Pre 89 to 89+ bumper swap

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killarb634

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What do i need to do this swap. I have an 87 and want the front bumper with the center section. What do i need to do this besides the bumber. Any other hardware? I assume its straight forward. Is it? Thanks alot. Is there a way to just get that center section for it of do i need to do the whole bumper swap?
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killarb634 said:
It was your write up why dont you move it to reference sect here? I cant acess the links. No longer a member of sf
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outofstep said:
I only thought to take pictures of this and make a guide like 3/4th of the way through, so you'll have to forgive me for not having begining pictures.

Everyone knows that the 89+ front bumpers are pimp juice. All the ladies want the guys with the freshened up style bumpers. So here is a short little guide for getting more girls.

The first thing you will want to do is remove the plastic under tray from the bumper. Unbolt three or four of the bolts toward the front of the wheel well. You Should now be able to get access to the bolts labeled 1 and 2.
To get to the bolts labeled 2 you need to unbolt the fog light assemblies. Then you can get to the bolts labeled 2.
The bolt groups 3 and 4 are easy to get to, need no explination.
You will also want to unbolt turn signals and grill, it just makes it easier to get to the bolt set labled 3.
There are only two "caveats" in bolting up the 89+ bumper. They will be covered in my replies so I can post the pictures up.
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outofstep said:
The bolting hardware in the location labeled 2 is longer than the holes in the bumper. Just trim the lip and you can mount the plate flush. The pic shows the lip trimmed already. You can see that the bar is about an inch longer than the bumper.
It mounts to the front support just fine once the lip is trimmed.
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outofstep said:
The hardware that mounts in location 1 may be broken. These are are hella old so pretty much plan on having something busted down there. The mounting hardware on my 89+ bumper was all busted up, so I swapped out with the hardware from my 88.
In the picture you can see that the 88 units are longer. Easy fix, just bend up the end and bend the top abit to match the top mounting bolt. Easy as pie.
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outofstep said:
Mounting up the new bumper is just the opposite of taking the old one off. I suggest mounting up location 2 first. That holds the whole thing up and lets you maneuver all the studs in location 3 into place and manuever location 1 into place.
Bolt both moldings and turn signals back into place. You're done.
You won't be able to reuse the fog lights, so just sell them. Same with the center grill. You also should have removed the stop lip becuase you'll be mounting up a new aftermarket lip.
Make sure you don't paint your new bumper. It looks great with your primmered black car. Paint is for pussies. Also you should have bolts left over. If you used all your bolts you did something wrong. Unbolt at least three to make up for using them all.
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trucker

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hell mustang man go for it...and then you can buy my88 bumpers, front and rear, rearlights with center section, and complete molding set, lights and one piece wing


i'm actually, considering doing the oppisite,myself, the 88 bumpers are cleaner than the ones on my targa..and looks like none of the other stuff is gonna sell, might as well use it i guess
 
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It's not wrong, I like the 87 front end.. I also like the 89+ front end, really undecided! I'll trade you though :)
 
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BJ91T

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yeah i think i am gonna do it i am also gonna put in the good ole red ruby emblem to replace my big chrome toyota emblem i like the red emblem better. While i am at it should i throw on a upper section with light washers? :)
 
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BJ91T

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I have all the stuff from my 86.5 that i think i am gonna put on the 91 before i get the 91 painted. As far as the headlight washers go they will just be there because they are in the upper lip already. I wanted to run a Nitrous purge in place of them but this will be my DD so i dont need the IC sprayer that i wanted... i will have to save that for my 89...see below :)
 
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racingtoyota007

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oh hahaha, shows how much i pay attention i just like listening to the turbo and going fast who needs headlight washers when your doing that :)

Do they even really do anything, mine are pointed all crazy directions.
 
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