4Runner body on truck frame swap

EWAYota · 12-30-2007, 12:08 PM

Preferably a swap involving a 92-95. Anyone know of a write up or anyone who has done it? I've searched here, pirate, google and haven't been able to come up with anything. I'm sure theres something on pirate but I struck out.

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Perdurable · 12-30-2007, 01:02 PM

im pretty sure the frames are almost the same i doubt it would be worth it id just put an axle in the front and jack it up it will probly look alot better then a truck frame and im not sure if the wheel wells would match up quite right

slater442w30 · 12-30-2007, 01:19 PM

the whole back of the frame is different, the runner is linked, it could be done with enough creativity and beer and a welder. If it were me, I would just add leafs to the back of the existing frame on the runner, I am sure the runner frame is reinforced at different points than the truck since the runner is longer and bigger and needs more support, just my opinion, but anything could be done, its your truck, just start unbolting stuff and give it a try, its how we learn, and let us know how it goes.

EWAYota · 12-30-2007, 01:30 PM

Wheel base is the same if I remember correctly (103"), so I don't think theres an issue tire to wheel well wise.
Would it be worth it? I'm sure it would be 100x easier to sell one and buy another, but then again, I wouldn't want to have to start over again. I figure if I had the same year 4runner I'd keep the 22RE (have one with less than 20K on rebuild), I'd want to swap springs to leaves (already have leaves), lift it and 33-35's (already have 33's). I have some sentimental value attached to this one as well and promised myself I wouldn't get rid of it unless it caught on fire and drove itself off a cliff.
I've seen 4Runners swapped to Extended cabs, primarily 84-89's. Just trying to find info on a newer model. There's always an extended cab swap but would really prefer more interior room.

Basically I'm just looking to see what was needed modification wise to the frame and to the 4Runner body to accomplish the swap (if it has been at all).

ewong · 12-30-2007, 02:56 PM

as mentioned

Rear suspension is LEAF on the trucks and COIL on the 4Runner.

Body mounts will need to be welded on the truck frame - in particular the mounts after the rear door will be "taller" on the trcuk (bed) than the 4Runner.

Also - the gas tank may not work and you'll have use the 4Runner tank...

IMHO its alot of work...

bigtrucknwheels · 12-31-2007, 01:43 PM

well, if it helps at all, the 4runner frame from the second gen was essentially, less some differences in body mounts and reinforcement points, the same as the short bed standard cab frame. I always thought that the 4Runner used the longer frame, the one thats on my truck (121"?), but its the short frame.

Long bed trucks standard cab also used my frame, as well as the Xtra Cabs. but Im curious, why exactly are you looking into this?

EWAYota · 12-31-2007, 01:49 PM

Purely curiousity at the moment. I have and still am looking heavily into an extended cab swap onto my frame (notch cab for frame rails and front cross member, relocate body mounts, relocate gas tank or replace with aftermarket is basically all thats involved with that), but the added back seat down the road could become very useful.

bigtrucknwheels · 12-31-2007, 02:05 PM

ah, interesting! When I learn to weld and do metal fab, I'll have a custom project involving a 4runner and a p/u.

tc · 12-31-2007, 03:43 PM

If you 'wheel it, or camp much, you don't want a 2nd gen runner body ... extended cab is the best compromise I think. Still have some room in the cab to store stuff you'd like to get to on the road, but can carry all your camping stuff in the back. Seems Molly and I can't fit squat in our 'runners... a simple camping trip packs it to the gills.

881stGenRunner · 12-31-2007, 03:49 PM

take the aftermarket accessories off yours, make it stock again and buy an extended cab. then put your stuff on the extended cab.

tc · 01-01-2008, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 881stGenRunner

take the aftermarket accessories off yours, make it stock again and buy an extended cab. then put your stuff on the extended cab.

That's my plan ...

YoterMoter · 06-25-2009, 02:32 PM

Hey guys, I'm new to the site, i had been hearing alot of people talk about yotatech and i decided to check it out and i just happen to come across this posting and i thought it would be a good chance for me to make a first post for myself in responce to the guy askin about puttin a runner body on a truck frame, Simply because we are just about to finish up one of these swaps today... i know this post is really old but still to this day i havent been able to find much info on doing something like this so i figured why not post it anyways..

