Wyoming B.S. Thread

haha figured.

The FXR would be sweet. But its not a plug n play projector. Gotta cut the main housing and stuff. If i had Frank that i could drive around while doing it id think more about it.

D2s will be fine for me though.

 

I think the mouting is the same but the clearances on the sides won't be the same. The t4r bumper cuts into the side of the truck. Not so on the tacoma obviously.

take a lot to make it work. Be better to just build one.

 

It'll be interesting to see how the 3800Ks compare. It would have been my preference too but at the time, that color wasn't offered IIRC. I've always felt mine were a bit on the cool side. Not LED cool but a lot whiter (almost a tinge of blue) compared to halogens.

 

Simple, i like it.

I think they are the same but don't quote me on that.

 

Yea your's are white. The 55w is suppose to make them more yellow too. Approx 1000k more..

I'd rather mine be closer to the color of my halogens. So may end up with 55w 4500k if they are closer to 3500k...

 

Yea I am hoping to keep it nice and simple but cool too. Nothing super flashy or anything. I like the DTRL Halos and blinkers.

 

Okay, that's what I was worried about. I'm sure I could make the mounts work but the width would be harder for me to work with as I don't have a tubing bender. The best I could do to solve that problem would be to cut the pipe at a straight section and sleeve it to make it longer and add width. Still tempting though....

 

That's right. I forgot you were going with 55w ballasts. I guess it'll be hard to compare them then. My 35w, 4500K bulb output to your 55w, 3800k bulb output.

 

Yea, im going to ask if i should just get the 4500k bulbs anyways if at 55w they are 3500k.

Or stick with the 3800k and it would be about 2800k...supposedly..

decisions..

Still gotta find what lights i'll do this too.

 

Idk, im not a fan of the bumper to begin with despite the price haha not sure it would look good on a tacoma.

 

Headed out for a few hours on the ice. Preppin for the tourney next weekend. First time out ice fishin in almost 2 years I think.

 

2800 seems too warm. I wonder how bright they would be.

Ben has a set of Depo housings he's just sitting on. Maybe he'll be willing to part with them. @m3bassman

 

Making a good looking rear bumper for the Tacoma seems to be something of an impossibility. At this point I've given up on looks and I'm looking at price vs utility. I've scraped my rear bumper and side panels now so I have two choices, armor them (which makes a new hangup point) or chop them. I like the chop them idea because it leaves nothing left to really struggle with armoring, you can have a reinforced bar that just runs around the edge of the chopped portion and tailgate. That's something I could make easily on a budget, the issue comes in when I plan to put a swingout on (problem is the same with the CL bumper). Tube or plate rear doesn't really matter to me, I think plate is easier for me to build with considering my tooling.

Edit: Forgot you actually make the best looking of all the 1st gen Tacoma rear bumper choices, unfortunately something like that is out of the question tooling wise for me at the moment.

 

Depo houshings?

I do want to know how you rewired your marker lights to be blinkers.

I like my rear bumper Its amazing.

Maybe wait on pelfreybuilt...grant..that won't be cheap.

Not impossible to make your own nice bumper. Plenty out there. Making your own plate bumper by hand takes a lot of time and effort. Can be sweet though.

 

I happen to know of a great one you can copy. Just sayin'...

 

@Blackdawg I edited my previous statement as I do like your bumper but you don't produce in volume....

Mike I may have a look at how the main piece is fabricated sometime, I just don't want wrap-arounds... I'd like to cut all of that off of the truck. It is a good looking piece though for sure. It's strange, the bulk of bumpers made in high volume for our trucks are either tube construction or the most bulky plate things I've ever seen. Even the CBI one is monolithic.

 

Yeah, these:

$46 DEPO 312-1150L-AS Replacement Driver Side Headlight Assembly (This product is an aftermarket product. It is not created or sold by the OE car company)

https://www.amazon.com/Depo-312-1150L-AS-Replacement-Headlight-Assembly/dp/B004I0ILE0

Marker lights to blinkers was super easy. Just used the swapped the stock blinker wires up to the bulbs in the corner/marker housing. I am running HO amber colored LEDs in there. I think its a 921 size bulb.

 

Monte's design is awesome for several reasons but one is the fact that it fits up so tight to the body panels. Does not look bulky like all the others and loss of ground clearance is negligible.

I am not a fan of the cut bedside look. IMHO, this is way better.

 

Yea, i wish i could. It being done totally by hand though..not an option. If i had been able to to CNC parts id think about doing them in small batches.

I don't mind CBIs outback bumper but i hate their swingout design. Sticks out super far.

Im not a fan or the cut bedsides. But that is an easy bumper to build.

Thanks.

Gotcha. Wouldn't mind doing that too.

 

I can make arguments for either I suppose. I figure if I'm going to cover them why even have them there...