Rear Bumper is done!

The receiver is something I'm worried about, too. I like that the 4xinnovations has a rated hitch.

 

I have seen the receiver tube in person and it's better then any stock receiver and I'm sure Tim will be welding it up better then anything on the market now for a 1st gen. I'm sure you would break something on your truck before this receiver breaks.

 

Lol. Yea I'm gonna have to go get a hitch with a lot bigger drop, because right now I have a 2" drop and it still isn't enough. So with this bumper I'm gonna need probably a 6" or maybe even a 8" if they make that big of a drop.

 

i was thinking the same thing my boat sits low so after I put on my leafs and the bumper I'm going to measure to see how far of a drop i need but i'm thinking it's going to be a lot.

and they do make BIG ones http://aluminumflatbedsforpickups.com/big_drop_trailer_hitches.html

 

Holy Hell. I always thought that the drop hitches like that were custom made, but I guess not lol. That much drop looks funny.

 

Is Tim doing the whole "one of the first 10 buyers gets one free" thing?

Edit: If he is, I'm pretty sure I'll buy one. I'm pretty strapped for cash, but I'll take the 10% chance lol.

 

ya i'll be offering some sort of deal for the 1st group buy, you'll just have to wait and see what i do

 

^^ Ahhh Tim I'm so broke right now. But I want your bumpers

 

Hummm I'm I going to be involved in this secret deal I'm technically the first one in the group buy you just haven't started the thread yet

 

^^^ Nope, no dice. You bought it before group buy

 

haha ya your technically the 1st order of the group buy

 

^^ I call shenanigans.

 

Here is a shot of the receiver brackets on the back side of the bumper as you can see it's tied into the mounting plates of the bumper so I'm confident that I will be able to tow anything a Tacoma can safely pull.

 

Uh oh here goes 2 weeks worth of my paycheck... haha oh yeah tim will you be offering mounts for the license plate lights? i got LEDs in the back so was just wondering if this was an option.. thanks!

 

i'm either going to throw a small led light bar on the top of mine or i saw some bolts that you can buy that have led's mounted in the head that will shine down on the license plate. not sure which i'll go with yet, i've just been driving around with out them all month

 

I'm thinking of getting this and mounting 2 of them one on each side of the plate http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Automotive-CZ-224W-Super-License/dp/B00278V35Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1296835906&sr=1-1

I was also looking at the IS350 plate lights they look pretty sick I just don't know if they will fit on the sides.

Tim what are the measurements on the side of the plates? and is there anything behind the plate that would stop me from mounting lights on the sides kinda like the stock ones?

 

ya thats the same thing i was looking at. the side plates are pretty small. i'll measure it and text you what the dimension is later when i go down to the shop

 

Okay