Recent content by briancp

Stacking vehicles that tall is a special case. Normally I'd say a 12 foot ceiling is ideal for a shop with any sort of lift (and probably necessary to comfortably work under a truck or SUV). Can get away with a 10ish foot ceiling if working on sportscars or other low stuff. For your question...

The layout is actually a little different on my iteration (maybe the current one?) The recovery points are actually more lateral, and are combined with the vertical supports (just an extension of part 8 in your diagram, rather than a separate part 5). Could reach out to Coastal Offroad to ask...

To 1, yes. The factory 4th gen hitch mounted up just fine to the 5th gen under the Coastal bumper. However, it didn't clear the spare tire, and I don't run a swingout, so wasn't an option. Still have the 4th gen hitch on a shelf if anyone is looking for one... I decided to stick with the 5th gen...

Ok, so not a Yota project. '61 Power Wagon undergoing a 6BT swap with a TR4050, NV271, and Super Duty axles. Lots of custom fab. I need to find a steering box for it, but I don't have a pile of them sitting around and don't want to order a new one ($$) until I've measured to see if it fits...

I decided I really liked this appearance, so wanted a filler panel to be cosmetically right. Lots of masking tape, many, many, many measurements transferred... and a very careful experiment with a Dremel. Some edge trim, install, and I'm quite happy with the end result. How much time? I lost...

A test fit showed that fit was pretty good (plan on on and off a lot of times - this contraption rigged up from jackstands and 2x2 steel allowed me to slide it on and off repeatedly without help). Primed, then bedliner coated. Installed the Baja Designs lights, wired them up, and... it worked!

So, perhaps time for an update. I didn't like the gaps - and decided that the full heigh bumper didn't take advantage of the lines of the 4Runner as well as it could have. So, I broke out the plasma cutter and started redesigning... Then a little bit of SendCutSend to cut some top plates, as...

Well... a lot. But I've gone a bit nuts modifying it. I think if you worked from their kit without mods, it could have been welded up in a (very full) weekend, then whatever time was needed to finish it.

Nope! There is some bracing already, at least bracing the rear upright sections in a fore/aft fashion. It should handle a swingout fine. That said. I actually stared at it for a while, and decided I wasn't comfortable with how close it is to the body metal, and the potential interference if I...

And, lastly, I guess - I didn't want to use any filler on a bumper, so I reworked some welds until they were right, ground them with a 40-grit then 80-grit flap disc, then used medium and finally fine surface conditioning discs to get a smooth surface for finishing. Intent had been powdercoat...

And, detail on the adaptor for the Baja Designs flush mount lights. Didn't take a photo once fully welded in and ground smooth.

Turns out it's just a per-post limit. Figured I should illustrate another modification I made. They advise cutting the body mount bolts off to fix this interference - I'm OCD about checking torque on those intermittently, so opted to cut clearance holes for them.

Hoping to give back a tiny bit as I've been using this forum for years and mostly lurking. I just completed a build of the Coastal Offroad bumper on a 2014 4Runner that I've owned since new. I did attempt to fit a 4th Gen PT228-89460 hitch in hopes of using a weight distributing hitch for better...

Probably good advice. I'm not a frequent forum poster and was guessing a bit. Did also post the question over on ExPo and got a few answers there. Thank you!

Hey all - I'm generally a lurker, but appreciate all of the tech knowledge here. I've had my 2014 4Runner Trail since new, have been camping/overlanding it for years but slowly modifying as I get the chance. I have a Coastal Offroad rear bumper on order (the full height version). I didn't like...