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grill upgrade with lights

Discussion in 'New Members' started by gphilly, Sep 12, 2022.

  1. Sep 12, 2022 at 9:47 PM
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    gphilly

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    Any body familiar with those Icelandic taco build? recently came across the "Viking Built Tacoma" and love the way they seemed to insert the lights into the grill. Anybody have any ideas how they went about mounting these? I've wired lights before so wouldn't have questions there, but really curious about how to keep these securely in place!

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  2. Sep 13, 2022 at 5:59 AM
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    Looks like they took a stock pro grille and cut it to pieces. There are probably custom brackets running behind it.


    ...I kinda like it, I'll take mustang lights over raptor lights any day.
     
  5. Sep 13, 2022 at 9:58 PM
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    Welcome! Yeah I'm with you, it looks sweet and I assume @Rock Lobster is on the money with the custom brackets comment. I'd be down for a setup like this.
     
  6. Sep 13, 2022 at 10:38 PM
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    Exactly that @caribe makaira - have you happened to come across any "build" info on it?
     
  9. Sep 15, 2022 at 6:43 PM
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    Nope:(
    Even emailed Artic Trucks, they answered this:
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  10. Sep 15, 2022 at 6:46 PM
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    If you look a little closer on the pic, you can see a front hitch with a cover. My guess the lamps are held in place to it. The grill seems CNC cut.
     
  11. Sep 16, 2022 at 7:39 AM
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  12. Sep 16, 2022 at 7:42 AM
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    But would you share the bracket and bezel drawings if we ask real nice?

    We can fab our own brackets, print our own bezels, and give the drawings to MESO to make commercially available.
     
  13. Sep 19, 2022 at 12:56 PM
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