Ebay Brush guard and running boards installed

Well I have completed the look and versatility I was going for with my running boards and brush guard installation. So tell me what ya think, not half bad right? This pretty much completes all the modifications I want to do to my Tacoma. Now I will just enjoy my truck while I put on miles and admire this good looking machine.

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Welcome to TW
Nice looking ride!

 

nice truck, nice neighborhood.. love that southwest aesthetic

 

While the brush guard looks cool/good, I think the general consensus is if you hit something those will cause far more damage to the front end.

 

take a shot every time someone posts "damage multiplier"

 

I mean if it moves when I lean my fat ass against it…

 

What I've read, and what I think makes sense mechanically-speaking, is that in a front-end collision, the tall & thin brush guard acts as a lever that twists and distorts the frame rails. (Instead of the hidden OEM aluminum crash beam tucked behind the stock plastic bumper crushing to absorb shock "straight on.")

I have an ARB bumper, & while these also attach to the frame rails, as part of the install for the ARB you remove the OEM crash beam & the ARB is designed to take a frontal impact without overly torqueing the frame rails.

 

Get rid of the carvana plates

Always trips me out seeing people drive around with the stealership decals plastered on the back of their vehicles.. Are they paying you to advertise?? I don't think so!

Damn fine looking Taco tho. Although I'm biased to blue trucks myself...

Welcome to Tacomaworld

Blue trucks unite!

 

Don't be offended by those on TW who don't agree with the way you have accessorized your truck. You asked.
Even if I didn't like it, I would keep my opinion to myself. But, you asked.

Screw the "force multiplier" crap. It's your truck, your dough and you can do whatever you want with it. the biggest force multiplier on every vehicle is likely behind the wheel - LOL

 

@JamesRS2007 Welcome to TW. Very cool looking rig you have there, nice color! If you're good and promise, I mean really promise you won't bring any Californication politics to Texas, you can move here once your wife retires. Hell, even Cali Raised left CA and moved to TX.

 

There's that as well as they will typically bend back and smash you hood/headlights/fenders making an accident that could have just been touching up paint on your plastic bumper into replacing hood/headlight(s)/fender(s)/etc.

Either way, if OP likes the looks, they can spend their money where they want.

 

I normally hate brush guards, but I think it looks pretty good on that truck.

 

That's facts!

 

Truck looks Good!!! Do you still have the Item number for the Nerf Bars from Ebay? The Nerf Bars that came on my 2005 are starting to rust and I need to replace them.

 

Sho 'nuff. It's a free country. 'Murrica

 

Love the look! I do want to say though I used to have something like this on my truck until I ever so slightly touched a tree (seriously I was going slow and being cautious) with it pulling into a parking spot and it sent my light bar straight through my factory grill. User error? Probably. So, I'm not hating by any means, but I do want to caution you against using this grill guard like you have a fully metal bumper.

Heck, the only reason I got rid of mine was because I decided to go for a more clean, sleeker look. It was great to push shopping carts out of a parking spot and to keep bushes from hitting the bumper though!