hey guys .... im trying to do my first major mod to my 94 4runner, so im doing some research. does anyone have a pic of a 2nd gen runner with the front bumper removed? i want to build a tube front bumper but its my daily driver so i dont want to take the bumper off till im ready to put the other on and i want to try to plan out a few ideas.
thanks

 

theres only a few bolts, you should be able to easly take it off, look at it, measure take picts, ect. and put it back on

 

Will this one help?

 

i think that looks similar to mine but something is different somehow i think. its good for a start tho thanks.

anymore?

 

Here is a picture of my 94 4Runner with a 2 inch body lift. hope it helps.

 

so heres what ive got planned, any comments? good idea, bad idea, or other? it will be made out of 2 or 2.5 inch pipe



and thanks to brommie's and 94toy4runner for the pics

 

definatly not a bad idea at all i can see it looking pretty decent, PS broomie, that is one mint truck you got there, what are you using for a front diff?

 

well after asking for pics forever ago, i finally got my bumper done. here are some pics. what do ya think... and be nice its my first attempt and was made and designed entirely by me.

 

Looks good, you gonna mount some lights under that hoop on it?

 

yeah i was thinking about 3 more small ones like i got on top now

 

Looks like a smittybuilt...

But It does look good, Nice work !

 

how much for you to build another one?

 

I'd say if you make another one, make the ends curve around under the turn signal. It looks like you could seriously hook something and tear it apart (like another vehicle or someone's granny). But that's just me thinking after driving straight for 15 hours with no sleep lol

Looks great tho, definitely a lot like a smittybuilt.

 

Hey, that looks damn good!!!
good job!

 

wii_tarded- it wouldn't cost a whole lot to make but shipping from newfoundland, canada, would cost more then it would to buy one or have one made up near you.

NicCantDecide- the bumper dont stick out like the pic make it look but i could see it hooking something. my original idea was to have it wrap under the park lights, but the bender i was using couldnt do 90 degree bends, so they would have been sticking out and would be even more of a hook hazard and look like a steaming pile of dog poo

thanks for all the compliments guys, hopefully it wont be the last of my mods to this truck

 

It looks great, very neat. I'm a tad concerned about that cable hanging down under the truck though, is it atattched to an anchor?

 

Looks good.

The steel shop that I buy my steel from carries alot of handrail stuff. They sell, in different sizes, tight 90* turns. IF you want to have the tubes wrap under the sides you could find some and weld them on.

 

Oh I just noticed, You might wanna cap those ends off, If they salt the roads where you live that thing could rust from the inside out...

 

Bushwhacker- haha that's just my hand break cable lol .... Ive been meaning to strap it up but i keep forgetting lol

Gerdo- thanks, that's something i may look into, although its not exact 90s ..... more like 75 to 80s, because you cant tell from the pic, but the 2 bars going across have slight bends in it to follow the way the headlights angle back from the grill. like its straight in font of the grill but angles back slightly by the headlights to kinda follow the factory lines.i hope that makes sense ... it works in my head. hah

scuba- well the pipe is galvanized so that shouldn't be an issue.... the only places that aren't, are where i cut on the ends, and where i grinded it off for welding. (hmm... now that i think about it that probably burned off from the inside with the heat as well .... ) i will defenantly have to look at that. thanks for the tip!

 

looks like a smittybuilt, i had a crappy chrome one on my 4runner, then i got bored and built a tube one.