Now i know this post pertains to a 4wd but we did it on a 2wd, and i would bet that it's not much different if at all. The truck belongs to my good buddy jason and he is always getting these crazy ideas to build like this...but for him and me it's more about the fun in doing it and showing it off when it's done, we just enjoy doing the work.

Anyhow the story is he had sold his 91 4 runner to his girlfriend and he had bought a 90 standard cab truck, both the truck and runner were in great shape, well about 3 weeks after he sold her the runner it cought on fire and everything under the hood burned badly, it was the 3.0 v6 5 speed runner, it was a dam shame because it was such a nice rig, anyhow she didn't have any sort of insurance coverage on it that would cover the fire damage so she basicly had to eat it. Well that's when jason got the crazy idea lol, he bought the burned runner back from her and went to town gutting it, he pulled everything from basicly the front seats forward out and tossed it, as it all had fire damage. after doing so we tackled the task of getting the body off the frame, this would have been a piece of cake had we had a lift but he just moved into this shop he is in now and has not been able to get a lift yet, so it was floor jacks pallets cherrypickers etc..

Once the body was off he took the time to clean up the fire wall taking everything off of it because it was all either burnt or badly damaged, he sanded the firewall and shot it with some paint, it looked good as new, now that the runner body was there and ready to be put on its new chassis he pulled the truck in and did the same, gutted it from head to toe removing everything from the inside of the cab and removing the cab bed etc.. it was just as easy to leave the 22r in the truck chassis so he did,

Now that the 2 major pieces were there it was time to see if the body was gonna even come close to fitting on the truck frame..keep in mind we had not done much research and the research we did do was not very informative so we just to the chance, how else ya gonna learn right? we took a few prior measuments as far as wheel base and things like that and it all checked out. So anyways we suspended the runner body just high enough to roll the truck frame under it, well after attempting to set the body down 2 or 3 times with no luck we gathered that the crossmember behind the trans on the truck was gonna be a major issue, as well as about 8 inches of the front half of the gas tank on the truck frame, they were both running into the floor of the runner body before it would set down. also only 4 of the body mounts are correct, the front 2 for the core support and the the 2 just under the front doors lined up, the rest had to be cut off and moved about 6 inches forward and 2 extra body mounts were added to the very back of the truck frame. as far as the gas tank and crossmember being in the way...instead of trying to relocate the tank and butcher the cross member he just decided to moved a section of the floor up just under the back seats where the problem was. This actually turned out really good, he raised it about 6 inches in all and plated it back in with some sheetmetal and seam sealed everything, once that was all finished we set the body down and everything looked good, he used every single interior part from the truck as far as the dash and cluster dash harness brake booster pedal assembly break lines etc...everything from the truck bolted directly onto the runner it was amazing! the gas filler neck was tricky but if you can get creative there were a few different options for this..he chose to buy some new hose and run it in mostly the stock location it worked perfect.
the wiring for the power windows and locks and rear lights and stuff was tricky but believe it or not in the cab just under the driverside seat and the passanger side seat the plugs were different but most all of the colors matched up perfectly to make the tailights work correctly, The windows was basicly a matter of finding the power lead inputs and just feeding them with a 12v switched source, all in all though it went smoothly. He went with the 60/40 split bench as well from the truck it looks good in there,

after putting the interior back together we went over the truck high and low and double checked everything and so far so good, that brings us to where we are now, just a few minor details left as far as filling it up with fluids bleeding the brakes etc..
considering the work invloved it went real fast,
He drove his yota to work on monday and here it is today thursday and its almost done, he is going to drive it home tonight from the shop, so really if you just take it head on from start to finish it can be done pretty quick, Now this is all providing you have access to some major tools as far as welders plasmas/torches sawzals etc and know how to use them, If you don't have much time working with fabrication and similar things i wouldnt reccomend tackling this by yourself lol but if your handy with tools and have a general idea of how things work then i say take it head on! it was fun for us, I know i just kinda beezed over the whole process so if you have any questions about anything specific feel free to ask i will get back to ya...Anyhow hope this info helps someone somewhere...Talk to ya guys soon

Junkers88 · 06-25-2009, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YoterMoter

Hey guys, I'm new to the site, i had been hearing alot of people talk about yotatech and i decided to check it out and i just happen to come across this posting and i thought it would be a good chance for me to make a first post for myself in responce to the guy askin about puttin a runner body on a truck frame, Simply because we are just about to finish up one of these swaps today... i know this post is really old but still to this day i havent been able to find much info on doing something like this so i figured why not post it anyways..

