PIC REQUEST: TJM T-17 w/hoop
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PIC REQUEST: TJM T-17 w/hoop
I am 1/3 of the way toward my purchase of a new bumper
so since i am obsessed with all of this, i might as well spend my time that im saving thinking about which one im gonna get.
I want a TJM T-17, but i want to jazz it up with a hoop of some kind. these are the options i have seen through searching:
1) Sonoran Steel (http://www.sonoransteel.com/SS_TJM_T-17_Hoops_005.jpg) - im not sure thats quite what im looking for.
2) ARB Sahara Hoop... I have seen people saying they can add these to tjm t-17s, but have seen no pics. Is this true? If so, can someone post pics, particularly if youve done this yourself?
3) TJM Hoop... I've seen people on here in a few posts make reference to TJM T-17 Hoops that are available. Again: Is this true? If so, can someone post pics, particularly if youve done this yourself?
I am not looking for someone to tell me to "just get the T-15"... i know thats an option, but its not necessarily what I want to do.
I'm obviously looking for these pics to be of 3rd gens, but ill appreciate whatever is posted.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
so since i am obsessed with all of this, i might as well spend my time that im saving thinking about which one im gonna get.
I want a TJM T-17, but i want to jazz it up with a hoop of some kind. these are the options i have seen through searching:
1) Sonoran Steel (http://www.sonoransteel.com/SS_TJM_T-17_Hoops_005.jpg) - im not sure thats quite what im looking for.
2) ARB Sahara Hoop... I have seen people saying they can add these to tjm t-17s, but have seen no pics. Is this true? If so, can someone post pics, particularly if youve done this yourself?
3) TJM Hoop... I've seen people on here in a few posts make reference to TJM T-17 Hoops that are available. Again: Is this true? If so, can someone post pics, particularly if youve done this yourself?
I am not looking for someone to tell me to "just get the T-15"... i know thats an option, but its not necessarily what I want to do.
I'm obviously looking for these pics to be of 3rd gens, but ill appreciate whatever is posted.
Thanks for any help you guys can provide.
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Lee,
The only other person Ive seen add hoops or anything like that to their TJM 17 is Mtn Goat. He cut and welded the stock 4runner brushguard to his T17. Looks pretty nice.
Bob
The only other person Ive seen add hoops or anything like that to their TJM 17 is Mtn Goat. He cut and welded the stock 4runner brushguard to his T17. Looks pretty nice.
Bob
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Originally Posted by lee
stock 4runner brushguard??
toyota makes brushguards??
thanks bob.
toyota makes brushguards??
thanks bob.
yeah, they were pretty popular on the 96-98s here in CA. however, i dont think they made them past 98. or at least, i have never seen them on 99 or newer models
bob
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I've heard of people hacking up brush guards and cheap bull bars to get hoops for flat bumpers like the 17. I've also heard of people taking the T15 and cutting off the hoops that protect the headlights, leaving only the center hoop. I've never heard of any non-fabbed solution like what you are looking for.
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Originally Posted by jacksonpt
I've also heard of people taking the T15 and cutting off the hoops that protect the headlights, leaving only the center hoop.
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Originally Posted by lee
that sounds good, but id probably faint at the thought of cutting into the bumper i just spent hundreds of dollars on
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I'm with Lee on this as well. I'm about to get the t-17 and I was wanting a hoop like the ARB Sahara bumper except black to match. TJM apparantly used to make this type hoop but for some reason they stopped producing them. If anyone has a solution I would like to know as well.
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Originally Posted by jacksonpt
I've heard of people hacking up brush guards and cheap bull bars to get hoops for flat bumpers like the 17. I've also heard of people taking the T15 and cutting off the hoops that protect the headlights, leaving only the center hoop. I've never heard of any non-fabbed solution like what you are looking for.
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Here is mine: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...87536658rVHJHT
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Originally Posted by Paul H.
Thats awesome looking mt goat. Nice job. Did you do the cutting and welding?
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Originally Posted by mt_goat
Here is mine: http://community.webshots.com/photo/...87536658rVHJHT
nice job man.
luckily i have some time to think this over... but its nice to hear peoples opinions.. my brushguard is actually useless in this case.
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Originally Posted by SnoViking
not to hi-jack or anything...
but Mt. Goat, on your truck what wheels are those? and what size/spacing are they?
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but Mt. Goat, on your truck what wheels are those? and what size/spacing are they?
un-hi-jack