the brackets are not off to far there is a thread where the guy showed how he mounted his what i did was take my brackets off my 4runner bumper and welded them on to the back of my 01 tacoma bumper which was a little difficult getting the welder up to tack the brackets in place.
heres the link to a pic that this guy did http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/exterior-body-68/my-89-a-3969/index2.html