To high clearance, or not to high clearance.. rear bumper question.

Those tires will work great without a lift, It was my first mod when I bought the truck.

 

Is that a trail gear/all pro?

 

I’m not 100% sure but I want to say it’s @DrWeld Truck and he’s the one who made that rear bumper.

 

That's what I would think but I thought that I saw some pix people posted and it didn't look like there's anything at all there.

 

It looks like the one in post 90. If he's a local fab guy maybe it's better made!

To high clearance, or not to high clearance.. rear bumper question.

 

This is one post, I thought there was another where someone listed all the brands with pix.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/high-clearance-bumpers-on-3rd-gen-tacomas.503245/

 

Evidently a dude made it himself, looks like its based off of a TG/allpro/etc. Doesnt look like he had to cut. Would be interesting to see how he supported the wings.

 

That's been my concern all through this thread and there's not many install pix that show that detail.
There were definitely a few that didn't look like they had anything threre.

 

Definitely looks like he cut the bed side. The bed isn’t that straight. It tapers down toward the ground from the factory. It also appears that there is edge trim on the cut edge.

 

I think you're right on that.
....also that looked like less of the fender is cut off.

 

Thanks for the support. Yes that’s my bumper.

It’s my own design. I had inspiration form all over not one specific. Yes I did cut just a little.

Because of the design of the trucks rear panels and how it tapers down from the bumper to the wheel you can’t have a high clearance without removing some of that panel. I’m a big fan of the old school look with tubing all over that’s what I was aiming for and trying to keep as much of the truck there.

 

Here are some goodies for you all.

 

HC FTW

Brute Force Fab

 

Nice work man. It looks really good. And shots of that tube bender?

 

I’m using a JDsquared model 3 I had a good picture of the bottom hoop that raps around the truck in the bender but I lost it in the phone upgrade.

 

Found it.

 

HCFTW
4xInnovations with Swingout

 

High clearance if you want to be cool and popular. Not high clearance if you want to be a nerd and get made fun of.

 

Fuuuug that is great work. Still more managable cutting involved. Great work. How much do you get asked to produce and sell these lol?

 

Best benefit also for HC for us big bodied fellows is so much easier to slider around on the creeper in the back end also.