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  1. Jul 10, 2018 at 7:53 PM
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    90yota

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  2. Jul 10, 2018 at 8:09 PM
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    Your hammer or the install? :rofl:
     
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  3. Jul 10, 2018 at 8:10 PM
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    You probably had someone bigger than a 11 year old helping! Hopefully I can get it tomorrow.
     
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  4. Jul 10, 2018 at 8:47 PM
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    Nope, mine fits no problem. Those nuts on the back side are either on a plate together and will move around some or they have play individually. I am able start them all loosely, position the bumper, then tighten one bolt per side
     
    4x4Taco09, Jul 10, 2018
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  5. Jul 10, 2018 at 9:02 PM
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    I did it by myself and I'm not a big guy lol. I did make a pulley system on my carport which helped a lot
     
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  6. Jul 10, 2018 at 9:05 PM
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    I removed and installed it without the swingout by myself ONCE. Last time I’m ever doing that crap again
     
    4x4Taco09, Jul 10, 2018
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  7. Jul 13, 2018 at 9:46 PM
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    Hello everyone
    New here,I have a 2012 Tacoma dclb
    Just got my HC rear bumper from brute force,I don’t have instructions or not sure if it comes with any,,kinda hard getting hold of billy as he’s swamped and it took awhile to get the bumper which ended up being the wrong one,as I ordered the standard one
    Looking for tips or instructions on how much to cut under rear lights?! I changed my mind once I saw the HC but kinda stressed cutting to install..anybody got info?!!! Thanks and have good weekend!
     
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  8. Jul 14, 2018 at 12:40 AM
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    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...rce-fabbed-gear.247195/page-112#post-16843318
    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ance-bumper-installation-step-by-step.324195/

    Both have been posted here before, probably others in here somewhere? Always recommended to measure lots, and error on the side of not cutting enough :)

    BTW, HC looks better anyways :thumbsup:
     
    Chocolates, Jul 14, 2018
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  9. Jul 14, 2018 at 6:23 AM
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    His instructions say to cut even with the bottom of th tail light, which should be 17” below the top of the bed. I cut another .5” below the tail light because I thought the gap was to big the other way.

    B9B64456-0A53-4ACB-948E-CA42C7F80A8B.jpg
     
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  10. Jul 14, 2018 at 6:27 AM
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    Do the bumper and the bed get close to touching on flexing and comin down on the bumper hard? That the reason for the larger gap?
     
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  11. Jul 14, 2018 at 7:19 AM
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    I just mounted it, but headed to Moab and SW Colorado in a couple of days. If it doesn’t touch there it won’t ever touch. My buddy has a Lexus GX 470 or something like that. He has a slee bumper that Wraps around like these and it is extremely close. He wheels it pretty hard and hasn’t had any issues. Lots of people add the extra 1/2”, so I can’t imagine it messing anything up.
     
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  12. Jul 14, 2018 at 7:21 AM
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    Taping the end of the tape measure to something is a good way to measure. The picture shows painters tape, but I switched to gorilla tape. The body curves a lot in the area you are cutting, so I found it helpful to have both hands for marking the cuts.

    1C69F803-2E2F-4562-BD6D-17C1E05A59FD.jpg
     
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  13. Jul 15, 2018 at 8:11 AM
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    My bumper is at the powder coater! Hopefully it'll be on the truck this week!
     
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  14. Jul 17, 2018 at 5:37 PM
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    Anyone running a bike rack via the hitch? Curious if/what people have come up with :)
     
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  15. Jul 18, 2018 at 7:29 AM
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    Last I talked to Billy, he was shipping out a bunch of orders on June 21.
    I know the east coast is far away, but its almost been a month.

    I talked to my local Fastenal and they said they don't have anything for me yet.
    Advice?
     
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    Ring him up. Leave a message. He tends to call back at end of day. Dude is crazy busy!
     
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    try shooting him a text too. he'll usually get back to you later in the day when he has a sec and checks his phone
     
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    First Bruteforce Fab 3gen 4runner high clearance bumper!

    20180711_171014.jpg
     
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    Still not done btw! Powder coating waiting for the rear bumper!
     
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    Billy put the wrong cell phone number down for me so Fastenal has had it for a week and just reached back out to billy, who then texted me saying it's ready for pick up. Headed there first thing in the AM. Still took like 2-weeks to ship to me in Boston which when I called to see if it arrived yet Fastenal said they were shipping their own products at the time so it'd be another week before they could start shipping my bumper.
     
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