'03 Tacoma Build
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Well I just pulled the trigger on a new set of Icon's that were on sale.....damnit.....could-not-resist.
Anybody happen to be looking for a brand new set of 5100's, OME 881's, & Toytec 1/4" top plate spacer?
Are the Icons still on sale, and if so where?
01tundra
Explorer
No, I just installed the Icons last night.
I was selling the 881's and 5100's, they are already spoken for though.
xjaugie
Adventurer
HIJACK ON
I've printed a photo and will have my local feb guy here in Westminster, MD bult me one come this spring.
HIJACK OFF
TRDPARTS4U
Adventurer
We still have a pair of the extended travel coilovers for 1st gen Tacomas on sale.
http://www.trdparts4u.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=-8792
TangoBlue
American Adventurist
********! So I'm not the only one who thinks that...
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jim65wagon
Well-known member
I think we're all thinking that....we're just waiting for JJC...er....I mean 03Tacoma....no,wait not yet it's still 01Tundra.....to conclude the same and get on with it!
01tundra
Explorer
Anyways.....started working on the winch mount this weekend. I plated the outside of the frame with 3/16" plate with anti-crush sleeves welded to them. The entire winch mount is bolt-on, used 2"X3"x3/16" tube and 2"x3"x3/16" angle. Bought a Smittybilt winch mounting plate to hack apart. I welded the factory endcaps onto the frame a little better and reused them. The winch mount is held on with (2) 1/2" Grade 8 bolts on each side, plus the two factory bolts for the tow hooks, plus the factory end cap bolts. The winch plate is attached to the mount with four 1/2" Grade 8 bolts. So I would say the weak point would be the four 3/8" bolts that comes with the winch.
I've got the lower plastic valance trimmed and ready to go back on, but I'm waiting on new clip nuts and bolts to come in for it. I'm going to start mounting the solenoid pack under the hood tonight and getting it all wired up.
I've got the lower plastic valance trimmed and ready to go back on, but I'm waiting on new clip nuts and bolts to come in for it. I'm going to start mounting the solenoid pack under the hood tonight and getting it all wired up.
Box Rocket
Well-known member
Great work. That's gonna look clean.
01tundra
Explorer
Thanks.
I zipped the plastic part of the bumper out with my pneumatic body saw without even marking it, just free-hand cut and fit type deal, so it's probably not going to look as clean as it could have. It was 1:00 AM this morning and I was running on empty, not the greatest time to attempt detailed aesthetic work by all means.........
The winch didn't land where I anticipated/wanted it to.....looked good on paper though. I wanted to have it sitting higher so I wouldn't have to chop the valance up, but to do that I would have had to chop the chrome bumper up.....some idiot put this really cool looking transmission cooler right in my way 
. Right now it's easy to access if need be atleast. I figured if it turns out butt ugly, I'll just build a super light-weight plate bumper around it all to make it purty again !
I zipped the plastic part of the bumper out with my pneumatic body saw without even marking it, just free-hand cut and fit type deal, so it's probably not going to look as clean as it could have. It was 1:00 AM this morning and I was running on empty, not the greatest time to attempt detailed aesthetic work by all means.........
The winch didn't land where I anticipated/wanted it to.....looked good on paper though
. I wanted to have it sitting higher so I wouldn't have to chop the valance up, but to do that I would have had to chop the chrome bumper up.....some idiot put this really cool looking transmission cooler right in my way . Right now it's easy to access if need be atleast. I figured if it turns out butt ugly, I'll just build a super light-weight plate bumper around it all to make it purty again !
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