Brush Guards

Same w my '00, but i see your a second gen so im not sure...i would assume yours is the same though. The brushguard should be nowhere near you skid.

 

My Big Country Grill Guard finally came in and I am happy with it. It is made with a heavy gauge steel, solid professional welds. The mounting brackets are heavy duty and it came with heavy duty hardware. The powder coating is top notch. It is as strong as you are going to get with a direct bolt on grill guard, especially when the Tacoma doesn't even really have a true front bumper.
It does have some rubber liners on the front. I was also able to mount it by myself. The thin gauge headlight guard are easily removable. I am on the fence with them...I will see how they impact the headlights this evening.

The clearance in the middle is 10.5 inches high, so I might go with some Hella 4000 instead of the 700FF...I think it will fill it out nicely. I am going to do some cardboard mock up of 9" vs 7" lights. The "Big Country" sticker easily came off after I took these pics.

And again, I bought this for looks and a place to mount some lights. So it suites my needs just fine. I don't need to hear any damage multiplier comments or I needed a full replacement bumper. I live in Texas, I know this already.



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that looks awesome,
how much u pay?

 

$420 (American). I have read a few other folks around the country paid like $390. But the place I got it from was a small local business....nice friendly owner, so I didn't mind paying a little over ( I usually haggle).

 

I've heard the rule is if you don't get a heavy duty brush guard like a ranch hand then they will do more damage to your truck. I have a ranch hand on my 2005 and love it

 

Well there you have it. Beans