KeithB's SWB '09 Tacoma DCSB V6 4.0 TRD Sport 4x4

I don't but I can get some soon. Just waiting for an LED light bar that I will be mounting there instead so when I get it apart to swap out the lights, I will get some pictures.

Basically, they are mounted on the aluminum crush bumper. Not directly because I had to make a bracket out of aluminum to raise the lights to the proper height to shine out of the lower grill opening. Directly on the crush bumper was about an inch too low.

 

Updated photo and mod list on page 1. More pictures of new mods coming soon.

 

Where and how did you mount the LED bar. Ive got a 30 incher Im putting in the same spot.

 

The light bar looks awesome keith! I want to relocate my front plate, stupid CT laws. Let me know if you come up with a good idea on how to get it out of the way from the light bar.

 

Supposedly there is a bracket made for '06 Dodge Ram 1500 that fits our lower bumper under the lower grill. I will look for the link tomorrow. For now, I haven't bothered with it for about 2 months now.

 

I have seen that thread before, but where the hell do you find one lol. I just keep my license plate on. When i go night wheeling ill just pull it off, but it would be nice to have the license plate out of the way permanently

 

It's mounted directly on the aluminum crush bumper with "L" brackets. I will get some pictures when I have a chance. Should have gotten pic's while installing but I didn't.

 

33" LED light bar





OTRATTW Contura switches


Ottonavi HU (Sat, Nav, DVD, Ipod, bluetooth)




Lighted 4x4 switch


Beach Cruiser decals




Line-X'd nerf bars (ends were rusting and step pad was cracked and falling apart)


Painted pinch weld while nerf bars were getting Line-X'd


Back up lights

 

Nice truck! I live in ct as well we have a lot of SWB's running around lol your fogs aren't stock bulbs are they?

 

Thats the second time someone asked about my fogs. They are stock. Must just be the way the pictures are coming out makes them look brighter. Where in ct are you?

 

Here is a pic of how my light bar is mounted.
This is a view from the end of the bar.
Lights face the right side of this picture.
Bolt on bottom right is throuh my "L" bracket into the aluminum crush bumper.
Bar is mounted to the other end of the "L" bracket at the top left of the picture.

 

Some new photos from Nov 2013. Added old school Toyota Truck badge (aka model-T) and plasti-dip lower front valence.

 

How do you feel about your OttoNavi headunit? I have been researching the OttoNavi & the Astrium GEE-5985. So hard to gauge from what little information I have seen on the internet. Thanks in advance! Nice looking truck by the way.

 

The ottonavi is certainly not cutting edge. It has it's quirks like sometimes the sat/ipod connection fails in which case I need to pull the fuse and re-insert to get the connection back. (I've located the fuse holder under my center console cup holder for easy access - cup holder is easy to pop out and pop back in). Sometimes the ipod display does not show the correct artist or song title and sometimes I can't search by artist or playlist etc... Easy enough to scroll through using the tuner knob. Takes some time to start up after the truck first starts and usually goes to the home screen with no music. Volume for sat/ipod/music is lower than radio so if you don't turn the volume down before shutting off, and go right for the radio when you start up again, you can be blasted unexpectedly by very loud radio. Other times it goes back to where it was when last turned off. Also, can't leave a dvd in the player when off or it makes a horrible sound on start up.

The pros: It looks factory, bluetooth/DVD/music on s/d card all works flawlessly, navi works great. I located the antenna for navi in the a-piller and gets a signal instantly. Initially antenna for navi was under the dash and took a long time to get signal.

I would do it again but then I'm not all that into tech. You get everything (navi/bt/sat/dvd/ipod....) in a factory looking unit for $800. To get all this in other aftermarket units would cost double that. It works for me. I can live with the hang ups especially since I have developed work arounds for them.

 

Dude sexy ass truck

 

Thanks

 

I was wondering where a good place to get the it's for the "behind the grill fog lights" is. I've been looking for a mesh grill but can't find them without painting the outside edges. Want to keep my TRD Sport color keyed look.
Where'd you grab the bracket to install the fog lights behind it too?
Sweet rig, by the way.

 

What? The grill is grillcraft. The bracket to mount the round fog lights was from BAMF. The LED light bar was mounted on home made brackets. Hopefully I answered your question.

http://www.grillcraft.com/applications/2009_Toyota_Tacoma.aspx/1|7/411/

http://www.bayareametalfab.com/

 

Thank you, I'll have to do some research.

 

Was that you at the Soccer fields last night??
My youngest was playing and I turned around and saw what looks like your truck, but I didn't remember if you had the new emblem on the grill.