I’m an idiot, now watch me build a bumper on my Tacoma 

Your not an idiot. Your just a man, in over his head on his project. Just like the rest of us. Only you are getting it done at an amazing pace, and rolling with the punches better than most of us could!!!

It’s only a matter of time before you start getting requests for help on builds and that turns into side work, and then you’ll have your own 4x4 shop eventually. This is how businesses start. Great work, love the content!

The bumper looks incredible!! You did such a great job and it’s so awesome that you made it completely from scratch. One of a kind

What’s so cool is that out of a simple mistake, is born an amazing custom bumper build! Kudos man for really using your abilities, learning something new and being proud of what you have done. At 48 I’ve always tried to do the same. Some times a failure turns into a amazing success, so keep up the good work and don’t sweat the small stuff. I subbed! Excited to see what your doing with your taco! This coming from a ZR2 owner, yep I still like the Tacoma trucks they are great for sure.. keep up the excellent work,!

Mike that bumper looks amazing, I hope that I learn how to weld as good as you one day. You really are a super gremlin.

Give this dude three years and if he keeps it up his time will be very valuable doing whatever he pleases and posting it on YT. Keep it up my man!

I’m genuinely addicted to this series… just caught myself thinking about it out of the blue

Love it! Enjoy the moments while you can! Thanks for sharing it with us!

We need more content! Watching your videos are so relaxing and very informative. It honestly makes me want to work on my 16’ Tacoma with my own hands instead of paying a shop. 🙌🏾

Awesome job on the repairs and the new bumper! Love watching your build on this truck, keep the videos coming 😁👍👍

Your time was meaningful to me bro. Thanks for your wealth of knowledge and experience.

That bumper looks good Mike. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more of your content.

Best diy bumper build I've seen in RU-vid, I've built 2 bumpers similar but used tube turns instead of a bender for sch 40 pipe

I watched this build from the beginning. Tbh I didn't have to much faith in this build . But damn.. you prove me wrong. Great job !!

Good car people like yourself are California’s only hope. Great video

"My time is worthless" LMAO! I'm sure glad you make these videos so not TOTALLY worthless!

Just can't catch a break. Bumper turned out awsome! Glad I subscribed! Keep up the good work!

So I binge watched all your videos about this truck last night and I was amazed at your skill, ingenuity, and knowledge plus overall process of the work plus video. So I subscribed and hope to see much more of your content. Great job young man!

Awesome stuff here, man. You are doing some pretty unique repairs that I don't really see with other third gens and it's proving to be a wealth of second hand experience for me.

Quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Some funny ass shit that you say and do. Enjoy the work you do on the truck. Keep it up man!

started watching this channel yesterday really really enjoy the whole build getting my own cat eye this weekend so this is what im about to be doing to!

Great series bro. Congrats on the build, this is a real life garage build and we all love it brotha. Cheers 🍻🍻

To be honest, even if it did look funky it's functional and you made it with your bare hands! That's incredibly rewarding and 90%of people watching this including myself couldn't make a bumper so there's that. Looks awesome and I'm still really enjoying the progress videos!

Everybody fucks up but ur actually fixing it back up!! I wished I lived closer to you because I would pay you for a bumper like that for my Tacoma!! Very nice work!!

Just “finished” my 1st gen ls Tacoma!!! This build has been sick to follow

Love your stuff. It’s so real and funny as hell. Bumper came out awesome!

Having been watching since the beginning of this truck that was painful to see knowing how much you've done, but the new bumper setup is pretty sweet nice job. Now nothing happened and we will never speak of this again 😂

You fixing up this truck really does show dedication, love to see it💯

"You also have to factor in beer." 😂😂 good stuff my guy!! Love seeing the taco rebuild, definitely makes me want to make some improvements of my own

Great fab work. Would have loved to have video of you driving into the water heater, and your immediate reaction. LOL

This is my fave automotive channel.

Awesome content! Randomly found your channel last night and just caught up binging this whole series. Looking forward to more. Big love from Davis

That looks amazing!! I am happier for you to have that truck than if I had owed it! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and documenting it here for all to see and enjoy👊🏼

Bumper looks awesome! Truck looks completely different. Just binged your build from start to now. Awesome work! Got me to subscribe! Looking forward to future content.

Looks even better than before man. Amazing

Best series on RU-vid.

Looks even better than before. Nice job.

Damn i wasn't expecting the start of that! Water heater really did a number on the front end lol. Bumper came out great!

Ouch my dude! Would make me sadder than my first break up, good on you for rollin with it man!

Man, you can do it all. That bumper looks great. Good job bro!

Dude I binge watched the whole Tacoma experience. Insane what you did with this truck. Would love to see a breakdown of the hours of work and amount of beer you drank! Cheers!

The bumper adds so much character I genuinely think it looks so much cooler than before

You did a great job on the repair work, and the bumper looks amazing. Really enjoy your videos.

