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    running the low voltage wire through the fire wall

    I just made a light bar for my 09 taco. It is in front of the bumper. I mounted IPF lights and they have a low voltage wire that needs to go through the fire wall. Do I need to drill a hole or is there some place to fish them? Also these lights come with push button switch. Can I use a...
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    Building My Overland Tacoma: Plans, Progress, Perplexions

    Thanks... The price seems affordable. I need that since I am ordering epoxy and glass today for my boat.
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    Building My Overland Tacoma: Plans, Progress, Perplexions

    I was just looking and I think I will make my own light bar for the front. How about the driving lights? do you like them.
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    Building My Overland Tacoma: Plans, Progress, Perplexions

    Overland Hadley are you happy with the bumper light bar and lights? I am just in that boat that I don't want to add the weight of the ARB. It seems there are a lot of owners that are having problems with the front suspensionwith that bumper.
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    flatbed...metal...thickness

    dustboy- Thanks for the reply. I have been reading your build. That looks cool what a lot of work was it worth it? Do you like having the flatbed?
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    flatbed...metal...thickness

    Okay... so here is what I have gotten from this post. I should be okay with 11ga steel in 2" x 3" stock turned on edge for the frame. I am going to make the bed 7" long with 5 cross members including the head and tail. I think I will use 4" u channel run parallel along the frame. I will use...
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    Building My Overland Tacoma: Plans, Progress, Perplexions

    Are you going to do the aluminum flatbed? 33lbs for the tailgate I do wonder what the whole bed weighs.
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    flatbed...metal...thickness

    Antichrist. I am thinking that I will space the the supports at 16" centers. I just thought of something. How do I treat the inside of the tube to keep it from rusting?
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    flatbed...metal...thickness

    Frgtwn... one of my hobbies is building plywood on frame boats. I use yellow pine for most of the frames. Through that hobby I have found that the best quality wood is in 2 x 10's. I will go through a whole pallet just to get 2 or 3 old growth yellow pine boards. Believe me old growth yellow...
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    flatbed...metal...thickness

    I have a 09 tacoma 4x4 4cyl. with a long box. I use this truck for work and travel. I want to pull the factory bed off and build a flatbed. The truck is what I would consider a light duty platform so I need to keep the bed light. I need suggestions on the shape, size and thickness of the...
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    Axe or chainsaw?

    I was up in Steamboat Spring, CO. 2 weeks ago Elk hunting. Finding firewood was easy. Most of the lower Routt National forest is dead due to the pine beetle. Wall tent, wood stove and chainsaw That's how you spell comfort.
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