The rear bumper on my 98 Tacoma

[demlion]

Was literally rusting to pieces. I banged it with the hitch coupler on a little (nonboat) trailer I have and it punched a hole in the crumbling soup can metal.

So, I looked for, found and ordered a plain black bumper for 188 bux on Amazon. Good as far as it went. Then I started looking at FRONT bumpers (mine is also rusty in front) and things veered wildly out of control.

I ordered a plain sort of steel tube bunper from Trail-Gear. What i got, which carried an 80 dollar shipping cost to return, is pictured in my sig pic. I added the led light bar. In for a dime, in for a dollar, right?

Anyway, my friends and I have been laughing about how strange it looks, so I thought you all might want to laugh at me, too.

That part that protrudes above the hood is called the stinger. Looks painful.

 

[roarnittanylions]

Why laugh? You are the one with out a monthly payment, unlike me.

 

[PSU Mike]

Oh my my my!

 

[massimoManca II]

Was literally rusting to pieces. I banged it with the hitch coupler on a little (nonboat) trailer I have and it punched a hole in the crumbling soup can metal.

So, I looked for, found and ordered a plain black bumper for 188 bux on Amazon. Good as far as it went. Then I started looking at FRONT bumpers (mine is also rusty in front) and things veered wildly out of control.

I ordered a plain sort of steel tube bunper from Trail-Gear. What i got, which carried an 80 dollar shipping cost to return, is pictured in my sig pic. I added the led light bar. In for a dime, in for a dollar, right?

Anyway, my friends and I have been laughing about how strange it looks, so I thought you all might want to laugh at me, too.

That part that protrudes above the hood is called the stinger. Looks painful.

Yikes, the Zapruder tape is clearer than that image of your Taco... can't tell WTH i'm lookin' at there... is that front heinous bumper asymmetric?

 

[demlion]

 

[Art]

Was literally rusting to pieces. I banged it with the hitch coupler on a little (nonboat) trailer I have and it punched a hole in the crumbling soup can metal.

So, I looked for, found and ordered a plain black bumper for 188 bux on Amazon. Good as far as it went. Then I started looking at FRONT bumpers (mine is also rusty in front) and things veered wildly out of control.

I ordered a plain sort of steel tube bunper from Trail-Gear. What i got, which carried an 80 dollar shipping cost to return, is pictured in my sig pic. I added the led light bar. In for a dime, in for a dollar, right?

Anyway, my friends and I have been laughing about how strange it looks, so I thought you all might want to laugh at me, too.

That part that protrudes above the hood is called the stinger. Looks painful.

I think I get it: you thought that the rack of missile launchers came along as standard equipment.

 

[Peetz Pool Boy]

I'm almost speechless, but then I considered that such a look is probably considered "truck bling" in West Virginia.

It would look much better if you cut off the upper tubes.

 

[Nitwit]

Looks more like a face mask from the retro uniforms.

 

[demlion]

I'm almost speechless, but then I considered that such a look is probably considered "truck bling" in West Virginia.

It would look much better if you cut off the upper tubes.

Yeah, well, a thing without those upper tubes is what I thought I ordered. But sometimes you have to celebrate a mistake!

 

[demlion]

That curve at the top is where I am thinking of mounting a baby-doll head. Dirty, one eye closed the other open wide...matted blonde hair twisting in the wind...

What do you think?

 

[demlion]

Looks more like a face mask from the retro uniforms.

s/b neutral grey, eh @massimoManca II ?

 

[demlion]

I'm almost speechless, but then I considered that such a look is probably considered "truck bling" in West Virginia.

It would look much better if you cut off the upper tubes.

Texans running smack about "Truck Bling?" Oh yeah, that's not funny at all.

 

[psuno1]

Now all you need is Truck Nuts and you will be set.

 

[Peetz Pool Boy]

Texans running smack about "Truck Bling?" Oh yeah, that's not funny at all.

If you have a buddy who's good at welding, you can achieve this look with what you ordered/ installed

 

[demlion]

If you have a buddy that's good at welding, you can achieve this look with what you ordered/ installed

LOL! That is the kind of weakness I recall from my Midland days 35 ears ago.

 

[PAgeologist]

You must keep up with your frame maintenance pretty good. My 03 frame crumbled on me way worse than the bumpers. Went from solid to rust in 2 years. Ended up getting rid of it. Having growing kids that didn't fit too well in the back helped that decision.

 

[demlion]

You must keep up with your frame maintenance pretty good. My 03 frame crumbled on me way worse than the bumpers. Went from solid to rust in 2 years. Ended up getting rid of it. Having growing kids that didn't fit too well in the back helped that decision.

The frame was regularly checked all the way through the years when they would still check it, and I had it examined by a dealer before I bought it 5-1/2 yrs ago. I am told that only some of the frames had the bad steel. When I went to pick mine up the other day, the guy who fixed it was welding a piece of plate 3 inches wide by a foot long onto his 96 frame.

Before we did this I had them check it close.

 

[PAgeologist]

The frame was regularly checked all the way through the years when they would still check it, and I had it examined by a dealer before I bought it 5-1/2 yrs ago. I am told that only some of the frames had the bad steel. When I went to pick mine up the other day, the guy who fixed it was welding a piece of plate 3 inches wide by a foot long onto his 96 frame.

Before we did this I had them check it close.

I think that regular close inspection is the key with those. Mine was so far gone it would have needed a complete replacement.

My mechanic a few years ago said it was in good shape. I couldn't take it to him for inspection the following year. The guy I took it to apparently didn't look at it. Took it back to my regular mechanic last year and it was rust. Not enough left to weld plates to.

 

[Doc-M]

Demlion, sell sell sell, trade it , or find a method of disposing it. Give it to charity for example. Your rusted bumpers are harbinger of more to come in other places.

 

[demlion]

Demlion, sell sell sell, trade it , or find a method of disposing it. Give it to charity for example. Your rusted bumpers are harbinger of more to come in other places.

It's almost 20 years old, bro! Besides, its only got 185k on the odometer. Just getting broken in!

 

[Doc-M]

Dem, the frame can break while driving on VW's twisting roads or a bolt can break due to rust risking your survival. The cost of removing the body from the frame, replacing the frame and or rusting flooring and other nuts and bolts is rather prohibitive. You got the best from this vehicle so far, time to move on.

 

[demlion]

Dem, the frame can break while driving on VW's twisting roads or a bolt can break due to rust risking your survival. The cost of removing the body from the frame, replacing the frame and or rusting flooring and other nuts and bolts is rather prohibitive. You got the best from this vehicle so far, time to move on.

Flooring is not rusted and the frame is sound. I have been under it on the rack myself.

I have driven a lot of 20 yo vehicles. Good to go. Besides, when this one wears out, Im keeping it, getting another, and using it for parts. Its what country folks have instead of recycling.

 

[WDLion]

Flooring is not rusted and the frame is sound. I have been under it on the rack myself.

I have driven a lot of 20 yo vehicles. Good to go. Besides, when this one wears out, Im keeping it, getting another, and using it for parts. Its what country folks have instead of recycling.

 

[Colorado Man]

I think I get it: you thought that the rack of missile launchers came along as standard equipment.

Must have been made in North Korea. Everything comes with missiles optional.