95 => 97 body parts swap?

[shepnuts]

I have a 97 that was wrecked on the front end. Found a nice 95 with a blown engine selling for parts. Will the front left panel/hood/other misc parts from the front fit the 97? Has anyone dealt with this before? Aloha

 

[yc4runner]

Ive seen it done once and it looked horrible none of the gaps lined up and just made the truck look horrible

if it was me i would find a 02+ tacoma to swap the front end parts from ive seen a couple tacoma swaps and it looks bad a$$

 

[shepnuts]

02 taco, huh? I would be down for that. I just dont have a ready supply of junkyard parts were i live. Just trying to get it street legal at this point.

 

[ChildrenOfBodom]

02 taco, huh? I would be down for that. I just dont have a ready supply of junkyard parts were i live. Just trying to get it street legal at this point.

The only way to make it work correctly is to swap the whole core support. Unless you're going through that much work, you'd have to ghetto rig it.

I say, go for the 99+ 4Runner front end if you aren't changing the core support. Sport hood, new grille, new headlights, etc...