Review: 4xInnovations Rear Bumper and Tire Carrier

Does it bother anyone that you can't see your right tail light? That's the only thing holding me back from buying this tire carrier.
I may add turn signals up in the spoiler at some point, I had already added auxiliary back-up lights up on the rack because of how wimpy the stock reverse lights are.

Taken from a truck that was following me-
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and taken by my dash cam, I was following behind and just a bit to the left- you can see a little down the left side of the truck- a lot of the right taillight can still be seen-
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Sorry I couldn't find the green ones without bikes, but I think you can get the gist.
Both trucks have BFG 33's
 
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Had my bumper going on 3 years. Overall I'm still very happy with it. Only downside I wish it was a little lighter. I'm going to recommend checking the bearings and seals every year. I should have checked it last year to re-grease the bearings and change the seals if needed.

I am afraid that my swing out is starting to stick and feel a bit how these specimen look.

Do you have part numbers for the bearings and seals? I see myself needing them soon.
 
I am afraid that my swing out is starting to stick and feel a bit how these specimen look.

Do you have part numbers for the bearings and seals? I see myself needing them soon.

Took pics when I was in there..from the build thread post 3360...here it is...
96 4Runner 296,349 miles

Pulled the 4xInnovations rear spare carrier to check the bearings. Most everything was in good shape except the lower seal. The spring has rusted out so I removed the mess and cleaned it up. Going to go ahead and use it, am thinking about drilling one or two tiny holes in the next lower seal so water doesn't sit and rust stuff. Cleaned up the old grease and squished in some new. Cleaned up the bolt and added anti-seize.
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TRP seal and bearing numbers in case I need them:
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Thanks for the reminder to check the bearings and seals again.
 
Took pics when I was in there..from the build thread post 3360...here it is...

Thanks for the reminder to check the bearings and seals again.

[MENTION=5345]habanero[/MENTION] You are the best! I thought that finding out this information would be a bigger pain in the ass. Do you recall if the top and bottom seal are the same? From what I recall, the two sets of bearings and two sets of seals are the same, but its been a while. I have ignored this too long and now have given myself something to do.

Here is a kit I found. Centreville Trailer Parts LLC - Trailer Bearing Kit | 2500 lb Axle - 1” Bearings
 
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[MENTION=5345]habanero[/MENTION] Do you recall if the top and bottom seal are the same? From what I recall, the two sets of bearings and two sets of seals are the same, but its been a while. I have ignored this too long and now have given myself something to do.

I'd like to think if they'd been different I'd have made note, but my remembery isn't remembering for sure and it's been a while for me, too.
 
Anyone get this rear bumper with the light buckets? Just prepping for once this gets delivered so I can have all the wiring and lights ready to go in. What lights did you end up with? Can someone give me dimensions?

Cheers
 
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Here is a picture of my rear bumper. I got a pair of Baja Design's S2 Sport work/scene LED lights. I have not installed them yet as I just ordered 2 OEM switches from the stealership. They wanted 52 bucks for the switches until I showed them the price Camelback Toyota was selling them for, and the matched their price.
 
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Here is a picture of my rear bumper. I got a pair of Baja Design's S2 Sport work/scene LED lights. I have not installed them yet as I just ordered 2 OEM switches from the stealership. They wanted 52 bucks for the switches until I showed them the price Camelback Toyota was selling them for, and the matched their price.

Pics not showing up. Looks like maybe that Google link is broken/incomplete or the pic isn't shared? I tried pasting it into another tab. Going to looking at those lights regardless.

Cheers
 
Anyone using a backup camera with these? I'll need to get rid of my old one that replaces one of the license plate lights. Thinking I get another and put it somewhere on the bumper. I hate the ones that use the two screws on the license plate. They seem like they'd get stolen easy. Thinking something like this, but wanted to see if anyone else had something already going:

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Guys, sorry I haven't seen this until now! I'm not getting email notifications again. To answer some questions above, the hinge bearings and seals are the same top to bottom. I've added the kit of all 6 pieces to our website also because all the trailer kits will short you one seal.

We can cut the light buckets two ways on these bumpers. We can either inset a 4x3 rectangle tube for mounting lights such as the Rigid SR-M standard mount, or we can cut the openings for the Rigid SR-M flush mount lights. The standard is to do the box tube, and the flush mount is by request. Just let us know if you'd prefer the flush mount and we'll cut them that way.
 
Guys, sorry I haven't seen this until now! I'm not getting email notifications again. To answer some questions above, the hinge bearings and seals are the same top to bottom. I've added the kit of all 6 pieces to our website also because all the trailer kits will short you one seal.

We can cut the light buckets two ways on these bumpers. We can either inset a 4x3 rectangle tube for mounting lights such as the Rigid SR-M standard mount, or we can cut the openings for the Rigid SR-M flush mount lights. The standard is to do the box tube, and the flush mount is by request. Just let us know if you'd prefer the flush mount and we'll cut them that way.

I ordered my rear back in the middle of January, so it may be too late to request the flush mount. I can make it work either way though:thanks:
 

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