Slash's "Budget" Built Trail Limo and BS, Now with Polls!

That’s great is the group buy on TW

 

We got hit really good with storms today, how you?

 

Nah it's on a FB page called Midwest Tacomas.

 

Me and @SuperBad bought two DIY bumpers from coastal offroad. We got his all tacked together. I’m building the other one to sell. Very impressed with there kits.
This is Jason’s

 

yeah, but i was sleeping for the first time all weekend lol I slept friday night(technically saturday morning) and then was up till sunday night (technically monday morning).

 

Nice! I'm gonna have to booger mine together lol I'll be doing a lot of practice pieces before I weld it together. Or pay a friend in beer to do it!

BTW you have one hell of a nice shop there Maner.

 

Grinder and flapper disc’s make it look great. You can do it. Take the time to bevel the connecting edges so you have a V to lay the weld in. Looks better and less polishing.

 

Nice, yeah I did welding in college, almost 3 years ago and haven't picked up a mig/stick or tig since. I'm sure it's about like riding a bicycle after you knock the rust (or slag haha) off your skills. Except for TIG, that's an art form and a lesson in patience.

 

Lots of inside welding to get back into it! I've never welded before I started building the new bumper with @Bigdaddy4760. The first day I put a welder in my hand I ran a bunch of ugly practice beads on a flat pc of scrap and then a whole lot of ugly beads on the inside of the bumper. I did manage a few ok ones on the first day. By the time I'm done with all the outside welds I'm hoping to be more consistent and decent. Its been a blast learning and building the bumper though!

 

Are you guys grinding the inside welds or leaving them? I ask because I have a right angle die grinder and was wondering if it's necessary.

 

Leave the welds on the inside alone. When you sand/grind the welds smooth on the outside you’ll want that extra support to help prevent it from splitting when you bump something with the bumper.

 

Believe the plan is to leave them, Out of sight out of mind. Nobody will ever see them once its installed. If they were visible I'd have a whole lot of grinding to do to clean it up. Its ugly in there! First time welding with all the angles and interference made it interesting.

 

This

 

Thanks fellas, this'll be the first time building anything structural. Mostly just practice stuff in school, made some cubes and a whole lot of T's

 

Holler if ya need anything we done been through one fitting it up and will be doing the second one soon

 

Looks like you have a jig going on your table, or maybe just have something there to prop it upright. Did you tack it on the truck or on the table?

 

Its just some scrap holding it up. We tacked it together on the truck following the instructions.

 

What's it say about distance from the grille/fenders for flex room?
Actually, if you have the instructions, albeit for a different gen but should apply the same, in pdf form, you mind sending them my way so I can get in some light reading lol

 

I dont recall seeing any distance. Before the final piece we have to attach we can adjust some up and down for the 3rd gens. Not sure if it will be the same. Let me see if I have a copy of the instructions here. I may have left them all at the shop with the bumpers.

 

Found it, 1/4" gap is what they recommend.