2006+ tails on a 98?

[duggy]

Sheesh, gathering the parts for the front end must be a long and grueling road.

 

[FlammableFishie]

Sheesh, gathering the parts for the front end must be a long and grueling road.

It's not. http://www.cruiserparts.net/parts/uzj100.htm Scroll down and you'll see that all the parts come in one nice kit, and they also give you $200 credit if you ship them your old parts!

 

[jgray]

Sheesh, gathering the parts for the front end must be a long and grueling road.

That is actually pretty accurate in my case but hopefully my experiences will make it easier for people in the future looking to do this update... I really should do a separate write up about my experience with this project... About the worst part of the update was related to a bad experience with getting the right Grille... It's a long story and involves a well known Land Cruiser parts company that I've not wanted to "slam" publicly for bad service until I tell the complete story. I will say definitely go for the OEM Toyota Grille if you do the update. You can never go wrong with OEM Toyota parts. I will add more to this later...

The end result was well worth it though and I have no regrets except I wish I'd done this sooner rather than experimenting with old OEM lights and other aftermarket lights... There is also quite a bit of fender trimming needed to fit the new one piece headlights... I used a dremel tool and small cut off wheels to trim mine...

Here's a couple phone pics.

 

[mcgaskins]

That is actually pretty accurate in my case but hopefully my experiences will make it easier for people in the future looking to do this update... I really should do a separate write up about my experience with this project... About the worst part of the update was related to a bad experience with getting the right Grille... It's a long story and involves a well known Land Cruiser parts company that I've not wanted to "slam" publicly for bad service until I tell the complete story. I will say definitely go for the OEM Toyota Grille if you do the update. You can never go wrong with OEM Toyota parts. I will add more to this later...

The end result was well worth it though and I have no regrets except I wish I'd done this sooner rather than experimenting with old OEM lights and other aftermarket lights... There is also quite a bit of fender trimming needed to fit the new one piece headlights... I used a dremel tool and small cut off wheels to trim mine...

Here's a couple phone pics.

Your truck looks great! I was planning to go the OEM route since I have had very bad experiences with aftermarket on a Jeep that I had (which ironically should be the easiest vehicle in the world to get right!).

Did you do the tail light upgrade as well? What front bumper is that btw? It's a good looking setup!

 

[FlammableFishie]

That is actually pretty accurate in my case but hopefully my experiences will make it easier for people in the future looking to do this update... I really should do a separate write up about my experience with this project... About the worst part of the update was related to a bad experience with getting the right Grille... It's a long story and involves a well known Land Cruiser parts company that I've not wanted to "slam" publicly for bad service until I tell the complete story. I will say definitely go for the OEM Toyota Grille if you do the update. You can never go wrong with OEM Toyota parts. I will add more to this later...

The end result was well worth it though and I have no regrets except I wish I'd done this sooner rather than experimenting with old OEM lights and other aftermarket lights... There is also quite a bit of fender trimming needed to fit the new one piece headlights... I used a dremel tool and small cut off wheels to trim mine...

Here's a couple phone pics.

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Same question as mcgaskins, what front bumper is that? It looks sweet! What a great looking rig...

 

[HWY22]

I ran into someone who pulled in front of me and got a facelift... Not a recommended way by any means. Thank you other person's State Farm Insurance for making it painless...