#1990 toyota facebar bumper install

Looks like it’s time to get out in the Canadian wilderness and explore in the dark! In the meantime we went out to play on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the weekend.įirst thing was to vacuum the dirt, sand, silt, cookie crumbs, etc out of the upholstery/carpet, remove most of the interior, clean even more, and then add some sound deadener to the cab. We’re protected in the bush, on the road, have a winch mounting option if we ever decide to go in that direction (which we did eventually!), and the new lights are fantastic. All required mounting bolts were included with the lights.Īfter a day in the shop the front end of the truck is looking a lot different, and I like it. New grille installed! Don’t worry, that’s not our truck making a mess on the cardboard.Ī couple of ground connections, one to power, and one to your highbeam switch was all that was needed. The grille doesn’t fit perfectly since I didn’t buy new (the proper 1993) headlight housing pieces, but it’s definitely much better than what was in there. We’ll see how long it holds up to some abuse. The whole Plastidip craze seems to have taken off since we left North America originally (2013) so I figured that I would jump on the bandwagon and try it out. I ditched that relic, bought a grille for a ’93 Pickup on Amazon and fogged it with some Plastidip. The original grille of the truck had taken a beating and was cut for the Hella Rallye 4000 lights. We eventually made it up to our friends house in Virginia Beach and were able to continue working on the truck. I removed the existing turn signals, connected the new ARB turn signals, and screwed them into the new bumper. I have been using some seriously sub standard crimpers for years so this was a nice treat. I picked up some ratcheting crimpers from the Advance Auto Parts across the street from the hotel and couldn’t be happier with them. Turn signal lights and required connections are all included. For the temporary installation I used eight bolts and saved the rest. The ARB Bumper comes fully assembled and with plenty of hardware, winch solenoid mount, etc. Value Place motel for the win! Oh yeah, don’t wear sandals when you’re installing a bumper. We didn’t have a place to work on the truck, so a temporary installation at the cheap motel was next. One of the things I wished I had done before leaving on our South America trip was more protective bumper, so it’s better late than never!įirst thing to do was clear out some space in the truck and pick up our parts from ARB Jacksonville: Sure, it’s kind of like putting lipstick on a pig, but I’m okay with that. We were fairly certain that any stray wildlife would have destroyed the original front bumper and anything behind it so we were stoked to beef up the truck. When our friends at ARB 4×4 USA heard that we were heading up to explore some of the Canadian wilderness they suggested that we add a little front end protection to our truck.

#1990 toyota facebar bumper install

ARB Front Bumper Install with ARB Intensity Lights By the time we made it back to North America Lil’ Red had travelled through 15 countries and countless, well… actually about 50,000km of highways, potholed backroads, and washboard dirt roads. It has been almost three years since the truck pulled out of our driveway in Canada for the last time and started on its journey south.