Delta's 2002 Tacoma 4WD Build and BS

Yea. I'm okay at welding and I'm fine at smaller projects, but when it comes down to something like my front and rear bumpers, my dad is a much better welder them myself. One day I'll be able to stack dimes like FC187 on Pirate4x4 His work is flawless and half the time I don't know how he does it. Especially since he does it all by hand.

 

Haha yeah, I plan on building a rear bumper but well see if that ever happens.

 

Ha! You need a set of sliders before you think of making a bumper If you want to buy me a set of Relentless ones, I'll ship you my Demello sliders

 

SINCE WHEN HAVE THOSE BEEN THERE!??

 

Hahahah well technically they arent, i just clamped on to mock them up awhile ago. Now that i have a welder i can burn them on.

 

You best be burning those on right now, mister!




jk

 

I got the welder and ran out of the .25 sample wire in about 10 mins... Need to buy some .30 then practice until i feel like i could do it. Dosent seem like fun because a lot of the spots are tight.

 

Simple. Take the cab of the frame and then you're good

 

I gave it a brief thought....

 

Welding them on the frame is way more difficult if your mounting plates are square. SOS designs them as triangles and it is wayyyyy easier. They also wrap around the bottom of the frame. By far the best mounting plate design I've seen.

 

Yea, I'll agree with that. The square/rectangular plate is really annoying to weld at the top, but that's about it. My Demello sliders are bolt on so I had the awkward time of drilling the final bolt hole. Then again, I ain't mad. I got these from Jason for pretty much nothing.

 

I like BAMFs mounting plates, but also a bitch to weld on.

 

Yep, I got square ones. Gonna be a bitch haha

 

if you use a method like me and my dad used, cutting slots and bending then filling in slots with welds, its easy, do that for the main portion.

 

Yeah, but I also want to do a wrap around with jerry cans and a tire swing out

 

How many leafs do you have on your dakars? Do you have the extra leaf?

 

This picture has the extra leaf in it. I took it out because it gave me to much lift.

 

Apparently OME updated the AAL. Instead of adding 100lbs of carrying capacity, it's now up to ~225lbs. I'm tempted to get it. IFS skid plate is still more appealing though.

 

Interesting, I wonder which one I have