South Florida B.S. Thread

Thank you, look into the ARB bull bar for the 2001-2004 Tacoma's. its almost identical winch set up.

 

Thanks TAC1...!!!

 

It's too heavy and too expensive for me.

 

From the small city of Okeechobee here, Subbed to the thread.

 

took my bug shield off finally, it's a sad day.

 

Hello & WELCOME!

 

Hello ya'll. Any of you interested in going this Sunday the 25th?

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/fl...nyone-still-wanna-go-sunday-january-25th.html

 

Hello ya'll,

Not a Tacoma but a Corolla that I'm damn proud of.

Flashback to 1991. I graduate High School & my grandfather retires. He buys 2 new Corollas for $18,000 (paid in full) for my grandmother & him. They end up using my grandfathers blue Corolla for their daily use.

2007: my grandpa stops driving & sells his Corolla. My grandmas burgundy Corolla still has original EVERYTHING except tires and battery and at this point it gets light use.

2010: my grandma stops driving and the Corolla is garaged for a while.

2011: (June) I totalled my '07 Saturn Vue 3.5 & with my Insurance money I bought my son his first car. I drove the Corolla until January 2012 and in this time I did a few mods to it.

2012: (January 3) I bought my '08 Tacoma with 32,000 miles. The Corolla gets parked again.

2014: (January) my mom sells her Rav4 to my younger brother & she starts driving the Corolla.

Today as she sits:
* 1991 Corolla DX 1.6 with 3 speed auto,
* Instrument cluster with RPM gauge out of an LE Corolla. Simple bolt-on. I removed the original odometer & re-installed it into the LE instrument cluster so that it can still show its true mileage.
* Door pockets and headrests out of a 1998 Camry.
* 2010 Toyota Yaris steel wheels with chrome trim ring & 1997 Corolla center caps with 195/55r15's. These replaced the original 13" wheels with 175/70r13.
* 1993-1997 Corolla Quick Struts (complete strut assembly) installed today on all 4 corners.

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Wheel spacers because the 195/55r15's rub against the strut towers.

 

A 1991 with 59,000 miles...
Mind=blown!

 

Hahaha! Yeah man! It's incredible.

 

My buddy and I will be fabbing up a bumper for my Tacoma.
Sort of a Steel/Aluminum mix to help shave weight, probably steel front piece with alum side pieces bolted on, following the look of a high clearance bumper, I'll create a thread for it once measurements start.
It will include a Winch mount and some skid plating too.
Not too sure if I want headlight hoops or a grille hoop, but we'll figure that out as we go along.

Anyone have some ideas?

 

Take some of your favorite parts from different companies premade ones.

 

Sorta what I'm doing already, but just seeing if anyone has ever thought of a neat idea they'd like to see built into a front bumper... that they wouldn't mind sharing and me using, of course...

 

I'm taking a CAD class so I might be able to help, I'm still pretty bad. I'll check out what I can create tomorrow morning. If not, good luck, wish I could fab.

 

JR is looking to order a CAD machine, but they're pricey!
what all does your CAD class cover? Is it just structures?

 

It's me taking the tutorials online by myself because the teacher has another class at the same time. I got shoved in there because of scheduling issues. We use AutoCAD 2015 or 2014 I believe now. We also have access to softplan and a few others i haven't explored yet. I'd love to learn all about that and create a job out of it but my motivation has been lacking and I'm pretty poor for being in this class a semester already.

Were you thinking more of a prerunner bumper or offroad with towing points?

 

We'll want D-Ring or shackles of some type on there on the left and right side, also we're keeping the fog lights.

 

It's very boring because I have no clue how to do much. I did create a basic plate bumper with fog light holes and a winch area. And I figured out how to cover it in sheet metal. I think I used Auto cad inventor 2014. No pictures though.

 

TAC1...!!!

WOW man, this thing is super nice. I recall you telling me about this bad boy. My sister had a one back in the day, super cool to see it this well looked after. Keep it clean...!!

 

My son turned 1 yesterday, man time fly's...!! We have his party this weekend I wish I could make it. I was just out there last weekend, place is super fun. Wasn't planning but got that itch and needed that BUMP...!!