Very nice truck! I love that front bumper! I was almost sold on an IRON BULL front bumper, but that one just changed my mind! Like others have stated, can you post more pictures of your front bumper from different angles and a profile view? Also, have you installed your rear deaver leaf pack yet? Im looking for a set to lift the rear of my truck a little and stiffen the ride. When i hook to a trailer, my rear end tends to sag so i want to eliminate that. Once again, really nice truck man!
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R.I.P. Tiffany Ann Knight
9-24-1984 - 2-12-2008
2007 Toyota Tundra CrewMax Limited 4x4 5.7
Silver Sky Metallic, Red Rock Interior, Husky Floor Mats, TRD, Bed Rug, XM, Chrome Tube Bars, Cold Kit, Tow Package, Door Sill Covers, Aftermarket Webasto Sunroof, Valentine One Radar, 2 Kicker L7s in Custom Box, 7" In-Dash Navigation - Alpine IVA-W505, 2 Flowmaster 40 series mufflers - True dual exhaust, 6 Inch Pro Comp Stage II Lift, 355X65R18 Nitto Terra Grapplers, Pro Comp 6047 Wheels, Airaid Cold Air Intake. Upcoming Mods: 20% Tint, Bak Flip Bed Cover, Bushwhacker Fender Flares, FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS, More Lift If Possible, New Gears Front and Rear, and Rear Locker.
I'm no expert, but this is the third winch bumper I've put on a vehicle (ARB on a land cruiser, and one on an f250, cant remeber the manufacturer's name anymore though). In my opinion the fit and finish is excellent and better than the ARB bumper I had. It also follows the contours of the truck exactly. Of course you can tweak and need some gap between the bumper and the body to accommodate frame / body flex, but this is adjustable to your preference. One side is a bit lower, maybe 1/8 inch, than the other on mine, I struggled a bit with this because I didn't have a helper to install it, with a helper it could be adjusted spot on. I'm not worried about it though, nobody would notice except me.
It took a long time to get the bumper (close to 4 months) because it had to be made and was the first tundra bumper they had shipped. It was incredebly well packed (much better than the Fab Fours bumper was on the rear of my truck). Everything lined up without modyfing anything and bolted in easily, the finish is superb, nice welds, flawless powdercoating.
The only complaints I have is that the light bezel mounting points are a bit off which causes the PIAA lights to appear crocked. The mounting point at the frame of the trundra also seems undersized. James at expedition one is going to send me additional brackets he is developing to beef this up. It's not so much exp-one's fault, the tundra dosent give a good beefy mounting point without using some sort of crazy bracket. For now I will try to minimize the amount of pulling force during winching. My last complaint would be that the customer service was horrible, I was told the bumper would ship right out, but it took 4 months before I got one. I was given exuse after exuse untill I got annoyed and let them know it. The owner James called to smooth things over, and once I got the bumper I forgot all about the delays and am very satisifed with it.
I'll try to take additional photos showing more angles over the weekend.
Great truck.
Can you post some pics of how the bumper mounts to the frame? I am very interested in buying one of them.
Take a look at the mounts on my bosses tundra. He has a ranch hand summit series replacement bumper. The frame has cracked and the bumper pretty much fell off of the truck. The tundras frame is not made for these bumpers.
Great truck.
Can you post some pics of how the bumper mounts to the frame? I am very interested in buying one of them.
Take a look at the mounts on my bosses tundra. He has a ranch hand summit series replacement bumper. The frame has cracked and the bumper pretty much fell off of the truck. The tundras frame is not made for these bumpers.
Those pictures of the cracked frame are scary! That's exactly where the Expedition One bumper mounts. When I installed the bumper my first though was that the mounting points were undersized, to close together, and to low, I was really disappointed in Toyota's design and have been nervous to winch with it.
Follow me around when I drive and you can grab my bumper from the middle of the road for FREE when it falls off.
__________________ 2008 CrewMax 5.7L Limited +Nav - Salsa Red
Nitto 35x13x20 (325/60r20) on Balistic 20x9 (+12mm) Wheels
LazerLite Tonneau, Wilderness Rack, XM, Scanner and Broadband Antenna's. Davis Weather Station (remote anemometer up/down control), 3 Cameras, Shovel and High-Lift Mounts, 2 Bed Mounted 5gal. Jerry Cans
Bearcat Scanner (GPS and Remote Head), Ram Mounted Tablet PC (GPS - Google Earth, USB HUB, Broadband, and Video wired). Cobra Integrated GPS Radar, IPOD and XM Integrated
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