What Have You Done To Your 2nd Gen Tacoma Today?

If the tire is flat or bulging when I get back to it after class... You might get lucky on both happening...

 

#RazorbackRated

 

it is just right. sort of too bright if you look right at them but it is plenty for the bed and
given the fact you tap the existing dome light power, sort of amazing you can steal
that much light from it (the leds don't draw a ton of juice) and everything works great.

they fade on and off just like the dome does, but since they are led, they flicker tiny bit doing so
whereas the dome is smooth incandescent

 

Try to look at the bright side.....At least now you know you can deal with anything any old Mall parking lot can throw at you....Safe to go Mall Crawling!

 

Yeah feel free to use it.

 

It all started like this:



Removed the grill/ bumper (Easier than I had anticipated),
then drilled some holes in the aluminum blocks behind the crash bar (harder than I had anticipated)

Final Product:
How it sits

Note: I wouldnt mind it sitting a tad lower but its ok where it is.

Output:


No cutting of lower grill involved

 

NICE! Looks easy and clean. Have you had any issues with the bumper getting in the way of the beam?

 

just got finished, so i will do some tests tonight/tomorrow to see what happens.
from the looks of it the upper row is still below the top section of the bumper so i dont think it will effect it.

 

Definitely going to have to "borrow" your plans. My grill guard has mount points on the cross bar, but I like the idea of the light not being exposed to road debris and off road abuse. At least hidden behind the grill it will have some protection.

 

Got some new sneakers this morning. 265/75 16 at3s

 

I imagine the main light output wont be effected much, but it wont have as wide of a throw, mines flush and everything in front of the truck gets illuminated by light. 180 degrees

 

Just sad that all the times I've gone off road it's never beat my rims up that bad.

 

Isn't one of the points of going to the back country, so you don't have to talk to your wife?

 

Did you get the P rated or LT(C or E ply). Considering AT/3 as well.

 

I have the AT3 in C load 265/75/16. Before I got these, I always ran the BFG AT. I like the AT3 much better, it's a great tire. The C load is a little heavier than the P rated, but less than the E. They ride TONS better than the P rated, feels much more solid and smooth. I wish I had gotten them day 1.

 

I made small brackets for the a** hole lights out of aluminum angle and bed-lined em so they looked better, and wired them all into a switch on the dash. [/URL] [/IMG]

 

yea i can definitely see how that would be the case.

 

Then i removed the ugly pin-striping finally

 

may want to point those down if you are going to use them as bed lights

 

And finally took an SOS pad to the door badges and matte black'ed them, it is spray paint, not plasti-dip.