It took about 16hrs of good hard work to make this bumper work but I'm happy with the outcome let me know what you think.

 

nice, is that a bentup bumper?

 

Yeah but there was a lot of work to be done from when they sent it to me. They don't make mounting brackets for the 3rd gen 4runner and the sides stick out about 2" further than they should on each side so I had to build mounting brackets from scratch and shorten the ends 2 or so inches on each side. Doesn't sound like much but it took some time as I'm sure you know having just build your own bumper. Nice job by the way.

 

anthony looks absolutely sick. any news on the engine or has that been thrown in already?

looks great

 

Yeah I had toyota find me an engine out of an 02 with 75,000mi with new water pump, timing belts, drive belts, rear main seal, est. Everything cost about $3152.00 which is a killer deal for an entire engine swap with a fair amount of new parts. So anyway it's all back up and running.

 

Thanks man,

OH yeah, i know what you mean. I have no idea how these guys that ship custom bumpers do it. We found out when building mine that my truck had been wrecked before, but they did a good job of fixing it. So everything was a little tweeked. After taking it off to fully weld parts it would contract the metal and it would need alot of help to get back on the car. We had to use a hi-lift a couple of times to bend it back into making it right. Hopefully when we finish the winch mount it wont be as bad.

At least you got it on and it looks good and you got a new engine in. I would have gone for the 3rz

 

Yeah I had the same issue with the metal contracting but I planned ahead and so it contacted just about perfect.

 

thats a nice looking bumper man. i notice you are in fayetteville, i live up in centerton. its cool to see some other people in the area. so were do you go wheeling around here? i need to find some good places to go

 

Thanks man! Glad to see you made it to YT.

Actually there is an event coming up this weekend if you can make it let me know and you can hang/wheel with us. https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f147...erfest-124485/ it should be a good time.

 

Nice work on making it tight to the body. Getting a good bumper tight so the winch tucks up close like that is really difficult. That is why I made my own. At the time, there was no company that made anything that would tuck the winch up that close.

Good job.

 

I also used the stock fogs for some under extra light while on the rocks

Before


After


And one just for show

 

Yeah that's what I really like about it aproach angle is great with this bumper and really hard to beat on a 3rd gen unless you build you own from scratch like you did (by the way nice job) Thanks for the complements.

 

Nice work, it looks clean. Slap on some lights and a front skid and that would be the best looking 4Runner in Arkansas.

 

Yeah lights a skid and might even add a stinger at some point.

 

Haha, it's weird seeing pics of my old Runner being posted up by someone else...but looks like it found a good home. In fact, it's still parked out in my garage...strange...

The bumper looks even more sick in person...we dragged our roommates car across our street last night with the winch too, it was fun.

Fink

 

Looks really great! Glad you got the motor issues worked out too.

 

interesting idea with the fogs, might have my parents ship mine out so i can use em again

 

I really like the look of that bumper. How much did it run you?

 

thats a nice looking bumper

 

Sorry I haven't checked this in a while. I got the bumper for $550 without mounting brackets but they sent me metal to build my own and then I fabbed brackets to fit my 4runner.