Help Me figure out what year Bumper I am looking for - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

3spd · 05-06-2011, 02:10 PM

I have a 1976 pickup and the front bumper is pretty messed up. A few times around town I have seen later Toyota trucks with plain rectangular chrome front bumpers with two rectangular amber lights in them but no other cutouts. Anyone know what year(s) this is? I am looking for one that does not have the lower cutout and is molded with the plastic lower half. I know this is a rather vague description... Any ideas? Ive been watching craigslist and searching google images, would it be aftermarket?

Thanks,
Ryland

***fourwd1*** · 05-06-2011, 10:10 PM

That is a bit vague.
How about posting a pic of yours and describing the differences.
Or a pic of the one you are talking about.
Then maybe someone can help ID what you're looking for.

3spd · 05-07-2011, 03:32 PM

Like this bumper minus the center cutout. The bumper I saw was on a later model truck though. Thanks for responding.

Ryland

***fourwd1*** · 05-10-2011, 09:06 PM

The truck in the pic is a 79-83. 79-81 had the round headlights and 82-83 have square headlights.
I'm not sure about variations w/o the center cutout. That continues thru 89, maybe longer.

Rh1n0_86OneTon · 05-12-2011, 05:16 PM

The 84 on up ones are different from yours and there are several versions of them as well. I just converted my 86 3-piece to an 88 1-piece setup and also had to modify my bumper brackets (all four) to accommodate the very different mounting points. That and I ended up also getting the 88 lower front valence. Just warning you what might happen. Look on www.rockauto.com at the bumpers for the different years.