===>BUMPERS<=== - 2nd Gens Only

Prior to owning my 2009 double cab TRD Off Road Tacoma, I owned a 1997 FZJ80 Land Cruiser. The Land Cruiser was heavily modified and I loved it, especially the custom rear bumper. The rear bumper was designed with dual swing-outs and was built by Iron Pig Offroad with some 4x4 Labs parts. When I purchased my Tacoma I knew that I would eventually want a similar bumper on the Tacoma. I spent the last few years looking at rear bumper options and nothing really struck my fancy. So, I eventually talked with Billy from Brute Force Fabrication and he offered to build me a custom bumper based on design cues from me and pictures of my FZJ80 bumper. The masterpiece below is that bumper. The bumper is a high clearance / dual swing-out design with rear bed protection in the form of slightly flared DOM tubing. It has integrated recovery points and a hidden tow-hitch. The dual swing-outs can hold the 33” spare, two Jerry cans, and a Hi-Lift (currently not mounted). The high clearance design required cutting the bed. I cut the bed by running a tape line to the wheel well using blue painters tape. The bed was then cut using both an electric cut-off and pneumatic cut-off tool. After the metal was cut to the desired specification (using the Mach 1 eyeball); I used a Dremel with different bits to debur and radius the edges. Once they were smooth I painted them (inside and out) with Rust-Oleum Truck Bed Coating Spray. I then followed that up with actual semi-gloss black Rust-Oleum Protective Enamel from a half-pint can. The installation was pretty easy and everything went together – including the factory tow-plug and license plate lights perfectly. The bumper is extremely well built and I opted to paint the bumper fully using Rust-Oleum Automotive Sandable Primer followed by numerous coats of flat black Rust-Oleum Protective Enamel from the infamous rattle can. I did this so I can quickly and easily touch-up any scrapes gathered while playing in rocks or in the woods. I actually use my truck and wanted to avoid powder coating the rear bumper; which, from my experience gets dragged over rocks a lot more than the front bumper. None the less, enjoy the pictures. The installation took 2 days – partly because of the rain and partly because I am anal and pretty detail focused. If you want an awesome bumper call Billy and ask for the "Mark Special".




































- Mark

 

Looks great! Just curious, any reason the spare's on the drivers side vs the passenger side?

 

Don't forget the ELITE bumper group buy and GIVEAWAY!!!

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/gr...off-road-products-front-bumper-group-buy.html

 

that BF bumper looks so sick!!!

 

Visibility, I have good visibility through the driver side rear view mirror and I can look passenger side through the back since the gas cans are below the tailgate sight line. It works for me...I'm also really light so the tire and wheel combo helps balance things out.

- Mark

 

Anyone in the Oregon area ever herd of NWT? I came across a craigslist ad with them selling weld together steel bumper kits. What things should i think about before purchasing a steel bumper? Are installs pretty straight forward?

 

http://www.roadarmor.com/products/Bumpers/2012-2013/Toyota/Tacoma/part-number-905R4B

the website says this thing weighs 270 pounds, is this a typo or does this bumper actually weigh that much? i have no idea how much bumpers weigh but that seems super heavy

 

Id say thats right on. The road armor bumpers are BEASTLY. (and fuggly, in my humble opinion)

 

I finaly got a responce from a company I was looking into for there rear bumper and WOW they are a bit more expencive than what I would have thought! Whats yalls take on Kaymar bumpers?

Below is the what the company emailed me.

K3930 - Kaymar Rear Bar W/ twin pivots and Lights in bar - $1,725.00
USA-TAC - Rear Bar W/ LHS tyre carrier - $2,421.00
KITTAC - Kaymar Rear Bar W/ LHS & RHS tyre carriers - $3,045.00
KitTAC-L-JCD - Kaymar Rear Bar W/ LHS tyre carrier and RHS double jerry can holder - $3,146.00
KitTAC-R-JCD - Kaymar Rear Bar W/ RHS tyre carrier and LHS double jerry can holder - $3,146.00
K0500 Mounted telescopic work light - $241.00


Now the fine print...Prices are for a credit card sale and can be slightly lower for cash or check, Orders from Australia include shipping from Australia, but not from our Las Vegas warehouse.


As for the specs below is a picture of the Tacoma rear bar on the OP work truck. It has a built in two hitch that accommodates the Toyota tow package and is rates at or above vehicle ability. It comes with the tow hitch, however not with the tow ball.

 

For a non HC rear bumper?^^^

F that noise

 

Very cool Alexander!

Best Taco in Mother Russia!

 

What are my options for bolt on front and rear bumpers? I'd like something that is like the hybrids I've been seeing here but I'm open to other options. Truck is a 2012 with a 2.7 so the lighter the better.

 

read the freaking thread man..... how much easier do you want it? should we really just spoon feed the answers into your brain?

 

Thank you for your great contribution.

 

I've contributed plenty here. Look at my threads. Now stop being a lazy ass

 

I joined this forum since its a place to ask questions. Get over it.

 

He's right though. Read just the first page alone

 

If you have a technical question regarding relentless or arb let me know and ill give great info. If you want to know what bolts on do some reading, see what you like, narrow it down, and come back with questions. At least you didn't start a thread so ill give you props on that.

 

yep