The Adventures of Ash and Baby Taco

Showing the truck some love today. After the gym I will be scrubbing her down and getting all this nature off. Then Ill be takings a clay bar and finishing with a wax. If I have time I will probably start in on the interior as well.

 

Boooorrrrrrriiiinnngggggggg


PICTARS!!!!

 

Gage doesn't do such things

 

HEY! I just finished. Whew, what a freakin pain it is to do that. Totally worth it though, looks like a new truck...minus the dings, the foggy headlights and rusted armor . I am going fishing tomorrow so I can grab a few pics then. Ill get at least one before I hit a dirt road and 4 hours of hard work disappears.

 

I'll believe when I see it.

 

Does anyone know the difference between an 05-11 bumper and a 2012+? I might have the opportunity to snag a 2012 front. I don't really feel like selling my front bumper at a slight loss only to repurchase another and wait for it to come in.

 

Yea they are a bit different.

why would you change bumpers anyways?

 

Because the 2011 wont fit with the updated front. If it was a easy fix then I would beg and plead someone (you ) to modify it. If it isn't a simple fix then I would have to decide if I really want the updated front. If I did then I would need to sell and re-buy.

Make sense?

 

Im still lost...what bumper would you be putting on and why? Are you wanting to update the front of your truck to a 2011? or..i don't see the point of switching bumpers...

 

Ok, lets try again.

My truck is a 2011. That means I fall into the 2005-2011 tacoma category. The front looks like this:


I want to update my front to the 2012 - 2015 front end (Like Marc's truck). It looks like this:



The problem with this switch is that I own a front bumper for a 2005 - 2011 Tacoma. Apparently the bumper will not fit 2012 models and I do not want to buy a 2012 front bumper. This means my hybrid bumper will need to be modified to fit. I want to know the extent of modifying the bumper and if it would be worth it. If not I would need to sell the 2011 hybrid and use that cash to order a bumper to fit the 2012 front.

 

Think its just the grill lines dont quite line up. Its not anything major though as far as i know. The area where the grill/headlights meet will be exposed with an older bumper.

Im assuming hes talking about swapping to a 12+ front end minus the bumper

 

Your bumper should fit just fine.. one of the local guys is running the 05-11 all pro tube bumper on a 12+. Id assume itd give the same look as your hybrid

 

Sweet, maybe I can just get Pelfrey to send me the grille pieces and have them welded on at a later time.

 

Ill see if i can get a picture and post it. But being hybrid i dont think there is any actual difference there. I know plates have the angled piece though.

 

Okay, now im with you.

Well if youre doing a swap i don't think you'll need a new bumper because you won't be changing the direct mounts. It might not line up as nice with the grill.

Craig just did this, he can have insight @HomerTaco

 

i take it you have the 05-11 pelfry hybrid front now?

 

correct..that he does.

 

that would be easy to just make. Its just little pieces of strap.

 

I doubt they would charge me a lot for them. It would save me some time when I am explaining to a local welder what I want.

 

recent pic of your front end?

I'm running a brute force fab front hybrid - it will look just fine once I adjust it for the body lift.

The issue is the bottom headlight trim snaps into a piece held in place by the stock front bumper. I have the parts just have not messed with it yet.