That's an amazing piece of work. Well done

that thing loooks unreal! not what I was expecting at all. Great job mike. I see your channel growing in the near future

Looks sick! Wasn’t sure at first but it came out great

"You gotta factor in beer" hahaha I love it Mike. Great videos and love following the gram too! Can't wait to see more!!

You've done so much to this truck brotha don't beat yourself up!

Your not an idiot.. you are master with a big brain… I like it 👍

Dude, nice work as usual!👏🏾

u are insane. i could never have the patience for this. let alone the skills

dude, you're incredible. Seriously. Damn fine job!

Great job. Always look forward to your videos. Your killing it. 🤙🏽

My heart shank when you panned the camera over to the damage. Such a bummer. On the bright side...you have more content...

damn dude, that is clean looking! Good stuff bro!

Lol "my time is worth nothing" part is gold. This series is awesome

Love your videos man. I look forward to watching more! Keep it up!

bro, thank you for making this video. I plan to make my own skid plates and front bumper and iI got to say, your front bumper looks amazing! I was looking to make a front bumper that looks similar to the C4 hybrid bumper so this will definitely work.

Ok, at the end now. That turned out awesome man, nice job as always!

Dude you're a bad man that came out perfect!

Wow, looks great! Keep up the good work!

The bumper looks incredible if I'm being honest! I'd love to build one for my dad's Raptor like how you have it on your Tacoma! Nice Video!!

As usual you know what you're doing -- great creativity and work.

mistakes happen man, the fact that you made something awesome from it says a lot. loving the way it looks keep it up.

“My time is pretty much worthless” I felt that, keep up the great work!

The bumper looks awesome!! You really have a skill! Keep up the great work on the Tacoma!

Have enjoyed watching your transformation of this truck for sure

“My time is pretty much worthless” lmao that’s not true that’s dope as hell keep the content coming I don’t even own a Tacoma lol

love the tacoma series so far, I just binge watched them all while at work 😂

I’ve watched the whole series so far, the truck has come a long way, keep up the great content!

Nice to find a new channel to subscribe too cause of their work! I’m pushing for a walk around of the XJ! Keep up the work man

great to see you turning an unfortunate situation into such a great result

It looks amazing. Be proud!

Dude this video was super sick! 🔥🔥

These are like the only 10+ min videos I watch all the way through at once. Things happen but way to make the most of it and make an amazing looking bumper!! Keep the content comin!! Also I think I see a Santa Cruz Hightower in the background 👀

Great recovery on the accident and very awesome fabrication on the bumper! Nothing like doing it yourself!!!

Bumper looks freaking amazing! Nice work.

Earned a sub, the bumper looks killer. All that gear is worth it

Just binged this series on my birthday. Mike you’re an awesome mechanic/fabricator and commentator. You’re kinda like a mechanic Thomas Middleditch 😂

Great job!!! Keep it coming!!!

Everyone who has had a manual has done this at some point lmao. Seriously impressed with that metal work. The bumper turned out awesome man!

Looks like it turned into a happy accident. It looks great! Live and learn - you can’t learn unless you mess up. You’re not an idiot.

I’ve started my MG more times than I would like to admit while it was in gear 😂 at least you got a sick bumper out of it. Got me motivated to finally build the bumper for my tundra.

Impressive! Nice work! 🔥🔥🔥

Dude that looks sick! You should be proud of yourself!

I like how you continue to make all the obstacles 10x better than before and remain positive lol.

Good stuff man!! Keep up the great content!!

Talk about turning lemons into lemonade! Nice work brother! Bumper looks better than some I've seen for sale!

Completely unrelated but I love your taste of music. This is like the third taco video of yours that I’ve seen with solid music. Keep up the awesome work bro. Love the vids.

Was beer involved when you hit the water heater😂 and bumper turned out great man can’t believe how great it turned out for only using cardboard lol

Bro! That came out looking awesome!!!! Your badass fabricator. I hope someday I am as good as you 🤙🏽. Enjoying all your content stay up.

Love you’re videos man don’t worry we all make mistakes but hey I like how the bumper looks now much better plus the paint was already killed so what ever I would recommend getting a paint pen then wet sanding it down then doing a layer of clear coat then sanding then polishing it out for the hood ripple you shouldn’t be able to see the issue from 4 feet out just did it on my 2017 mustang gt

Bumper looks awesome.. Good job.. I admire your work !!!😁👍🏻

Bro I been waiting for this upload, keep up the great vids man I love the content. 🤙🏽

Wow you got so much skill and it just gets better and better the truck is looking pristine

bumpers looks amazing for using lower budget tools. I wanna make tree kickers for my X3 soon, cheap bender looks like it does the trick.

Sah-weeeet work. Totally get it, DIY projects add up, but worth it. Having your own garage and out of the elements = fun times. Keep up the good work and way to shape up a mistake to a cool project.

Man I wish I had a garage and tools. But the beer is the best!

You’re a beast man, excellent job

Jus swap a 3.4 in my 92 runner at the same time was watching your engine swap lol great job man my wife wanted that desert add bumper on her tundra I was thinking about making one hahahah great job