Hope you also like how it came out. *Marlin, Mike and Crew, I hope you appreciate the feedback on the look and finish.
**This is an expedition rig, and yes, I am still working on it and yes, the skid plate is butt ugly.
I never felt the love for the setup the Marlin Crawler bumpers use for their turn signal relocations, more so if you own a 2nd-Gen 4Runner, as in order to use their tabs to mount the turn signals you need to source them from 1st-Gens 4Runners, what a hassle, if I was gonna goto that trouble, why not do it better, right! I did temporarily integrate my factory signals, after shaving off a tab from each side so the lights would fit if swapped right-left and turned upside down, but kept thinking there had to be something better.
I tried led's, but hated that no matter what I tried with modifying* donor factory relays, I could never get the blinker fast-flash to stop without using 50w 10ohm resistors, and all the aftermarket stuff, well, honestly sucked worse.
*(Toyota has their wiring as positive grounded, so aftermarket relays are also out unless you were to build an entirely new add-on harness like 4Crawler does.)
I went around a local import yard specifically with the desire to use Toyota factory stuff, and came to like the Corolla signals, specifically since I've owned an AE86 and also the same year Celica, so the search was on.
Imagine my surprise when I found a set of factory 1156 bulb setups that were clear and could blend in with the theme of the 4Runner! Bonus is they're the same UL supply parts from Geo Prizm's, so availability isn't an issue for anyone else doing this! Check it out, lower bumper area..
I used some bicycle-bag rack arms, the type with a hole every centimeter or so, drilled out the holes to fit the factory bolt spots, and yes, used factory bolt locations to boot.
Better than that, I hate shortcuts, and since I occasionally am talked into accepting money to do factory style harnesses for friends, used some spare factory wiring and the existing harness to do everything as it would appear from the factory, right down to the weatherpack connectors.
OK, enough tech talk, enjoy the pic! I'm gonna go out for a drive.
Before
After!
Anyone interested in viewing the build so far can go
here to see it all.