Now i know this post pertains to a 4wd but we did it on a 2wd, and i would bet that it's not much different if at all. The truck belongs to my good buddy jason and he is always getting these crazy ideas to build like this...but for him and me it's more about the fun in doing it and showing it off when it's done, we just enjoy doing the work.

Anyhow the story is he had sold his 91 4 runner to his girlfriend and he had bought a 90 standard cab truck, both the truck and runner were in great shape, well about 3 weeks after he sold her the runner it cought on fire and everything under the hood burned badly, it was the 3.0 v6 5 speed runner, it was a dam shame because it was such a nice rig, anyhow she didn't have any sort of insurance coverage on it that would cover the fire damage so she basicly had to eat it. Well that's when jason got the crazy idea lol, he bought the burned runner back from her and went to town gutting it, he pulled everything from basicly the front seats forward out and tossed it, as it all had fire damage. after doing so we tackled the task of getting the body off the frame, this would have been a piece of cake had we had a lift but he just moved into this shop he is in now and has not been able to get a lift yet, so it was floor jacks pallets cherrypickers etc..

Once the body was off he took the time to clean up the fire wall taking everything off of it because it was all either burnt or badly damaged, he sanded the firewall and shot it with some paint, it looked good as new, now that the runner body was there and ready to be put on its new chassis he pulled the truck in and did the same, gutted it from head to toe removing everything from the inside of the cab and removing the cab bed etc.. it was just as easy to leave the 22r in the truck chassis so he did,

Now that the 2 major pieces were there it was time to see if the body was gonna even come close to fitting on the truck frame..keep in mind we had not done much research and the research we did do was not very informative so we just to the chance, how else ya gonna learn right? we took a few prior measuments as far as wheel base and things like that and it all checked out. So anyways we suspended the runner body just high enough to roll the truck frame under it, well after attempting to set the body down 2 or 3 times with no luck we gathered that the crossmember behind the trans on the truck was gonna be a major issue, as well as about 8 inches of the front half of the gas tank on the truck frame, they were both running into the floor of the runner body before it would set down. also only 4 of the body mounts are correct, the front 2 for the core support and the the 2 just under the front doors lined up, the rest had to be cut off and moved about 6 inches forward and 2 extra body mounts were added to the very back of the truck frame. as far as the gas tank and crossmember being in the way...instead of trying to relocate the tank and butcher the cross member he just decided to moved a section of the floor up just under the back seats where the problem was. This actually turned out really good, he raised it about 6 inches in all and plated it back in with some sheetmetal and seam sealed everything, once that was all finished we set the body down and everything looked good, he used every single interior part from the truck as far as the dash and cluster dash harness brake booster pedal assembly break lines etc...everything from the truck bolted directly onto the runner it was amazing! the gas filler neck was tricky but if you can get creative there were a few different options for this..he chose to buy some new hose and run it in mostly the stock location it worked perfect.
the wiring for the power windows and locks and rear lights and stuff was tricky but believe it or not in the cab just under the driverside seat and the passanger side seat the plugs were different but most all of the colors matched up perfectly to make the tailights work correctly, The windows was basicly a matter of finding the power lead inputs and just feeding them with a 12v switched source, all in all though it went smoothly. He went with the 60/40 split bench as well from the truck it looks good in there,

after putting the interior back together we went over the truck high and low and double checked everything and so far so good, that brings us to where we are now, just a few minor details left as far as filling it up with fluids bleeding the brakes etc..
considering the work invloved it went real fast,
He drove his yota to work on monday and here it is today thursday and its almost done, he is going to drive it home tonight from the shop, so really if you just take it head on from start to finish it can be done pretty quick, Now this is all providing you have access to some major tools as far as welders plasmas/torches sawzals etc and know how to use them, If you don't have much time working with fabrication and similar things i wouldnt reccomend tackling this by yourself lol but if your handy with tools and have a general idea of how things work then i say take it head on! it was fun for us, I know i just kinda beezed over the whole process so if you have any questions about anything specific feel free to ask i will get back to ya...Anyhow hope this info helps someone somewhere...Talk to ya guys soon

HOLY HECK!!! Talk about a great first post!!!!!!

