Let's see your frugal DIY mods!

Nice job ...

 

Here's my Frugal, Lights behind the grill set up. I was looking at all the brackets available at various vendors and thought I could finagle one myself. I ended up using 2in. Aluminum right angle stock. It's Strong, rigid, light, won't rust, easily cut with angle grinder or jig saw with a metal blade. Was thinking about using Angle iron, but figured it was over kill for what i was looking to do. When done I painted it black so it wasn't so easily visible.
Here are some pics. (sorry for the huge pics) need to change the setting on my phone

 

bump for future ideas....

 

Looks good! I was even cheaper when I did mine but I'm sure that's no surprise. I mounted brackets right to the upper grill support for mine. Then lights right to the brackets with no bar. But, I like your set up. I actually have a piece just like that in the shop, Hmmmm.

 

This is how I mounted up a bracket in a similar fashion, piece of flat steel, painted, and mounted to scrap brackets bolted to the radiator supports.

 

Looks good. I took the minimalist approach. Not pretty but it works fine.

 

What's the black box in front of the radiator?

 

A lot of cool ideas in here. Looking forward to seeing more

 

Winch power box thing?

 

off topic, but every time i see ur username i wonder if ur a FF fan or if its something else

 

I wouldn't think so, fiend being such a common word.

Now me, on the other hand

 

That's a 100W speaker for a siren/horn setup from Federal Signal (i think). Judging by the lights and siren, I'm guessing vol fire fighter?

 

Oh yeah, nice job putting those together haha, wasn't paying attention there

 

FF? I'm a big Misfits fan and they call their fans "fiends."

 

Glenn Danzig is the man!

 

Not so much anymore. I read an article a few months back stating that he was going to sue everyone in the country for all the pollutants that are destroying the earth, haha. He's going crazy...

 

Correct. Other pics in my signature link.

 

I added this handle to my tool box to make it easier to slide out to access. Handle was a part I salvaged off my old grill. Not sure I like the stainless steel, I may paint it black.

 

I know this is a frugal diy thread and not a bed mod thread (though you wouldn't tell by looking at it!) But I thought these would be nice for anyone utilizing their bed rails.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9306720

 

These are some of the frugal mods I have done. I will post others as they occur/I remember them.
I can't take credit for all of them, but I will post them here anyways because they might be useful for someone.

Fire extinguisher mounted to bed:


Bestop clamp to keep from flapping(bar is a piece of aluminum stock I had lying around):


Garage Opener 3M stickied to center console lid:


Red (pink) rescue knife for $7 on Amazon, (kept in center console, see previous pic for location):


Bottle opener mounted by tailgate (necessity when camping):