See if you go with the canopy you won't have to waste time and money on fixing up the rear, and it resolves your rear bumper issue. Seems like a win win! Also there are front bumper options that are full replacements... Just sayin 
Noob with a totaled 08 Land Croozr
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Lol aw man that's tempting, but unfortunately doesn't fit my use case. Cool idea though!
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See if you go with the canopy you won't have to waste time and money on fixing up the rear, and it resolves your rear bumper issue. Seems like a win win! Also there are front bumper options that are full replacements... Just sayin
Do you know if anyone makes a REAR full bumper replacement? My front is in pretty decent shape other than the dents which should pop right out.
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Aw man, that looks awesome, quite a bit more than I'd like to spend though. Ironman has the front bumper for $1k, unfortunately they don't have anything in that price range for rear.The help is much appreciated though! Wish I could afford it!
Search up the ‘rlc bumper’ thread. Not Coated and delivered is the cheapest in the us.
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I think this is a very cool project and I'll be following along. A lot of LC enthusiasts start foaming at the mouth at the thought of upgraded bumpers and stuff, but that all comes with drawbacks too like added complexity, extra weight, worse fuel-economy, and added cost. There's something to be said for going back to a nice OEM status. I just bought an 08 and I wont me making any changes that involve cutting or welding. Feel free to make and post some videos too - even the jankiest recordings of your process would likely prove very helpful to the Land Cruiser community as more and more people start to refurbish early 200 Series models.
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I actually own an audio/video recording studio and have already gathered some crappy cell phone footage. Was planning on creating a little documentary for exactly this purpose....it's not only a good way to illustrate to folks when you have questions, but also to give back to the very community of folks who helped.
This process will be documented literally from the day I went to check it out at the Copart yard, to my dad and I prepping it for a "questionable legal" midnight voyage over the mountains back to Seattle, to the whole interior airbag, SRS, seat belt reset and exterior body work process.
I'm far less interested in an aftermarket rear bumper as it just gets in the way and there's already a spare underneath and I'm not really worried about a tiny bit of extra fuel.
The front bumper on the other hand I feel would be far more useful as protection for approaches, as well as being able to mount a winch. I will probably perform this upgrade at some point, but other than that, there'll be very few deviations from stock (maybe upgrade lights to LED, new wheels and possibly a large touch screen head unit with Android Auto.
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Approach angle 29deg
Departure angle 20deg
Departure angle 20deg
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Awesome! I actually wasn't aware of that! I'll do some research on how a bull bar affects mpg. If it's more than about 1-2mpg real world average, I think I'll pass.
Do you know any local fabricators? I’d look at @FlightMedic178 ’s bumper chops and see if you can find a replacement rear bumper with a little damage to the bottom edge. Other people don’t want that so it should be less expensive but you can cut off and have the fabricator do rear tubing to finish it off. Even his front bumper is great
Honestly I don't know, all I know if pre accident I could sell to carvana at 48k, after the accident it's now at 38k. I was like dam, if I knew that I would have just paid myself to fix the stupid plastic bumper. I don't plan on selling just get curious on what carvana will offer. And yes I have pics of it.
Dobinson rear bumper replaces the entire thing so you don’t need any of the factory bumper cover.
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