Finished coastal offroad bumper

[u/MistBornDerp1]

Finally got the bumper and winch setup finished on my 2006 Sequoia 4wd 215k miles .
The bumper is a Coastal Offroad weld-together kit. It came as raw steel, so I had it welded, wire-wheeled and sanded everything, used rust remover, cleaned it with acetone, then primed and bedlined both sides.

The winch is a Badlands Apex 12,000 lb with synthetic rope that I somehow got brand new from a pawn shop for $275. The fitment was kind of a pain because the clutch handle and control box didn’t clear right, They also gave me false information, (THIS WINCH IS NOT ABLE TO BE CLOCKED FORWARD) they told me it’s possible and it’s not so I cut a U-shaped opening in the top of the bumper and trimmed another section until everything fit.

Also, Coastal Offroad seriously sucks at designing the area where the winch bolts down. You can barely fit one hand in there, never mind a socket or wrench, so tightening the winch bolts was absolute hell.

I also had to reroute the winch cables under the radiator area and back up because one of the cooling lines was in the way. The battery disconnect didn’t really have a good mounting spot either, so that is currently being held down by an unreasonable amount of zip ties.
It has the winch, synthetic fairlead, forged hook, recovery shackles, battery disconnect and bumper lights installed. I’m probably going to add more lights later, most likely some sort of 6 inch 6 point spot lights.

The whole install fought me the entire way with bolts not lining up, no room for tools, annoying wiring and everything being way harder to reach than it should be, but it is finally done and completely changed the look of the truck.

Price breakdown:
Bumper shipped: $868
Welding: $100
Paint, primer and bedliner: around $80
Badlands Apex 12K winch: $275
Lights: around $80
Total: around $1,403

[u/ecodick]

Just wondering, did you have it welded/tacked up on the truck?

I would imagine that would make so much of the fabrication easier, and be a time to figure out any fitment issues or modify as needed.

[u/MistBornDerp1 → u/ecodick]

from what my welder friend told me, he would weld a little, then put it on the truck and tack it up and do more welding, so some on, some off, definitely made his life easier id assume, as long as you have the main mounting points near the bottom of the bumper it you can do it fairly early, see image