bumper bar help please

[crx sam]

hi all still fixing my mk1 up at the mo but hit a bit of a snag i took my bumper off and found that like most of the mr2 mk1's there was almost no
bumper bar left so can some one give me some info on where to buy and how much ect.ect cheers for any reply

[MartG]

Around £120 from Toyota IIRC - you may be lucky and find a non-rusty one on ebay, but they are rare. Make sure you get the right one, they differ between 1a and 1b

[crx sam]

oh right whats the diff then mate my mk1 is a Freg don't know what that means but hope you can tell me cheers

[pantera2075]

Yours is a mk1b - I dunno what the difference is tho. If you go to Toyota they'll insist on getting your VIN anyway before they'll look up the part.

[kaiowas]

Yours should have a mk1b bumper on it (Although it's not unheard of for the wrong type to be fitted if the front end is repaired after an accident). If you look at the car side on you should notice that the front edge of the bumper slopes backwards slightly towards the top. A mk1a bumper is almost completely vertical.

[oukie]

Hi I have one of these spare (mk1b) in fantastic condition

You have PM.

[alfiembra]

The obvious difference between the two bars is the lash down eyes, not for towing I hasten to add. The 1a has 2 eyes the 1b only has one.

Alan

[MartG]

oh right whats the diff then mate my mk1 is a Freg don't know what that means but hope you can tell me cheers

As above, on an F plate yours will be a 1b ( unless someone swapped the bumper for a 1a one at some point ).

Both bars will fit to your car chassis, but the foam insert inside the bumper is moulded to fit the correct bar and won't fit if you get the wrong one

[Paul in the Port]

I've just done this job (front and rear) on my car too. As said - around £120 +vat from Toyota. You will almost certainly need to replace the retainer bars too that fit to the underside of the bumpers - i had to change both as they were well and truly knackered (thats the proper technical term i believe). I also needed new inner side brackets 52535 & 52536 on the front and the studded bar (52561) on the rear

Front bumper parts http://opc.mr2oc.com/online_parts_catal ... bumper.GIF

and the rear
http://opc.mr2oc.com/online_parts_catal ... bumper.GIF