I will be opening up pre-orders tomorrow on our new rear bumper for 3rd gens. This bumper is a bolt on design. No welding required of any kind.
The frame mounting brackets are .250 wall press bent. The bumper will slide into your frame, and will mount to where your original stock tow hitch originally mounted. It will utilize the same mounting hardware as well and uses 4 bolts on each side.
For those of you who did not have a factory tow hitch, don't worry we will have a cheap remedy for that as well. It will be a hardware add-on "kit".
The bumper will have a tow hitch included, but we will not be able to "rate" the bumper for towing. However, I can tell you that the bumper is likely stronger than the factory hitch is anyway.
The factory spare tire holder can still be used with this bumper as well.
The pre-order price on this bumper is $499. I am limiting that to the first five people that order it. After that, the bumper will be going up to $549. So, if you want one at $50 off, get it ordered in a hurry. I expect to be able to ship the first ones out on or before January 1st. So, hurry up if you want it!
Shipping will be flat rate of $75 to the continental US.
You can pre-order by calling me directly at 970-420-4198
Here are pics of the same design on my old 4runner. It will be virtually identical to this. I will add new pics of the prototype as soon as we finish it and have the jig built.
Here are pics of the frame mounting brackets: