted calipers (red), Painted skid plate (red) Valentine 1 radar detector hard wired, Damplifier Pro on the floor, back wall and doors, Luxury Liner Pro on the floor and doors, Kenwood DNX8120, 2 Pioneer TS-SW1041D 10" shallow mount subs, 2 Pioneer PRS-D4200F 1200W amps, Mr Marv sub enclosure, Hybrid Audio Clarus 6.5" components in the front doors, Alpine 5.25" coaxials in the rear doors, A.R.E. LSII fiberglass tonneau cover, All Pro bumper, All Pro sliders, Wet Okole seat covers, Sockmonkey Mountain badges, PIAA 510 SMR Driving Lights, Warn M8000 Winch, Bud Built skids	So, I've had these AWESOME skid plates sitting in my apartment for the past three to four weeks, I've just been too lazy (and busy too) to install them considering I had to cut up the bumper and the skids. However, after a few false starts on the install (separate story), I've got some of it done. So, let's start with how I had to cut the bumper and skids... Here's the skids. I had the IFS skid powder coated red - I was so sad that I had to cut it! As you can see, I can't cut straight for shit! But, after I got this cut off, I was able to grind it pretty straight and smooth. Ish... Here's how I notched the bumper (sorry, no before picture...) I also had to notch these support brackets to fit with the bumper... And, after a little trial and error, I got the IFS skid mounted with the bumper! While I had the bumper apart, I needed to mount my winch controller and hook up my winch. And for those that may remember a previous post - I had to remove the line from the winch again to feed it THROUGH the fairlead! Here's from a few weeks ago when I first mounted the winch (still had the wire line on it) And mounted the winch controller here (like many others before me...) In order to relocate the winch controller, I had to order longer cables. The 18" cables it came with were just too damned short! The 4' cables I bought were almost too short! I had to move the controller forward from it's original spot to make it reach... And here it is all put back together... I also took this opportunity to assemble the top half of the bumper "properly". I'm still not happy with the fit though. Gonna send some pictures to Terry tomorrow morning and see what he says. As you can see, some of the holes just won't line up! And the bolts that I actually got it, I had to use a rubber mallet to drive them in. None of the lined up perfectly either... I still have the other three skids to install, but I'll do them tomorrow. Getting too late... But, the hard part is done! __________________ Texas style is no trifling, trendy thing. It is that which you would remove from Texas in order to make it Oklahoma. March TOTM My Build

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