Prerunner Bar

Well, the story goes like this.  I'm at work and I see this guy pull up in a good-lookin' 2wd '93 T100.
I notice that he's gone one of those ever-so-cool "prerunner bars" on the front, but it's obviously
the one for Tacomas and smaller Toyotas.  I considered this, but I could see now that it just didn't seem
fitting.  So I sez to him (who is a welder), "That looks pretty good, you think you could make one of those,
just a little bigger for my T100 sitting outside?"  It's not complicated at all, but you kinda need a welder
to make one, it's not like Legos.  So he used his somewhat as a template, and made it up with bigger tubes
and a little wider and taller.  Since I'm having this custom made, I figure I'll have him take care of a little
problem I have with those bars.  Ever notice how it's just mounted to the bumper?  Maybe strong enough
for some, but I want to really smack those shopping carts and send 'em flying, too bad those lights get in the
way now.  So we extended two piecesof flat steel about 1/4" thick to go straight down and curl up under to
bolt into the skidplate mounting location.  I just send a bolt through the skidplate and the bar supports now.
It still flexes a little as the chrome bumper is made to allow a little give, but the two supports made it a
little more ballsy.

Hey, there's Superman, he's still hanging on.


Here's a shot of the two supports going down below and up to the skidplate bolts.  These were
a real PITA to bend downward after I put on the bodylift.  It just took a huge vise, a BFH,
and some MAPP gas.  The vise did most of the work to flatten out the angle that brings it up,
but the MAPP gas torch somewhat softened it up a little.  Hot stuff.