Nathan's 02 Tacoma Build

Looks great all painted up man!! I can't wait to finally get started on mine now. & for anyone interested I have enough material for one more bottom half with option to add swing out if desired, dual or single bolt on jerry can mount and hi lift will clear campers and is accessible without needing to open the swingout, also optional shackle, hitch & light cut outs . Pm for details.

 

Thanks man appreciate it. I think it's the best mod I've done up to this point with the truck. Can't wait to see ur bumper ur building man.

 

Hey man, just looking back through your build since you were posting in Eddy's build about the gap on your ARB bumper. Yours looks pretty close to how it should. There might be a bit more gap than is normal, but you should be able to close that gap by loosening the mounting bolts and adjusting the bumper to close up the gap and then tightening the mounting bolts back up. You should have enough room for adjustment to do that.

once again, that bumper is a killer winch bumper. There is no reason to worry about the strength of it for winching. I've seen those bumpers handle plenty of winching first hand. I have an ARB bumper on my Land Cruiser and I think they are one of the very best offroad bumpers out there. If you need a super high clearance rockcrawling bumper, they probably aren't ideal since they don't have the same clearance, but for typical trail riding, they're had to beat.

Edit: oh yeah, the rear bumper turned out great. Looks good.

 

Thanks man about the rear bumper i was stoke the day i got it but haveing to wait to get it on. but now it is with powder coat and all. i think its the best mod i have done to the truck imo.

 

Damn dude I don't get on TW much anymore and I have got to say... your truck is looking really good. Keep it up.

 

Thanks man appreciate it. I've been wondering where u been at but I've been busy with college and work.

 

lord have mercy
need some trail pics now!

 

Thanks man. I've been wanting to get it on some more trails. Went up to the Richlands with a buddy and been wanting to go back. Or find some different trails to go on.

 

Sweet truck. The ARB looks great on this body style, are you going to reinforce the frame before putting on that winch? I'll be doing this mod http://www.nwtoys.com/content/123-frame-endcap-modification.html before adding one to mine. Keep up the great progress.

 

Thanks dude. I'm going to have to do something with the winch. From that mod link u posted I may go that route. Because I've been wondering how I'm going to reinforce the bumper. Thanks for posting that link too appreciate it.

 

No prob, and as far as the mounting goes for the winch, you'll have to clock it 144 degrees to get it to fit into the bumpers mounting location. Just be careful not to pull out the gearbox to far, total nightmare if you do. And just incase you don't have the install instructions already, here you go.

 

Dude i appreciate the install link. ive been wondering where i could find somrthing like that until i seen ur build haha!!!. i was wondering too the same thing about the winch how to put it on the inside of the bumper since these ARB's r supoose to be a hidden winch bumper to where u dont have to mount the actual winch on the outside. and whose to say when i was mentioning this to Adam (boxrocket) that the guy i bought this from didnt do mods to this bumper. idk?

 

Let me ask u another question is it only Warn winches that will fit on these bumpers or will other brand winches work too? I bought me a Badland winch 6K but when i went to hold it up the holes on the bumper didnt line up with the bolts on the winch.

 

I think that ARB and Warn have a partnership going, so that ARB pre drills the mounting holes for Warn winches. Just hold your winch up to the opening and mark new locations to drill, your fairlead will cover the factory holes.

 

Got my double din stereo installed today thanks to Nu Image. I'll get some pics up soon.

 

Here's the Double din stereo i got for chritsmas. its a JVC KW-AV60BT is the model of it i thought about a pionner or kenwood but found a good deal on this one. its got all the bells and whistles on this thing, sirus XM, bluetooth, backup camera ready, touch screen, and all the good shit. Haha!!!



Also got me another backup camera for christmas too. the other one i had i got to close to it with our high powered buffer and lets just say dont work anymore.


Found a jerry can around the house and figured yall would want to see the bumper now with everything on it.

 

Wow the double din fits perfectly. Did you have to use an aftermarket frame to fit the new head unit or were you able to remove the old and replace with the new?

Bumper looks nice

 

Thanks man. All Nu Image did was just replace the old in with the new.. and i know man when i went to look at it when he pulled it around damn if that thing fits perfect. makes it look clean too. he mounted my mic above the map lights for the bluetooth.

 

Sold my hi lift the other day. The only reason was to get a little longer one to jack the truck up higher. Got pics uploaded just have to post em.

Edit: got a Smittybuilt 53".

 

Got around to posting some pics of the Hi Lift. Smittybuilt 53" hi lift. Had to put it in the same spot where i had the other one on the rack until i make tabs to bolt it at and angle on the swing out.





Got some LED dome light and parking lights too



Pic of the new sdouble din