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Satoshi Grill, 9" lights, vintage toyota emblem, Gen 2

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by NiftyNeud, Jul 25, 2017.

  1. Jul 25, 2017 at 11:54 AM
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    NiftyNeud

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    I didn't do a detailed write up about any of these installs but wanted to attach links to all the products I bought. All seem to be good quality and I'm happy with the way the products all matched up.

    First I did the Satoshi grill with perforated grill from Custom car grills, then added a customized vintage toyota logo also from custom car grills (I bought the white and painted to match the dark blue of my truck). Then I added 96 Watt - 9" behind the grill round lights. I think this is the biggest lights you will fit back there. Lights are from ebay - attached link. The lights were installed with a relay/wiring harness from Mictuning (from Amazon). The switch came from CH4x4 industries (also amazon).

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    $11 MICTUNING MIC-B1002 LED Light Bar Wiring Harness, Fuse 40A Relay On-off Waterproof Switch
    https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00O72R7Z8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    $22 CH4X4 Push Switch for Toyota Tacoma 12V 3Amp - Hood Lights Symbol - Red Led
    https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01H5UDAT0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


    http://www.ebay.ca/itm/9-Inch-Round...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649


    https://www.customcargrills.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Toyota_OEM_Emblem


    https://www.customcargrills.com/Custom-Toyota-Grills.asp


    grill and emblem pre-paint.jpg
    Grill and emblem out of the box
    toyota emblem painted.jpg
    painted emblem to match truck
    Grill and emblem - no lights.jpg
    satoshi with emblem - no lights
    lights mounted.jpg
    picture of lights mounted behind grill
    08 tacoma.jpg
    Lights during the day
    lights on.jpg
    Lights on
    switch.jpg
    Switch
     
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    NiftyNeud, Jul 25, 2017
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  2. Jul 25, 2017 at 12:59 PM
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    Maticuno

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    Nice. My preference would have been to leave the Toyota emblem unpainted, but otherwise looks good.
     
    Maticuno, Jul 25, 2017
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  3. Jul 25, 2017 at 1:27 PM
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    I understand, I don't have any white on my truck, the black rims and everything made me decide to go subtle on the logo, it is less classic this way so I get it.
     
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  4. Jul 26, 2017 at 11:02 PM
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    Nice install :thumbsup:
     
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  5. Aug 16, 2017 at 3:02 AM
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    uh_salt_rifle

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    How well do those lights work? I'm considering a pair for mounting to my ARB bumper?
     
    uh_salt_rifle, Aug 16, 2017
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  6. Aug 16, 2017 at 3:48 AM
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    nice, had an 06 AC in the same blue that I miss and would have kept if it was not for the paint going to hell but the AZ sun beat the hell out of it.
     
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  7. Aug 16, 2017 at 6:56 AM
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    I'd say really quite well...only been installed for about a month so not sure on longevity but I bounce around lots of lease/gravel trails and they are still working.
     
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  8. Aug 16, 2017 at 8:36 PM
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    Also they are good to give a quick flash to the left lane campers who don't look in their rear view mirror....a quick flash and they jump over to the right.
     
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  9. Aug 16, 2017 at 8:55 PM
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    Did you mount the lights to a bracket? There wasn't one listed in your links. I want to put my LED pods behind my stock grill.
     
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  10. Aug 16, 2017 at 9:26 PM
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    You have any straight on pics. I like it.
     
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  11. Aug 17, 2017 at 4:04 AM
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    If you get bored if like to see some night shots to see how much light they throw
     
    uh_salt_rifle, Aug 17, 2017
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  12. Aug 21, 2017 at 9:46 AM
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    lights on 2.jpg
     
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  13. Aug 21, 2017 at 9:48 AM
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    I made custom brackets out of 1.5" angle iron...you can kind of see them in the pics. I don't think the 9" would fit on the pre-built brackets that are available. I didn't look too hard at the options for mounting systems as I have a bunch of steel and a welder so I knew I'd just fabricate my own.
     
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    Perfect.
     
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