Kaymar Rear Bar for Tacoma! PART 1
Well, we are stoked to put on another KAYMAR product. This time on the Tacoma. These bars are one of the best in the WORLD and are manufactured in Australia. They are incredibly durable beefy (possibly heavier than the front ARB Bar) and are one of the simplest installs we have ever done. The fit on our Tacoma was fantastic. We were a bit surprised actually with how easy it was to install. Tolerances are tight, welds are bomber, and everything bolted straight in! We are still waiting for a couple accessories that are still somewhere in the Pacific ocean right now. We wanted to install the bumper anyway for some commercials we are doing and the rear "black" bar really completes the look of the truck visually. We will be getting some combination of Dual tire swing out or Single tire/Jerry can swing. We will be fine with either configuration. Here are some shots of the install. Outback Proven is the american distributer for this rear bar. These swing outs will also hold the license plate. For now we just whipped up a quick holder.
Instructions come with the bumper but here it is in a nutshell.
1. Remove stock bumper ( 6 bolts)
2. Remove factory Hitch
3. Slide on Kaymar Bar
4. Bolt bar in with the 6 bolts
5. Remove tail lights
6. Wire in bumper lights to tail lights. (We found that the wires were a tad short so we added extensions to the wires so that they had plenty of room and wouldn't be stressed. We have sent on a recommendation that the wires be longer from the factory so that they dont need extensions and thus a more bomber wiring situation. Make sure to use heat shrink and good electrical "scotch" tape We will hopefully put up the wire schematic as soon as we find the one we wrote up. Its around here somewhere!)
7. Put lights back in and your off!
Removal of the stock bumper and receiver:
Everything lines up perfect!
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The Bumpers heavy so its good to be HUGE like Jeff.
Great lines that compliment the trucks "lines" too.
Everything bolts back!
Wire it up and your done!
