What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Pretty close

@Speedytech7 if you’re going to mount it up that high straight with the frame, you’ll have to taper the frame plate to fit under the back lip of the bed.

Can see it here

 

I'll get you that ride at AOP in April! Pretty pumped about that meet, not sure how much I'll send it but it'll be a good time for sure!

 

When I get further along with my truck, have some money, and hopefully some more know how I wanna make a bumper like this guys:

Replace the tailgate with a swing out

 

https://www.wilcooffroad.com/shop/tiregate-vertical-mount-toyota/

 

I guess it’s kinda the same

 

That's literally what he has. Then he just fabbed a tube bumper

 

I like your design a lot, cut up a bit on the sides like you have it is really good looking. Trying to chop all the low hanging fruit off. Just curious how you went about designing the frame plate portion, hard to get a feel for where everything should be ya know?

 

Ooooh, I wouldn’t think making the swing out part would be the difficult.

 

Is this the top view?

 

It's pretty tough, lots of weight that basically has two points of contact when closed and one when open. Not easy to avoid cracking and bending.

 

Yeah, you'd have to imagine it on a truck, I'm not talented enough to design the Tacoma rear end in solid works haha

 

Mine is sorta dual sheer and has been working great.

 

Your bumper is a perfect example of what I'm trying to do!

 

good start

i like the design and the way the trucks look with the high clearance, I'm just to early in my build to do any cutting up on the truck

 

my frame plates are 4” x 1/4” plate. So I started with a 4” rectangle of cardboard. Started marking and trimming from there until I had the design perfect. Traced it out on the steel plate and cut it out with the plasma.


Be happy to get you any pics/measurements you need.

 

Yea that’s what I was looking at. Any suggestions. Have been thinking about the ARB one.

 

It looks tapered the opposite way you usually see them. Doesn't look like you have much of a step to stand on. Looks good though.

It would be awesome if there was a database of models that you could easily build bumpers and such for.

Edit: maybe it's just the lighting that makes it look tapered.



Also I think my keyboard on my phone just sobered up with the update!

 

Anyone know what brand of headers these are. They're 3.4v6 for sure but don't look like TRDs.not the best pic but there short tube headers.

 

no but i will take them if you don't want em'