It's like Moses walking down the mountain and telling us that although we have no idea who he is he has created the first 10 Commandments for Toyota ownership.

1) Get thee to a shop and purchase one 10mm, one 12mm and one 14mm socket, thou shalt use these on thy temple...

2) Find Yotatech when it arrives and thou shalt be members and prophets......

3) Covet not thy neighbors Jeep.....

4) Abecedarian shall be thy priest....

5) Follow not the Swampthing for he shall lead you to tempation.....

6) Iamsuperbleeder shall be the Lord of Longevity, follow him to 300,000 miles...

7) Ask not until you have searched! So sayeth the Scuba....

8) Matt16 shall lead you to fertile grounds of fishing if thy runner is capable...

9) Listen not to Junkers88 as he is slightly off his mental camber....

10) I have no idea for this one....

WELCOME TO YT!!!!

corax · 06-25-2009, 03:01 PM

I know this thread was started ages ago, but here's a 1st gen 4runner body on a 2000 4runner frame/drivetrain/suspension

http://irbisoffroad.com/project4.asp
(click on the picture to open up the gallery)

YoterMoter · 06-25-2009, 03:09 PM

I am laughing my ass off right now! lol that was funny as hell junkers88 lmao! Thanks for the welcome!

Junkers88 · 06-25-2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YoterMoter

I am laughing my ass off right now! lol that was funny as hell junkers88 lmao! Thanks for the welcome!

Anytime, it's what I do.

NYChopshop · 06-25-2009, 09:12 PM

once again, welcome! What are you driving? lets see some pics! Please say its a toy!

bigtrucknwheels · 06-25-2009, 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YoterMoter

I am laughing my ass off right now! lol that was funny as hell junkers88 lmao! Thanks for the welcome!

nice first post bud!

welcome, to possibly the best website on the whole internet...

toylocost · 06-25-2009, 09:36 PM

Junkers, that post needs to be preserved in the OCR thread.

Twas a great post.

NYChopshop · 06-25-2009, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toylocost

Junkers, that post needs to be preserved in the OCR thread.

Twas a great post.

x2!!

**Tofer** · 06-25-2009, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junkers88

HOLY HECK!!! Talk about a great first post!!!!!!

It's like Moses walking down the mountain and telling us that although we have no idea who he is he has created the first 10 Commandments for Toyota ownership.

1) Get thee to a shop and purchase one 10mm, one 12mm and one 14mm socket, one 17mm socket and one 19mm socket thou shalt use these on thy temple...

2) Find Yotatech when it arrives and thou shalt be members and prophets......

3) Covet not thy neighbors built truggy.....

4) Abecedarian shall be thy priest....

5) Follow not the Swampthing for he shall lead you to tempation.....

6) Iamsuperbleeder shall be the Lord of Longevity, follow him to 300,000 miles...

7) Ask not until you have searched! So sayeth the Scuba....

8) Matt16 shall lead you to fertile grounds of fishing if thy runner is capable...

9) Listen not to Junkers88 as he is slightly off his mental camber....

10) Tofer shall be thy source for all things Trail-gear...

WELCOME TO YT!!!!

fixed it..

NYChopshop · 06-25-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tofer

fixed it..

Danger Will Robinson!

I have a feeling you'll have to challange Wabfab to fisticuffs over those exclusive trail-gear vending rights!

**Tofer** · 06-25-2009, 09:46 PM

first come.... first serve...

jmcgowan · 07-16-2009, 10:10 PM

gotta love YT I was just searching to see what it would take to make my pickup into a 4runner...

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/pts/1272739127.html
(I have a 1990 4Runner it has no motor or trans but the rest of it is there, black exterior and Grey cloth interior it was a automatic with 4wheel drive. I bought it for a rock crawler project several months ago but my plans have changed. The truck has a clean open Navada title that is not in my name.
Please call Clint 480-458-7018 please call between 9am-10pm or send me an email thanks)

jmcgowan · 07-17-2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junkers88

HOLY HECK!!! Talk about a great first post!!!!!!

It's like Moses walking down the mountain and telling us that although we have no idea who he is he has created the first 10 Commandments for Toyota ownership.

