this is my '97 4 runner sr5 v6 5speed Before I Started Working On It Again I Had A 3''4Crawler Bl With A 3'' Revtech Spacer Lift. I Started Out by Upgrading From My 33'' Toyo A/T's and I Got Some 35'' Bfg Km2's. Then I Cut A Little Out Of The Firewall TO Get Some Space For ThE Next Project Which Was Cutting The Body Lift Down To 1'' So I Talked To 4Craler AbouT Cutting Down The Lift And Ordered Their 1'' Lift Hd Bolts.

Then Came The Fun Part. I Finally Got To Do Some Welding!

first I Cut Off The front Plates On The Frame And Welded On A Piece Of 2X3x3/16 Square tube.



i FigureD Since Warn Says In The Manual To Use 1/4'' Steel FOr The Winch Plate It Would Be Faster And More Cost Effective For Me To Just Buy A Winch Plate AnD Ballistic Fab Had ThE One That Worked Best For The Look I Was Going For.



got the winch plate mounted on



decided to reinforce the plate a little



mocking up the sides of the bumper

 

 

cut the grille a little to clear the winch.


Primed



painted finally



and the winch is in!! warn vr10,000 it was a pain to install the warn in the ballistic winch plate I had to trim some of the head off the bolts that hold the rollers due to the winch hitting the bolt heads.

 

does anyone have any ideas why some of my pics show up and some don't? im using photobucket and ive never had issues like this...

 

Bumper is looking good. All your pics seem to be showing up for me.

 

finally got my turn signals in got the idea from dirtco

 

Ok So I Have Been Planning A offroad Batchelor Party and Time Is Running OuT So I Skipped The Rear Bumper To Do A T Case Skid And A Skid For The Radiator. I Havent Taken My Runner Out On Trails Like We're GoIng To Be Traveling And I Was Wondering Would Leaving The Rear Bumper Help At All Or Would It Just Make More Damage If I Hit It On Something?

 

Nice runner I love how unique your bumper looks. Leave your rear bumper on it will give you an excuse to build one up if you damage it lol.

 

That thing is sick man, great work!

 

Bumper looks great, nice work!