Driving w/out rear bumper???

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97 4runner

97 4runner

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Does anyone know if it is legal to drive without a rear bumper?
I am 2/3 done with my 4x4 Labs rear and want to take off what I have and prime and paint it. My friend who is helping build it is out of town and I can't stand the rust anymore:crybaby:

Thanks
 
97 4runner said:
Does anyone know if it is legal to drive without a rear bumper?
I am 2/3 done with my 4x4 Labs rear and want to take off what I have and prime and paint it. My friend who is helping build it is out of town and I can't stand the rust anymore:crybaby:

Thanks
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It's legal, I was too paranoid to do it, my luck that would be the day that I would get rear ended. But have no problem with the rusty bumper thing, did that for over a year, rust is a good self healing finish, knock some off on a rock, no problem it just grows back!:hillbilly:
 
Rusty Luke bumpers rock!:hillbilly:
rusty.webp
 
i'm building my 4x4 labs bumper, driving without a bumper on, buddy (alvin!) is helping me, i'm in tucson...it's like the freaking twilight zone!!




oh, and i'm also doped up on oxycontin after a nasty trip to the dentist. you're not on oxycontin too, are you?!?
 
MaddBaggins said:
I'm trying really hard to spell this correctly, I'm good nd drunk right now :beer:
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...Mee Too!!! Makers Mark and Vegas get me every time!


chibo said:
I've been front and rear bumperless for over a year without a problem so far.
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...Gotcha beat, since my last failed home grown rear bumper, till my latest version, I drove almost two years without anything but the frame and paint to stop a rear impact....witch happened oddly enough:rolleyes:
 
FJ40LVR said:
...Gotcha beat, since my last failed home grown rear bumper, till my latest version, I drove almost two years without anything but the frame and paint to stop a rear impact....witch happened oddly enough:rolleyes:
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Which makes me wonder... My truck sits pretty high in the rear, so I'd imagine yours does too. It almost looks like if a car hit a lifted 80 in the rear with the hitch/spare/plastic removed they'd get a face full of metal frame... truth?

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There is a lot more frame in the rear of your 80 to stop a car...my 4runner does not have the boxed link between frame rails in the rear. I was lucky only the rear hatch had to be replaced when I was hit on the 101.
 
chibo said:
Which makes me wonder... My truck sits pretty high in the rear, so I'd imagine yours does too. It almost looks like if a car hit a lifted 80 in the rear with the hitch/spare/plastic removed they'd get a face full of metal frame... truth?

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CHIBO, you are correct. Except in your picture your existing crossmember remains, with a Luke bumper all of that is cut off. So if say a Honda civic were to hit me in the rear, he would probably go all the way to the rear dif!!
 
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