1) Get thee to a shop and purchase one 10mm, one 12mm and one 14mm socket, one 17mm socket and one 19mm sockets of high quality, thou shalt use these on thy temple...

2) Find Yotatech when it arrives and thou shalt be members and prophets......

3) Covet not thy neighbors prerunner

4) Blessed are the 2WD, for they shall rule the southwest

5) Follow not the Swampthing for he shall lead you to tempation.....

6) Iamsuperbleeder shall be the Lord of Longevity, follow him to 300,000 miles...

7) Ask not until you have searched! So sayeth the Scuba....

8) Matt16 shall lead you to fertile grounds of fishing if thy runner is capable...

9) Listen not to 98% of the contributors as they are slightly off their mental camber....

10) 4crawler shall be thy source for many things Toyota

WELCOME TO YT!!!!!

REVISED

and welcome to YT !!

12-30-2007, 01:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
slater442w30 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 99	the whole back of the frame is different, the runner is linked, it could be done with enough creativity and beer and a welder. If it were me, I would just add leafs to the back of the existing frame on the runner, I am sure the runner frame is reinforced at different points than the truck since the runner is longer and bigger and needs more support, just my opinion, but anything could be done, its your truck, just start unbolting stuff and give it a try, its how we learn, and let us know how it goes. __________________ 89 Toyota-3.4 swap with T-100 auto-33 stt's 87 4 Runner-getting a 3.4 with auto-33 inch Toyo's 84 4-Runner-in progress (3.4,auto,crawler,+9in,38 boggers) http://www.myspace.com/slater442w30

12-30-2007, 01:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
EWAYota Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Richland, Washington Posts: 4,596	Wheel base is the same if I remember correctly (103"), so I don't think theres an issue tire to wheel well wise. Would it be worth it? I'm sure it would be 100x easier to sell one and buy another, but then again, I wouldn't want to have to start over again. I figure if I had the same year 4runner I'd keep the 22RE (have one with less than 20K on rebuild), I'd want to swap springs to leaves (already have leaves), lift it and 33-35's (already have 33's). I have some sentimental value attached to this one as well and promised myself I wouldn't get rid of it unless it caught on fire and drove itself off a cliff. I've seen 4Runners swapped to Extended cabs, primarily 84-89's. Just trying to find info on a newer model. There's always an extended cab swap but would really prefer more interior room. Basically I'm just looking to see what was needed modification wise to the frame and to the 4Runner body to accomplish the swap (if it has been at all). __________________ DJ 1994 Pickup 22RE, Engnbldr 261 cam, 5 speed. Tires that go around and around... Preping for SAS...... Originally Posted By Fustercluck "Proof that Gangus did not spontaneously generate....he has relatives." Originally Posted By Tacoclimber "My two year old better get a job, soon..." Reply Posted By Oly884 "I hear coal mining is a great career." Myspace Last edited by EWAYota; 12-30-2007 at 01:48 PM.

12-31-2007, 01:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
bigtrucknwheels Contributing Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Selinsgrove, PA Posts: 2,066	well, if it helps at all, the 4runner frame from the second gen was essentially, less some differences in body mounts and reinforcement points, the same as the short bed standard cab frame. I always thought that the 4Runner used the longer frame, the one thats on my truck (121"?), but its the short frame. Long bed trucks standard cab also used my frame, as well as the Xtra Cabs. but Im curious, why exactly are you looking into this? __________________ '97 4Runner SR5 V6. 4wd/V6/5spd. Factory rear locker, 2" OME suspension lift, 265/75-R16 BF Goodrich A/T KO's, Gray (in my case Blue/Red) wire mod. '90 4Runner SR5 V6. 4wd/V6/Auto. Complete Part Out! Click or PM! '90 Pickup Xtra Cab DLX. 4wd/V6/Auto. Soon for sale... :( '89 Pickup Std. Cab DLX. 4wd/I4/5spd. 3" BL. Soon for sale... :( ♪♪ Anything your Jeep can do, my Yota can do better. Mine can do anything better than yours ♪♪ Proud Sponsor22re Oil Cap Removed Thread

