just purchased. thanks from NJ
P.S. apoligies for the thread hijack.

OK guys - we're less than a week from starting to ship these out; you can go ahead and pay for your fuel tank mounts here:

jkeithwalters.com/tankmounts

(- or click the link in my signature below.)

I'll calculate shipping for everybody when I have the first set boxed up and weighed, then I'll send out paypal funds requests for the shipping costs and get these things out to you all.

You got money!

you're my favorite today.

I kinda want to buy one just to have something made by Keith. I should have just waited another year to do the tank swap for this kit.

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hahaha!

BTW, I accidentally picked up the front tank mounts when I was picking up a run of PCKs yesterday - they look great, but I think I might've over built them!

I'll grab a couple of photos today. We're just waiting on the crossmembers and the shipping boxes to arrive at this point.

What material thickness did you go with? I’d think 1/8” would be more than enough. I’m guessing you went with your weird metric sizes? Something around 3/16”?

10ga.



should be pretty stout when all welded up!

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Over Built!? Ain't nothing but a Toyota thing

Speaking of overbuilt; I’m reworking my rear bumper design a bit (I need to be able to tow with it)







I was trying to avoid too much weight back there, but I’m a bit conservative on the hitch setup...


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I'm pretty sure I'm getting too heavy - what do plate bumpers usually weigh?

ok, looks like 4x innov and coastal are 120# - I'm 113 before hitch, 137 after.

am I overbuilding the hitch? (I'm a cautious tower....)

The stock hitch is rated 500/5000, and you can see how that is built. I would say that the 'same' setup for the hitch components plus all the triangulation of a plate bumper would be VERY safe. So, the hitch crossbar should be the same material/strength as stock, but that will also be used as part of the bumper structure.

Also, you are still only bolting on in the same 4 locations on each side, right? You may be overbuilding the bumper for the frame strength if you go overboard.

There is no need for higher ratings out of a hitch system on a 4Runner - the rest of the chassis isn't really up for it (too light, short, low power, weak brakes, etc.).

What I want to see is a clever swing-out design. I haven't gotten a warm and fuzzy feeling from any of the designs out there. I know most of them 'work' but I still feel there is room for improvement.

-Charlie