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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:40 PM
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Exclamation Need help with 88 supra

If i buy a 88 toyota supra can i convert that bumber into a 89-92 with no problem or will i run into an issuse? Are the parts interchangeable?




I wanna make the light blue [88] one look like the white one [89]? can it be done

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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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anyone else notice what's wrong with the first picture..
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 03:26 PM
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whats wrong with it?
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Dylan JZ
anyone else notice what's wrong with the first picture..

yeah its on craigslist and it bothers me each time i see it lol.

Its an 87-88 bumper but with an 89 "bump" in the top middle of it...looks weird..
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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IMO it looks better than a real 89+ bumper. I hate the ambiguous, color matched grill on them.

Anyways, the conversion takes little to no modification to do. I havent looked what exactly is involved, but its simple. Do a quick search on a Supra related forum.
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 05:00 AM
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i just did mine and it seems to bolt right up as fare as i can tell! as long as you have all the grills and lights from the new bumper. im not done with mine yet cause im waiting on my front mount but i took the old one out and just shoved the new one in its place for now. it slid right in! i did the same thing to my old supra and i dont remember moding anything! i think its the rear tail lights you have to drill a couple of holes to go from older to new!
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 07:31 AM
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yeah they are bolt on. no extra mods except paint
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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damn that white car is weird it has the 89+ side mirrors too but then it has a 88 tail
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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can i convert that bumber into a 89-92
Now why would you want to do that?
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by elcubanaso7mgte
damn that white car is weird it has the 89+ side mirrors too but then it has a 88 tail
Yeah the N/As had a dealer option for a pre89 wing. I havent found anything consistent outside of that. For instance:



This is an 89, but has a 86.5/87 wing.
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