12-31-2007, 01:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
EWAYota Contributing Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Richland, Washington Posts: 4,596	Purely curiousity at the moment. I have and still am looking heavily into an extended cab swap onto my frame (notch cab for frame rails and front cross member, relocate body mounts, relocate gas tank or replace with aftermarket is basically all thats involved with that), but the added back seat down the road could become very useful. __________________ DJ 1994 Pickup 22RE, Engnbldr 261 cam, 5 speed. Tires that go around and around... Preping for SAS...... Originally Posted By Fustercluck "Proof that Gangus did not spontaneously generate....he has relatives." Originally Posted By Tacoclimber "My two year old better get a job, soon..." Reply Posted By Oly884 "I hear coal mining is a great career." Myspace

12-31-2007, 02:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
bigtrucknwheels Contributing Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Selinsgrove, PA Posts: 2,066	ah, interesting! When I learn to weld and do metal fab, I'll have a custom project involving a 4runner and a p/u. __________________ '97 4Runner SR5 V6. 4wd/V6/5spd. Factory rear locker, 2" OME suspension lift, 265/75-R16 BF Goodrich A/T KO's, Gray (in my case Blue/Red) wire mod. '90 4Runner SR5 V6. 4wd/V6/Auto. Complete Part Out! Click or PM! '90 Pickup Xtra Cab DLX. 4wd/V6/Auto. Soon for sale... :( '89 Pickup Std. Cab DLX. 4wd/I4/5spd. 3" BL. Soon for sale... :( ♪♪ Anything your Jeep can do, my Yota can do better. Mine can do anything better than yours ♪♪ Proud Sponsor22re Oil Cap Removed Thread

12-30-2007, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Perdurable Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Vergennes Vermont Posts: 8	im pretty sure the frames are almost the same i doubt it would be worth it id just put an axle in the front and jack it up it will probly look alot better then a truck frame and im not sure if the wheel wells would match up quite right

12-30-2007, 02:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
ewong Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Philly PA Posts: 1,290	as mentioned Rear suspension is LEAF on the trucks and COIL on the 4Runner. Body mounts will need to be welded on the truck frame - in particular the mounts after the rear door will be "taller" on the trcuk (bed) than the 4Runner. Also - the gas tank may not work and you'll have use the 4Runner tank... IMHO its alot of work...

12-31-2007, 03:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
tc Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Longmont, CO Posts: 8,372	If you 'wheel it, or camp much, you don't want a 2nd gen runner body ... extended cab is the best compromise I think. Still have some room in the cab to store stuff you'd like to get to on the road, but can carry all your camping stuff in the back. Seems Molly and I can't fit squat in our 'runners... a simple camping trip packs it to the gills. __________________ Check out www.coTTORA.org to hook up with great Toyota 'wheelin' folks! Current - 93 4Runner: 3VZ 33"x10.50" no lift ARB F/R 96 Impala SS: My own personal cop car Previous - 89 2WD Pickup 22R, Fabtech "Ivan Dan" lift, 31x10.50, IASCA World Finals 4th Place Stop with the mods and get on the trail! Pix at www.4wheelingoh.shutterfly.com/action

12-31-2007, 03:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
881stGenRunner Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Newnan, GA Posts: 2,343	take the aftermarket accessories off yours, make it stock again and buy an extended cab. then put your stuff on the extended cab. __________________ -Brandon 1988 4Runner SR5 4x4 V6 5 Speed Swap (R150F)~SDORI 1.5" BJ Spacers~Downey 26MM TBs~Downey 3" Springs~Downey Shackles~PC ES3000s~PC ES2000 SS~Motive Gear 5.29s~Rear Detroit~Front Lock-Rite~Yakima Load Warrior~33x12.5 Pro Comp M/Ts~Cragar 15x8 Streetlocks~Cobra 18 WXSTII~Marlin Crawler Rear~Addicted Offroad Front Bumper~4X Innovations Sliders~WabFab Bikini Kit~Optima Yellow Top~SS IFS Truss. My 4Runner and Other Stuff

