84Toyota4x4
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Long story here, lol
Its a pickup model, but its actually for a 1990 (found it cheap on CL). If you look close, its a little wider around the bed than the way Ashleys is on her 4Runner. Without them side by side, you cant really tell. I also have a body lift, which worked out pretty well. I only had to drill two holes in the frame rails where it mounts, two lined up already, and the height looks good enough for me to not worry about modifying it for the body lift.
The 4Runner version Ashley has for her 4Runner also fit, it just sat too low. The 4Runner version is multi piece design. The brackets unbolt from the actual bumper so you can install those on the 4Runner, then the bumper installs onto the brackets with 6 bolts (plus the 4 bolts that hold the brackets/bumper to the frame). The truck versions are one piece with 4 bolts that hold them to the frame. The 4Runner brackets fit inside the frame rails, whereas the truck versions go on the outside.
When I talked to the people at Marlin, they basically said there was no way any of their bumpers would fit my longbed, but couldnt tell me why. Since they claimed to not make a longbed bumper, I had originally planned on ordering another 4Runner bumper and building new brackets to make it the right fit and height since they unbolted from the bumper itself rather than being one piece and needing to be cut off like the truck versions. But, then I found this one cheap and figured I could cut it up if I had to and save some money. Turned out I didnt have to.
I assume the only difference longbed to shortbed is the distance from the tailgate to the wheel well (how far it wraps around the side), since the distance from the frame to the back of the body seems to be the same for them all. This is based on the fact the 4Runner bumper fits my longbed, as well as the 90 shortbed version.
Basically, I dont see why if I ordered their bumper for my generation truck as a shortbed, it wouldnt fit like they said it wouldnt. Oh well, I got this one cheap and saved almost $200.
~T.J.
Its a pickup model, but its actually for a 1990 (found it cheap on CL). If you look close, its a little wider around the bed than the way Ashleys is on her 4Runner. Without them side by side, you cant really tell. I also have a body lift, which worked out pretty well. I only had to drill two holes in the frame rails where it mounts, two lined up already, and the height looks good enough for me to not worry about modifying it for the body lift.
The 4Runner version Ashley has for her 4Runner also fit, it just sat too low. The 4Runner version is multi piece design. The brackets unbolt from the actual bumper so you can install those on the 4Runner, then the bumper installs onto the brackets with 6 bolts (plus the 4 bolts that hold the brackets/bumper to the frame). The truck versions are one piece with 4 bolts that hold them to the frame. The 4Runner brackets fit inside the frame rails, whereas the truck versions go on the outside.
When I talked to the people at Marlin, they basically said there was no way any of their bumpers would fit my longbed, but couldnt tell me why. Since they claimed to not make a longbed bumper, I had originally planned on ordering another 4Runner bumper and building new brackets to make it the right fit and height since they unbolted from the bumper itself rather than being one piece and needing to be cut off like the truck versions. But, then I found this one cheap and figured I could cut it up if I had to and save some money. Turned out I didnt have to.
I assume the only difference longbed to shortbed is the distance from the tailgate to the wheel well (how far it wraps around the side), since the distance from the frame to the back of the body seems to be the same for them all. This is based on the fact the 4Runner bumper fits my longbed, as well as the 90 shortbed version.
Basically, I dont see why if I ordered their bumper for my generation truck as a shortbed, it wouldnt fit like they said it wouldnt. Oh well, I got this one cheap and saved almost $200.
~T.J.
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