1st Gen. Lunch Table - General Discussion

as soon as i get fiberglass fenders.

 

Yup, he took a photo of the sticker on the inside of the bumper and I contacted ARB, it'll fit. Was emailing back and forth with the guy, waiting to hear back from him again and I'll most likely take it. Great price for a steel winch bumper like you said, and if I really hate it, I'll order up something different and swap it in the future. I'll need to swap out my suspension for the extra weight. I've been wanting to fit 33"s and I'd been holding off on the tires and suspension because I didn't want to lift the front without having a steel bumper. I prefer the truck raked rather than level. Hopefully he gets back to me and I can get it mounted up and see how much my front suspension compresses with it.

 

Locking preferable. Just because it's a pain having them fall off constantly if they start to loosen up with use.

 

Well, let's see how they do. Already handles better than the old Continentals.

 

Make sure it comes with the included ARB “fit kit”! That’s all the brackets and hardware. It’s probably pretty dang expensive to purchase it from arb separately.
https://store.arbusa.com/content/3915100-compressed.pdf

And good luck with getting it! Make sure to stay on top of the seller. Undoubtedly there probably many people who are interested in it.

I have a 2nd gen tacoma arb bumper and a warn 9i on the front of my 2004. I still have stock height suspension and the original toyota springs on my truck. Eventually i’ll replace my shocks and springs with something that will bring back up the front end 1”~ish, but there’s zero rush for me to do that.

No need for 33” tires anymore if you have a winch bumper. 32” will suffice! Plus with big tires you’ll want to lower the R&P in the axles. I have 4.10’s with my lil’ 215/85-16 tires. It’s an awesome gearing for pulling double duty for highway cruising and occasional towing.

 

He sent me a photo of the parts and I compared that to the instructions already. Looks like its all there. Trying to figure out a time to meet up with them this weekend.

Definitely plan on adding a winch to it if I get it. I'd really like 33" pizza cutters on the truck, but my current 265/75/R16 tires still have over half their life left and not in any real rush to buy new tires. Suspension really should be done first as well. It still cruises happily around 70-75 on the freeway with decent gas mileage with the current setup, I'm a bit nervous to see what kind of hit my mileage takes with this bumper. I'll measure the lift before and after the swap as well, see how much I lose in the front.

 

this for the win^^^

 

Yeah but then I'd have to figure out what wire does what. I'm going the harness I just ordered will have them labeled. Have I mentioned how much I hate wiring?

 

That's why over my head

 

Yeah I know, but it's not enforced. Even when I had my lie cap and the safety inspection was still in effect,.I passed.wothput wiring the third brake light. When I was a state inspector about 15 years ago, we wouldn't fail people for theirs brake lights either

 

Do urinal cakes work just as well? I can get a shitload of them from work.