ozziesironmanoffroad

ok i need ONE question answered... i just bought a prerunner bumper for my rig, for the front. do i need to remove the stock bumper to put it on, or does it go over the bumper? it looks like the marlin front bumper. HELP!!PLEASE!

thanks
nick

95RunnerSR5

i think thats the downey bumper...

ozziesironmanoffroad

ok, downey... how does it go on? lol

ozziesironmanoffroad

ok i test fit it, and from what i can tell, it doesnt look right at all. help, anyone at all? heres a pic

Tacoclimber

Ditch the stocker, it'll look tons better...

ozziesironmanoffroad

so take off the stock bumper... gotcha. and im lookin at that pic... the skidplate goes on over the new bumper, correct?

Tacoclimber

From what I can see in the pic, yeah. I think you'll need to rework your signals. You could always retrofit those to the side markers.

ozziesironmanoffroad

yeah thats what i was thinkin. the cable is long enuf to do that. ok out to work on it... thanks

Tacoclimber

Make sure you post up some pics. You know we like those.

ozziesironmanoffroad

ok now i got the stock bumper off, but where is the damn new one supposed to bolt to? ???? grrrr

ozziesironmanoffroad

how in the hell does it mount??? lol


god i wish some of you guys were in vegas right about now lmao

CC_yota

I'm thinking maybe thats a 2wd bumper because it looks like it mounts to the 2wd strut frame.......

*Edit*

Never mind, just saw the new pics and it does look to be the older style Downey guard, but it still seems weird to me...

ozziesironmanoffroad

well put the stocker back on. im keepin that thing on. im tempted to just say screw it and sell it for like 60 bucks(paid 40). anyone got ne ideas on how it goes on?

AndYota

Here's how I did mine on my old '89. It has 2 L-shaped brackets for the upper mount. I think it was made by smittybuilt. Sorrry for the grainy pic, I had to scan an old photo.



The bracket connects #1 with one of the holes in #2 I think (pic below)



Andy

ozziesironmanoffroad

thats what i thought too.... but they dont line up... do i need an adapter or something?

AndYota

Do you have a body lift on your truck? that may make it necessary to fab up a bracket out of some angle stock. I had to do a little fancy fab work and make a 2 - 3-inch bar that connected the bumper to the "L" brackets supplied with the bumper. Did you get yours with the original aluminum "skid" plate?

Andy

ozziesironmanoffroad

my truck still has the factory skid plate. no i dont have a body lift. bumper didnt come with the aluminum skid plate. so looks like i gotta fab up a bracket huh? wow im ognna have sum fun

AndYota

It shouldn't be too hard, and if you keep the OEM bumper on the slots in it are perfect for the bracket to go through. That, and you can still have turn signals. If I was closer I'd be over there to help.

Good luck,
Andy

ozziesironmanoffroad

i can test fit it and make it stay with the stock bumper on, but i cant figure out how to mount it. i can mount the very bottom, and thats where it ends.

AndYota

It only mounts in 4 places on the truck. the two lower mounting tabs bolt in where the factory skid plate mounts (you have to remove the original skid plate) and the two upper mounting tabs that should mount to those threaded holes I circled in your earlier pic. The top two are light mounting tabs (but you prolly knew that, sorry). Also, in the photo of the bumper (front view) the bumper looks kind of bendy, what's up with it?