looking for 90 series winch bumper

[MikeJak]

long shot I know but looking for a 90 series winch bumper if anyone is selling one?
happy for one in far from perfect condition as I will need to modify it to fit with a body lift...
cheers

 

[SteveJB]

Have you considered a hi lux winch bumper as the 90 series uses the hi lux chassis and running gear if I'm correct in saying might be cheaper than 90 series specific

 

[MikeJak]

I had a look at one, the chassis brackets would fit fine, as you say same chassis but the contouring of the grille and the flares are quite a different fit from what I’ve seen and would require chopping off the wings and adding a bit of width to make it fit, not a huge job but in that case I would probably just go the whole way and make a bumper from scratch

 

[Shayne]

Top of your bumper is just flat so any bumper of suitable width can be made to fit because you have a body lift . Build or buy a hidden winch tray and bolt the bumper to that .

Thread 'Landcruiser Colorado KZJ KDJ 90 series AFN bumper .'

Jun 27, 2016

Arrived in about 7 days from Ramingo4x4 in Italy so thumbs up to them .

But be warned it is not a simple bolt on option .

The winch tray will bolt on fine but the bumper bolts to the tray which makes it 2 inches too low .

So i either make the chassis rails 2" longer and 2" taller or modify the tray brackets so much i may as well make new ones .

Instead i have decided to use the tray that was already fitted to my truck which is far stronger as it bolts in place of the factory recovery points and probably weld the bumper to it , lots of chopping and trimming and the...

• Shayne
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• Forum: 90 Series

 

[MikeJak]

Yeah that’s an option for sure, I have a winch plate and I have designed a bumper that I would make rather then buy anything new but wanted to see if anyone had a bar sitting unused in their shed as that would have saved a fair bit of time.. it’s inspired by the catastale bumpers with a few tweaks