OK, first thing - check the large radius bends in the center section for shipping damage (since "this end up" is code for FTS)
if they're tweaked (at least one should be) then the second package (hardware) will have reinforcement plates that go under the radius and contoured accordingly - they...
I have a neighbor who lost the engine in his 2009 single cab short bed 2.7/manual 4wd Tacoma and has decided not to repair it due to the frame condition (I haven't crawled under and looked at it myself) and he's asked me if I might be interested in buying it for parts. Is there anything useful...
I'm here! I have this weird issue about getting notifications from forums - so I miss a lot nowadays.
I'm a little thin at the moment, too - so the next bumper run will probably be mid-summer. I lost a lot of time/$ to hackers killing the website (January) and having to defend my stuff...
any pictures of those disassembled? I'm trying to visualize the threaded portion at the bottom where it goes through the tapered sleeve (and the spherical, right?)
I haven't done a swingout - just the hinge. My bumper doesn't really have vertical faces where folks would need them to be for a swingout hinge, so I felt like I needed to make the hinge mount/assembly for those guys who want to build swingouts...
I haven't made one myself. (my spare is going...