2nd gen Tacoma tube bumper build

Great skills man
Subd

 

subddd. wanna see this finished

 

So do I! The plan was to finish it this weekend but that's not going to happen now, so we are looking at another couple weeks.

Here it is last weekend, not a great picture of the bumper but it definitely makes the truck look good

 

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Haha, slackers.

 

Alright! I haven't really been on here in a while. The bumper is mostly finished, I just need to figure out how I am going to bend the skid plate to match the radius of the tube.

Let me find the pictures

 

Main tube support tied into the upright


Where it mounts to the factory sway bar mount


Skid plate tabs welded in, and painted



The crossmember that bolts to the swaybar mount sits flush and right up against the factory skid plate mount. I will be tying the bumper in here as well after I get an IFS skid made up, it will then bolt straight through the skid and a bracket on the bumper

 

this is coming together awesome man. pm'ed u with a few questions.

 

Id love the option to buy a "kit" and weld it myself just to save some money. my old man has a welding shop but we dont have a tubing bender or lots of time...so a pre cut kit would be perfect!

PM me if you would be interested in doing something like this.

 

Nice looks really good

 

I like the design, upload a picture with the skid plate installed please

 

PM sent on the bumper build. Awesome design.

 

this is clean and i love it

 

pretty dirty!

 

Does cutting off the factory crossmember pose any sort of structural problems? Would it be something that could be welded back in place if you were to return to stock?

 

I haven't found or seen anything yet. I replaced the cross member with the tubing that was incorporated with the bumper. Its just at a higher point. Cutting that cross member allowed for more clearance.

It look like that piece was welded on to begin with and looked like it served no purpose IMO.

 

That crossmember is stupid an pointless. Sure it could be welded back on but why would you want to do a silly thing like that

 

Agreed.

This style bumper is pretty strong and only weights about 50 lbs. Just need to get a thicker piece if aluminum cut for the skid.

 

We broke up but I'm still trying to convince him to get the skid plate bent and put on...it's not looking too good though haha