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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 1,196
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 1,196
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That's what we did with my wife's '96 when installing the 4X Innovations bumper. The early style frame only had 1 (2?) small bolts on the end of the frame per side, the bumper also used those tow hook bolts underneath, but clearly was not getting much strength from those two small bolts. Since I was putting a bumper on my 99 at the same time, I took the crash bar off the '99 and used the mounting plates from it. Cut the end plates off her frame, cut the mounting plates off the crash bar, and welded them to the end of her frame. Now 3 large bolts on each side, gotta be stronger.
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'99 Highlander 5-spd manual e-locker no-running-board
SS 3" suspension lift/1" body lift/33" tires/'Snowflake' TRD Taco wheels/231mm Tundra brakes/bumpers/armor/sliders/winch/Sherpa Matterhorn rack
Manual front hubs, NWF Eco-crawler transfer case doubler, second gas tank
Last edited by JohnMc; 12-28-2022 at 11:34 AM.
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