rear bumper ideas for 85 4runner...
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rear bumper ideas for 85 4runner...
my 85 4runner that i will be picking up tomorrow (woohoo!!) doesnt have a rear bumper. should i go for the stock rear bumper? any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Amir904
my 85 4runner that i will be picking up tomorrow (woohoo!!) doesnt have a rear bumper. should i go for the stock rear bumper? any ideas?
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technically, you are supposed to have a rear bumper... unless your vehicle didn't come with one stock.....
my truck didnt come with one.....
i think 4runners had them, but most cops wont hassle you about it... and if you get hit anyways, the stock bumpers crumple and still screw up the sheetmetal..... heres a pic of my truck.... if you look, just has little pads on the rollpan, no bumper....
my truck didnt come with one.....
i think 4runners had them, but most cops wont hassle you about it... and if you get hit anyways, the stock bumpers crumple and still screw up the sheetmetal..... heres a pic of my truck.... if you look, just has little pads on the rollpan, no bumper....
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Originally Posted by GTE4runner
The stock rear bumper on 84-89 4Runners mounts to the body, not the frame, so if you want to do anything with it at all don't get a stock one
Last edited by Flamedx4; 01-24-2005 at 12:06 PM.
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Originally Posted by DeathCougar
half of you are right, and half of you are wrong. In 1987, they switced to body mount style rear bumpers. 86 and prior had frame mount bumpers.
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Originally Posted by jimabena74
technically, you are supposed to have a rear bumper... unless your vehicle didn't come with one stock.....
my truck didnt come with one.....
i think 4runners had them, but most cops wont hassle you about it... and if you get hit anyways, the stock bumpers crumple and still screw up the sheetmetal..... heres a pic of my truck.... if you look, just has little pads on the rollpan, no bumper....
my truck didnt come with one.....
i think 4runners had them, but most cops wont hassle you about it... and if you get hit anyways, the stock bumpers crumple and still screw up the sheetmetal..... heres a pic of my truck.... if you look, just has little pads on the rollpan, no bumper....
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Nice bumper BLKNBLU, I am building one that is alot like that. I just got the mounting brackets welded on today, I used 2x3" x.120 rectangular tubing and it will have a recessed Reese hitch mount built in. So far cost is about $120.00 including the hitch. I will post pics as soon as I can get a digital camera.
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Originally Posted by DeathCougar
half of you are right, and half of you are wrong. In 1987, they switced to body mount style rear bumpers. 86 and prior had frame mount bumpers.
Actually, you're wrong too..
84-5 had frame mount step bumpers with tow hitch. These were mounted to the frame.
Beginning in 86 (I'm 99% sure it was 86, but Cougar may be right), Toyota offered a "channel" rear bumper. This bumper is nice looking, but very weak. It mounts to the bottom of the tub with 4 8-mm bolts, and to the side plastic molding with two more 8-mm bolts. This bumper was stock on most SR5 models and was available with a factory receiver hitch. I've also seen it on a few (very few) DLX models in both black and chrome.
The 84-5 frame mount step bumper was still available through '89.
You can mount an 86+ channel style bumper to any 84-5 4Runner w/o a problem. But as stated, there's really no point, as it's cosmetic only unless you are using a receiver hitch.
EDIT: i personally would not buy the AP rear bumper. There is zero side support - it will NOT protect you from rocks. I biew this bumper as a cosmetic add on. Conversly, Marlin's similarly designed bumper has side supports and holds up to rocks very well...
Last edited by rockota; 01-24-2005 at 03:21 PM.
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Actually, you're wrong too..
84-5 had frame mount step bumpers with tow hitch. These were mounted to the frame.
Beginning in 86 (I'm 99% sure it was 86, but Cougar may be right), Toyota offered a "channel" rear bumper. This bumper is nice looking, but very weak. It mounts to the bottom of the tub with 4 8-mm bolts, and to the side plastic molding with two more 8-mm bolts. This bumper was stock on most SR5 models and was available with a factory receiver hitch. I've also seen it on a few (very few) DLX models in both black and chrome.
The 84-5 frame mount step bumper was still available through '89.
You can mount an 86+ channel style bumper to any 84-5 4Runner w/o a problem. But as stated, there's really no point, as it's cosmetic only unless you are using a receiver hitch.
EDIT: i personally would not buy the AP rear bumper. There is zero side support - it will NOT protect you from rocks. I biew this bumper as a cosmetic add on. Conversly, Marlin's similarly designed bumper has side supports and holds up to rocks very well...
84-5 had frame mount step bumpers with tow hitch. These were mounted to the frame.
Beginning in 86 (I'm 99% sure it was 86, but Cougar may be right), Toyota offered a "channel" rear bumper. This bumper is nice looking, but very weak. It mounts to the bottom of the tub with 4 8-mm bolts, and to the side plastic molding with two more 8-mm bolts. This bumper was stock on most SR5 models and was available with a factory receiver hitch. I've also seen it on a few (very few) DLX models in both black and chrome.
The 84-5 frame mount step bumper was still available through '89.
You can mount an 86+ channel style bumper to any 84-5 4Runner w/o a problem. But as stated, there's really no point, as it's cosmetic only unless you are using a receiver hitch.
EDIT: i personally would not buy the AP rear bumper. There is zero side support - it will NOT protect you from rocks. I biew this bumper as a cosmetic add on. Conversly, Marlin's similarly designed bumper has side supports and holds up to rocks very well...