Lip around the receiver -- just noticed this!

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jenward74

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2008

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OK, so I am admittedly a little slow to notice things, so I probably am the last person to notice this. I was behind an FJ today and noticed they had a little lip in the bumper around the receiver and I thought, "I don't think mine looks like that" so I looked, and sure'nuff, it doesn't!

I figured it was an '08 model bumper, but I've found '07s for sale with the same thing. WTF, anyone know what's up with this? Anyone??

I found some for sale ones to illustrate:

Without lip:

With lip:

What else have I neglected to notice???

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Constantine

· #2 · Apr 30, 2008

Just a guess, but maybe the one with the lip is a factory part and the one without is an aftermarket unit installed by the dealer?

Fjamming

· #3 · Apr 30, 2008

Lip one is for the ones equipped with tow hitch?

DoWork

· #4 · Apr 30, 2008

after market tow hitches (such as Reese) are simply bolted under the frame and thus do not need a new lip. The OEM hitch is bolted directly to the frame and needs the new piece to make the bumper rest correctly. Just a matter of what kind of hitch you have, aftermarket or OEM

Layonnn

· #5 · Apr 30, 2008

DoWork said:
after market tow hitches (such as Reese) are simply bolted under the frame and thus do not need a new lip. The OEM hitch is bolted directly to the frame and needs the new piece to make the bumper rest correctly. Just a matter of what kind of hitch you have, aftermarket or OEM

Correctamundo.
Just to add. It seems as though Toyota ran out of the factory hitch assembly and bought and started adding these. It seems MOST south eastern state FJ's have this hitch. While it seems burlier than the Toyota OEM hitch it sits down considerably lower. A pain for departure angle. I went to the dealer two days after i bought the FJ and noticed this, and that i wanted the Toyota hitch. Their response "We can sell you the Toyota OEM hitch but we will not trade or buy back the one on your FJ".
This is part of the reason i gave them a not perfect review that i sent in to Toyota.

frankv64

· #6 · Apr 30, 2008

Mine has the lip too. Maybe its a aftermarket hitch?

jenward74

Discussion Starter · #7 · Apr 30, 2008

DoWork said:
after market tow hitches (such as Reese) are simply bolted under the frame and thus do not need a new lip. The OEM hitch is bolted directly to the frame and needs the new piece to make the bumper rest correctly. Just a matter of what kind of hitch you have, aftermarket or OEM

layonnn said:
Correctamundo.
Just to add. It seems as though Toyota ran out of the factory hitch assembly and bought and started adding these. It seems MOST south eastern state FJ's have this hitch. While it seems burlier than the Toyota OEM hitch it sits down considerably lower. A pain for departure angle. I went to the dealer two days after i bought the FJ and noticed this, and that i wanted the Toyota hitch. Their response "We can sell you the Toyota OEM hitch but we will not trade or buy back the one on your FJ".
This is part of the reason i gave them a not perfect review that i sent in to Toyota.

Mine is without the lip (lipless! :lol

, so basically, when I bought Extra Mile Option Package D, which included the receiver hitch/wire harness, they just added one on? Do you think the dealership did this, or the factory? PS Thanks for the info, guys!

DoWork

· #8 · Apr 30, 2008

jenward74 said:
Mine is without the lip (lipless! :lol, so basically, when I bought Extra Mile Option Package D, which included the receiver hitch/wire harness, they just added one on? Do you think the dealership did this, or the factory? PS Thanks for the info, guys!

they probably added this on after. Its not bad and will be just as strong (as long as its class III) but you just wont have the lip.

SkyKing

· #9 · Apr 30, 2008

That is all dealer stuff. The stock mount only came/comes with the lip cover.
After looking at them, I would say both are as strong...
Think thats odd? You should see the numbers of dealer added roof racks...

Layonnn

· #10 · Apr 30, 2008

jenward74 said:
Mine is without the lip (lipless! :lol, so basically, when I bought Extra Mile Option Package D, which included the receiver hitch/wire harness, they just added one on? Do you think the dealership did this, or the factory? PS Thanks for the info, guys!

There are three kind of accesories found on a vehicle:
Factory installed (installed in japan)
Port installed (installed when they get off the boat)
Dealer installed (self explanatory )

These hitches that are not the ones with the lips are most likely port installed since they are all approximately the same exact hitch.

Layonnn

· #11 · Apr 30, 2008

SkyKing said:
That is all dealer stuff. The stock mount only came/comes with the lip cover.
After looking at them, I would say both are as strong...
Think thats odd? You should see the numbers of dealer added roof racks...

At my work, we have a 4 runner. It has the toyota OEM hitch like the FJ's and the safety chain loop mount is broke off one side. We don't even use it to tow so i don't know how this even happenend.
I've looked at both very closely. The non-oem one looks much beefier IMO.

jenward74

Discussion Starter · #12 · Apr 30, 2008

layonnn said:
At my work, we have a 4 runner. It has the toyota OEM hitch like the FJ's and the safety chain loop mount is broke off one side. We don't even use it to tow so i don't know how this even happenend.
I've looked at both very closely. The non-oem one looks much beefier IMO.

Thanks for the info, that's good to know. I wouldn't be too thrilled if they had cheaped out and just threw a crappy one on there, usually things that are being pulled are not too cheap to replace if they end up in the bar ditch.

Layonnn

· #13 · Apr 30, 2008

When i was a kid, i was going with my parents down some back roads and the vehicle infront of us was towing a small trailer. As he rounded a corner, his trailer bounced off the hitch and flew off the banked turn. It was empty and just went into some woods. I guess he didn't know what those chains were for.

DVLDUC

· #14 · Apr 30, 2008

What's more romantic than a roses on a piano? TuLips on an organ!:jester:

jenward74

Discussion Starter · #15 · Apr 30, 2008 (Edited)

DVLDUC said:
What's more romantic than a roses on a piano? TuLips on an organ!:jester:

mind in the gutter this morning, eh??? :lol:

DVLDUC

· #16 · Apr 30, 2008

jenward74 said:
mind in the gutter this morning, eh??? :lol:

Not any different than any other morning...except it's my day off. and I have a problem remebering jokes and this one snapped into my head so...I felt it was appropriate.:clap:

jenward74

Discussion Starter · #17 · Apr 30, 2008

DVLDUC said:
Not any different than any other morning...except it's my day off. and I have a problem remebering jokes and this one snapped into my head so...I felt it was appropriate.:clap:

well, it certainly went well with the thread title. :bigthumb: I shoulda known someone would come up with something perverse, all it took was the word "lip". :lol:

10257

· #18 · Apr 30, 2008

DVLDUC said:
What's more romantic than a roses on a piano? TuLips on an organ!:jester:

Whats worse then a lobster on your piano???

Crabs on you organ:jester:

jenward74

Discussion Starter · #19 · Apr 30, 2008

homedad said:
Whats worse then a lobster on your piano???

Crabs on you organ:jester:

How do you know which is worse, huh??? :huh:

DVLDUC

· #20 · Apr 30, 2008

Boo! That ain't funny. Okay, maybe a little. What were we talking about?

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