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homemade bumpers

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by 96 toy taco, Jul 12, 2011.

  1. Jul 12, 2011 at 8:52 PM
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    SGT Taco

    SGT Taco It all fun and games till its not.

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    Did this one out of 1 3/4 .120 DOM and a .25" steel skid!

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  2. Jul 13, 2011 at 5:27 AM
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    YFZ450MOE

    YFZ450MOE When you blow off steam you get an eyepatch

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    Icon Extended Travel 2.5" Coil Overs All-Pro U-Bolt Flip Kit Bilstien Rear Shocks Fabtech Add-a-Leaf Icon Upper Control Arms All-Pro Rear Bumper w/ Wrap Arounds & Hitch with custom LED plate light BHLM and Morimoto III D2S retrofit Satoshi Grill 2 Hella Black Magics behind Grill Bestop Supertop BAMF sliders
    Had an offer for it, gunna let it go for $100.[/QUOTE]

    How much to ship it to 49417. I'll give you a little more for it. I really like it
     
  3. Jul 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM
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    Box Rocket

    Box Rocket Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the compliments.
     
  4. Jul 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM
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    96 toy taco

    96 toy taco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Well this is what I'm thinking about doing. Leave the front bumper and take the plastic piece off and fab up something out of tube to protect the rad.
     
  5. Jul 13, 2011 at 1:24 PM
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    97yota4wd

    97yota4wd Well-Known Member

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    caged, camburg long travel, 50t leafpack (soon to be installed) light rack over cab, 5pt harnesses etc

    dam i didnt know you made it out of DOM. was curious how it was holding up to those hits haha.

    this bumper can take a hit. i can vouch for it
     
  6. Jul 13, 2011 at 1:55 PM
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    capetaco12

    capetaco12 .<>./

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    OME lift CBI sliders, front bumper homemade rear bumper 33x12.50 m/t Gears Aussie locker inchworm crawlbox Homemade flat belly
    Not done yet still need to get the tube bent thats the only thing i cant do myself. So its going to probably cost me more than the rest of the bumper:rolleyes: Flush mount reciver hitch, 1/4 inch frame mounts, 10 mounting bolts. Shacklemounts attached to the gussets. YJ spring tag bracket.
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  7. Jul 13, 2011 at 10:06 PM
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    98fourbangertaco

    98fourbangertaco Well-Known Member

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    I like it....kinda makes me wish i had gone with a cutbed bumper instead of the trail gear wrap around
     
  8. Jul 14, 2011 at 6:20 AM
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    tbar

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  9. Jul 14, 2011 at 7:33 AM
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    SargeSlapnuts

    SargeSlapnuts SargeSlapnuts

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    bad ass truck man!!!!
     
  10. Jul 14, 2011 at 7:37 AM
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    rleeharris

    rleeharris "Old Timer," compliments of 11Taco2.7

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    @tbar: what brand is that top and who made your bumper/tire carrier? Never seen that top before... Very nice!!!
     
  11. Jul 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM
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    wolfgang123

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    MORE INFO ON THIS TRUCK!!!!
     
  12. Jul 14, 2011 at 8:32 AM
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    tbar

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    truck_73fb0f83a1b03fe61180e283033c1242d2e3ffeb.jpgthe heres a pic of it opened ,topper is a wildernest. they dont make them anymore.
    it pops into a tent
    the bumper was made buy a good friend of mine .
    if your interested i can give you his number , he does great work
    his in the colorado area
     
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  13. Jul 14, 2011 at 4:40 PM
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    Nitronick

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    here is my second bumper. only took about 2 days to build.
    also built my sliders ;)
     
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  14. Jul 20, 2011 at 7:34 AM
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    Desiel

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    Dam nice looking bumper and $100 hell ya... I really wish I could find someone here in Tennessee to fab me up something like that for a couple hundred bucks.
     
  15. Jul 20, 2011 at 7:39 AM
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    SupraT

    SupraT Tacoma Lover

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    Now this is a sweet bumper want to sell it?
     
  16. Jul 20, 2011 at 8:29 AM
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    DonnoD

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    heres my homemade bumper
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    and i also added a tiregate on it
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  17. Jul 20, 2011 at 8:42 AM
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    T@co_Pr3runn3r

    T@co_Pr3runn3r XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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    Props on this here. Gotta be one of the best lookin 1st gen rr bumpers I've seen. Looks great! One question tho...Where's the license plate?
     
  18. Jul 20, 2011 at 8:55 AM
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    Box Rocket

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    If you look at the pic from the side, you will see the license plate on a lightweight peice of tube that slides into the reciever. I've run it that way for a while and just pull it out when I'm towing. But I have since moved it and it is now located underneath the reciever right by the spare tire. But I have plans for a rear tire carrier that I'll hopefully be adding soon and the license plate will get moved to the tire carrier.
     
  19. Jul 25, 2016 at 6:32 AM
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    oxinbox21

    oxinbox21 Well-Known Member

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    image.jpg image.jpg Getting close on mine
     
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  20. Jul 25, 2016 at 7:01 AM
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    capturecolorado

    capturecolorado Well-Known Member

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    First
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    Second
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    Third
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    Tire carrier was kind of an afterthought, but it's been working great.
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    Relentless DIY front
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    Last edited: Jul 25, 2016

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