4runner body swap??
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4runner body swap??
Just sitting around today and a thought kind of came to me. From what I've read alot of people have been doing the motor swaps on there 2nd generation 4runners so there as powerful as the 3rd gens, but wont go to third gen because they prefer the body style of the 2nd gen. My question is could you actually just put a 2nd gen body onto a 3rd generation frame? I know you'd have a couple issues such as the side the fuel door is on and replacing the computer in the cab. But in theory everything should fit. Just seems to me it might be a little faster and not a whole lot more expensive compared to changing out a motor, splicing the nightmare of wires, and ect. Has anyone ever heard of anyone doing such a swap before. I've scanned over yota tech and all i've really been able to find is someone trying to put a 3rd gen shell on a 2nd gen frame.
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how much extra work would this really be thou? besides being a pita to lift off the truck. whats really all involved in removing a shell? you wouldn't really need to gut it i would think if you planned on reusing it...
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I remember reading an article on the US army using tacomas in Afganistan to try and blend in with the locals and after months of abuse the front suspension was getting destroyed as opposed to some of the hiluxs that had torsion bar ifs. I'll see if I can find the article. As for the frames I was getting mixed up with the tacoma frames that are c channel. I've picked up one of those frames at work when it was getting the frame swapped and it was noticably lighter compared to a buddys early 90s truck frame. I know the 3rd gens runners still have boxed frames but I am pretty sure they have crumple zones that the earlier frames don't.
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I remember reading an article on the US army using tacomas in Afganistan to try and blend in with the locals and after months of abuse the front suspension was getting destroyed as opposed to some of the hiluxs that had torsion bar ifs. I'll see if I can find the article. As for the frames I was getting mixed up with the tacoma frames that are c channel. I've picked up one of those frames at work when it was getting the frame swapped and it was noticably lighter compared to a buddys early 90s truck frame. I know the 3rd gens runners still have boxed frames but I am pretty sure they have crumple zones that the earlier frames don't.
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alright good. I just had very little luck finding anything about this. I suppose if the frame work and suspension are inferior it would be a downgrade....
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