DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REMOVE THIS POLL ^^^^^^^^ ????????????
Alright, well first and foremost thank you to those before me for posting some excellent write ups on here. 11/2013 I picked up this beauty, 05 sr5 V8 with 46k miles, bone stock. My wife has had an 04 limited V8 for years and I always loved it, so when I grew out of my car (a 350z, balls fast but not in the least bit practical), I started shopping around and found my current T4R about 20 miles away.
I don't have any pictures completely stock but...
First up was a 40" on top. With the mounts on the end of the bar, it was actually about an inch too wide to fit in between the stock roof rack, so I ground the mounts off completely, painted the metal, then mounted the bar by sliding a 1.5" bar of aluminum through the slats in the back of the bar, then ran a bolt through the roof rack bar, and through that piece of aluminum on each end. I'll post up close ups soon, and go a little more in depth, but basically the light bar can't be removed (stolen) without completely removing the entire roof rack.
(Also did the fog light mod, thanks to whoever wrote that up, instructions were great)
Next was two 6" bars in the lower grill. Again, I can post up more pictures of this job specifically soon. Besides the 6" bars, I also cut out the factory lower grill, custom made the mesh insert, and painted the part under the lower grill flat black with a few coats of clear coat, to end up with a semi-gloss with decent strength against chips from debris. This picture shows how I mounted them.
And a closer pic, showing the lights and my Satoshi grill.
I can confirm that the grill is a pain in the ass, but mostly because of the time it takes to build. I'd estimate around 20 hours spread over a few weeks. Lots of fiberglass and sanding. The grill is the same as in the lower grill, and the TOYOTA emblem was $14 on Ebay.
All the electronics were done right, fuses, relays, wire loom, shrink tubing. I've seen some sloppppy wiring before... my truck is the opposite. My project box housing the relays and fuses for the front bars.
Switches for the front lights
Switch for the rear/backup lights, and the fuse tap so all my auxiliary lights will only work with the ignition turned on.
My reverse/Jackass lights. Have them wired to go on automatically when in reverse, and also a manual on/off switch for when I need a little light in the driveway, or when some jackass is tailgaiting or behind me with their brights on. Tapped into the reverse light wires, then have a diode in place so the trucks reverse lights won't come on when I hit the manual switch.
Also installed the spoiler. Piece of cake, just take your time..... measure 5 times, drill once. Took about 2.5 hours going really slow. silicone'd all the drill holes, and disconnected the factory 3rd brake light because I think keeping them both, a lot of light would reflect off the spoiler and back into the rear window.
^^this pic shows just the aux lights when using the switch, when in reverse, the reverse lights in the taillights light up as well.
And a picture of the backups at night. Really help seeing through the tint on an unlit road.
I will load up some more pictures soon going a little more in depth of the projects I've done so far, and get some night shots showing the effectiveness of the lights.
Pretty soon I'd like to hard wire an 800w power inverter I have laying around somewhere in the truck, either the center glove box thing, or in one of the storage areas in the trunk.
After that will be tires and a lift. Thinking OME and 5100's, but I won't get a lift until I buy new (bigger) tires, and I won't buy tires while mine have so much tread left because I can't justify replacing close-to-brand-new tires. Don't anticipate doing any real wheeling, just want a slightly more capable truck for the NY winters, and for frequent hiking trips up north where lots of dirt road driving is required. After the tires and lift probably a set of sliders.
Thanks again to everyone for the cool ideas and inspiration, love seeing what everyone has done to their rigs.
Alright, well first and foremost thank you to those before me for posting some excellent write ups on here. 11/2013 I picked up this beauty, 05 sr5 V8 with 46k miles, bone stock. My wife has had an 04 limited V8 for years and I always loved it, so when I grew out of my car (a 350z, balls fast but not in the least bit practical), I started shopping around and found my current T4R about 20 miles away.
I don't have any pictures completely stock but...
First up was a 40" on top. With the mounts on the end of the bar, it was actually about an inch too wide to fit in between the stock roof rack, so I ground the mounts off completely, painted the metal, then mounted the bar by sliding a 1.5" bar of aluminum through the slats in the back of the bar, then ran a bolt through the roof rack bar, and through that piece of aluminum on each end. I'll post up close ups soon, and go a little more in depth, but basically the light bar can't be removed (stolen) without completely removing the entire roof rack.
(Also did the fog light mod, thanks to whoever wrote that up, instructions were great)
Next was two 6" bars in the lower grill. Again, I can post up more pictures of this job specifically soon. Besides the 6" bars, I also cut out the factory lower grill, custom made the mesh insert, and painted the part under the lower grill flat black with a few coats of clear coat, to end up with a semi-gloss with decent strength against chips from debris. This picture shows how I mounted them.
And a closer pic, showing the lights and my Satoshi grill.
I can confirm that the grill is a pain in the ass, but mostly because of the time it takes to build. I'd estimate around 20 hours spread over a few weeks. Lots of fiberglass and sanding. The grill is the same as in the lower grill, and the TOYOTA emblem was $14 on Ebay.
All the electronics were done right, fuses, relays, wire loom, shrink tubing. I've seen some sloppppy wiring before... my truck is the opposite. My project box housing the relays and fuses for the front bars.
Switches for the front lights
Switch for the rear/backup lights, and the fuse tap so all my auxiliary lights will only work with the ignition turned on.
My reverse/Jackass lights. Have them wired to go on automatically when in reverse, and also a manual on/off switch for when I need a little light in the driveway, or when some jackass is tailgaiting or behind me with their brights on. Tapped into the reverse light wires, then have a diode in place so the trucks reverse lights won't come on when I hit the manual switch.
Also installed the spoiler. Piece of cake, just take your time..... measure 5 times, drill once. Took about 2.5 hours going really slow. silicone'd all the drill holes, and disconnected the factory 3rd brake light because I think keeping them both, a lot of light would reflect off the spoiler and back into the rear window.
^^this pic shows just the aux lights when using the switch, when in reverse, the reverse lights in the taillights light up as well.
And a picture of the backups at night. Really help seeing through the tint on an unlit road.
I will load up some more pictures soon going a little more in depth of the projects I've done so far, and get some night shots showing the effectiveness of the lights.
Pretty soon I'd like to hard wire an 800w power inverter I have laying around somewhere in the truck, either the center glove box thing, or in one of the storage areas in the trunk.
After that will be tires and a lift. Thinking OME and 5100's, but I won't get a lift until I buy new (bigger) tires, and I won't buy tires while mine have so much tread left because I can't justify replacing close-to-brand-new tires. Don't anticipate doing any real wheeling, just want a slightly more capable truck for the NY winters, and for frequent hiking trips up north where lots of dirt road driving is required. After the tires and lift probably a set of sliders.
Thanks again to everyone for the cool ideas and inspiration, love seeing what everyone has done to their rigs.
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