I hit a dear last week going 75mph on the highway. We were all fine and the vehicle was still drivable, but now I have to replace the whole front end. How has it been for you? Any advice? Where did you get your parts and did you have to replace the grill clips (most of mine broke from the impact)? Thank and good luck.

 

I did a swap the other direction from the one you are doing. I put a 1995 4Runner front end on my 1989 pickup. In order to fit the headlights of the 1995 4Runner I had to cut off the core support, drill out all the spot welds and do the same to the doner. I don't know if you will have to do the same to go the other way but you may want to anyway if your front end is damaged.

I did the swap mainly because this style front end was never offered on the pickups and I wanted something different.

 

can someone post up some close ups of how the headlamps mount to the core support

im having some trouble in this area

also, the headlamp connections are different

 

I've been wanting to switch out the grill on my '92 Pickup from the one with the Toyota symbol (which I hate), and putting in a grill from'89-'91 that says Toyota on it, they look so much better.

What all would be involved in that? It looks like it may be just a simple grill swap, since it's the same headlights.

 

turns out the grille i got from the parts store was for a '96 , not a '91

 

I was just going to say, thats a tacoma grill!

What kinda headlights did you go with? Cheapies??

I got hella e-codes. They blow the doors off of most other headlights, even some HIDs!

the 200mm lenses can be had cheap. I had $5 replacements in before and they were like candle lights! But you get what you pay for

 

I have hella e-codes for sale!

 

Hella e-codes for a 2nd gen 'runner with the "trapezoidal" lights? If so, they are MINE!

 

if this is true..dont even fricken THINK about it TC!!!..lmfao they are MINNEEEE!!!!!!!!

 

cheapies fer shur

they were $45 each

i blew like $500 on all this crap. school money (was gonna use it for a root canal). donts got a job (yet!)

 

yup your right jsut a simple swap, I did the opposite changed it from the Toyota to the symbol :thumbup:

 

what does the toyota emblem on the grille attach with? like, a few screws. . .

i need to buy one off the internet and wanna make sure its the right one

 

I recently did the grill swap on my 93 forerunner also still working on how I’m going to mount the headlights haha

 

I'd love to have this front end on my '89...looks like it might be just a grille and headlight swap