Coastal Offroad Talky Time

i was so ready to pull the trigger on these but then they quoted me $450 shipping to canada. I am so stunned I haven't emailed them back asking if they made a mistake

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/coastal-off-road-high-clearance-bumper.665102/

 

How much did u pay for shipping? I thinking about getting one but shipping is killahs for us lol

 

Wonder what shipping would be to Alaska

 

I had it shipped to Washington state and it was $100-$125 if I remember correctly. I’ll look for the invoice to get the accurate #.

 

Ordered! Can't wait to try my hand welding again....

 

Almost all of the welding is complete except the front plate. I plan to paint the inside of the bumper and front plate and then assemble. Not before grinding what I currently have down and setting the bar angle as I do not want it to run parallel to the grill.

Picked up two large canisters of 75/25 wm8 today as well. Should be good for awhile. I definitely need to hook up the 220 as I noticed some funkiness with the 110. Nonetheless I ran full welds on both sides. It wasn't so bad honestly!

 

Finished up a wing.. I really wanted clean lines, and I definitely learned a few tricks! Really tedious stuff, especially in this heat lately. I am happy with how it came out so far, definitely not looking forward to doing the front plate

Grinded with 50 grit, will be stepping it to an 80 and then the paint stripper doodad for some smoothness

 

Front plate is on! All that's left is some more grinding and paint. Hoping to finish by Monday!

 

What's everyone doing for fogs? I don't want to have to rewire a bunch of stuff so anything I can just splice into the existing wiring would be great.

 

Many companies have an adapter to connect aftermarket pods to the factory harness. I have BD pods I'm putting in mine doing that.

 

I'm trying to go cheap. BD are $$$$

 

They are pricey but I decided I was saving money on the bumper so I would spend the money on high quality lights. There are options though that dont cost BD $ that you can get adapters for.

 

Flush Mount LED Pods, OFFROADTOWN 2pcs 5'' 64W LED Flush Mount led driving lights Spot Flood Combo Beam LED Work Light Flush LED Light Bar Super Bright Fog Lights Off Road Lights for Truck Bumper Boat

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XCMBMYG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm using these cheap ones from Amazon I found and I bought pigtail adapters from calirasied to plug into the stock fogs connectors.

Flush Mount LED Pods, OFFROADTOWN 2pcs 64W LED Flush Mount Driving Lights 5inch LED Light Bar LED Work Light Super Bright Fog Lights Off Road Lights for Truck Jeep SUV 4x4 Grill Mount

 

Now that's more my price range! Got any pics mounted and in use?

 

I'll take some tonight and post them up. I did have to widen the opening a bit. I wish I knew that before I painted my bumper.

 

So I completed the build (still need the weld hoop and lower support) added a winch and do some wheeling.

I noticed -

1. Front mounting points NEED to be angled otherwise the bumper wings look like they are sagging. My bumper upper plate is complete level so additional modifications to the front mounting area will help to level it out more.

2. Mounting holes are NOT enlongated enough for correct alignment after modifying front mounting point angles. This will cause a huge gap of 1" without modifications.

Other than those minor issues which I will resolve, super happy with how it turned out.

 

@Slashaar here is a day time of them installed I meant to take an evening shit but I fell asleep. I’ll try to get one tonight. All the hardware rusted so I either painted it or swapped it with stainless.