06-25-2009, 02:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
YoterMoter Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	Reply to 4Runner body on truck frame Hey guys, I'm new to the site, i had been hearing alot of people talk about yotatech and i decided to check it out and i just happen to come across this posting and i thought it would be a good chance for me to make a first post for myself in responce to the guy askin about puttin a runner body on a truck frame, Simply because we are just about to finish up one of these swaps today... i know this post is really old but still to this day i havent been able to find much info on doing something like this so i figured why not post it anyways.. Now i know this post pertains to a 4wd but we did it on a 2wd, and i would bet that it's not much different if at all. The truck belongs to my good buddy jason and he is always getting these crazy ideas to build like this...but for him and me it's more about the fun in doing it and showing it off when it's done, we just enjoy doing the work. Anyhow the story is he had sold his 91 4 runner to his girlfriend and he had bought a 90 standard cab truck, both the truck and runner were in great shape, well about 3 weeks after he sold her the runner it cought on fire and everything under the hood burned badly, it was the 3.0 v6 5 speed runner, it was a dam shame because it was such a nice rig, anyhow she didn't have any sort of insurance coverage on it that would cover the fire damage so she basicly had to eat it. Well that's when jason got the crazy idea lol, he bought the burned runner back from her and went to town gutting it, he pulled everything from basicly the front seats forward out and tossed it, as it all had fire damage. after doing so we tackled the task of getting the body off the frame, this would have been a piece of cake had we had a lift but he just moved into this shop he is in now and has not been able to get a lift yet, so it was floor jacks pallets cherrypickers etc.. Once the body was off he took the time to clean up the fire wall taking everything off of it because it was all either burnt or badly damaged, he sanded the firewall and shot it with some paint, it looked good as new, now that the runner body was there and ready to be put on its new chassis he pulled the truck in and did the same, gutted it from head to toe removing everything from the inside of the cab and removing the cab bed etc.. it was just as easy to leave the 22r in the truck chassis so he did, Now that the 2 major pieces were there it was time to see if the body was gonna even come close to fitting on the truck frame..keep in mind we had not done much research and the research we did do was not very informative so we just to the chance, how else ya gonna learn right? we took a few prior measuments as far as wheel base and things like that and it all checked out. So anyways we suspended the runner body just high enough to roll the truck frame under it, well after attempting to set the body down 2 or 3 times with no luck we gathered that the crossmember behind the trans on the truck was gonna be a major issue, as well as about 8 inches of the front half of the gas tank on the truck frame, they were both running into the floor of the runner body before it would set down. also only 4 of the body mounts are correct, the front 2 for the core support and the the 2 just under the front doors lined up, the rest had to be cut off and moved about 6 inches forward and 2 extra body mounts were added to the very back of the truck frame. as far as the gas tank and crossmember being in the way...instead of trying to relocate the tank and butcher the cross member he just decided to moved a section of the floor up just under the back seats where the problem was. This actually turned out really good, he raised it about 6 inches in all and plated it back in with some sheetmetal and seam sealed everything, once that was all finished we set the body down and everything looked good, he used every single interior part from the truck as far as the dash and cluster dash harness brake booster pedal assembly break lines etc...everything from the truck bolted directly onto the runner it was amazing! the gas filler neck was tricky but if you can get creative there were a few different options for this..he chose to buy some new hose and run it in mostly the stock location it worked perfect. the wiring for the power windows and locks and rear lights and stuff was tricky but believe it or not in the cab just under the driverside seat and the passanger side seat the plugs were different but most all of the colors matched up perfectly to make the tailights work correctly, The windows was basicly a matter of finding the power lead inputs and just feeding them with a 12v switched source, all in all though it went smoothly. He went with the 60/40 split bench as well from the truck it looks good in there, after putting the interior back together we went over the truck high and low and double checked everything and so far so good, that brings us to where we are now, just a few minor details left as far as filling it up with fluids bleeding the brakes etc.. considering the work invloved it went real fast, He drove his yota to work on monday and here it is today thursday and its almost done, he is going to drive it home tonight from the shop, so really if you just take it head on from start to finish it can be done pretty quick, Now this is all providing you have access to some major tools as far as welders plasmas/torches sawzals etc and know how to use them, If you don't have much time working with fabrication and similar things i wouldnt reccomend tackling this by yourself lol but if your handy with tools and have a general idea of how things work then i say take it head on! it was fun for us, I know i just kinda beezed over the whole process so if you have any questions about anything specific feel free to ask i will get back to ya...Anyhow hope this info helps someone somewhere...Talk to ya guys soon

06-25-2009, 03:01 PM	#14 (permalink)
corax Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: eastern PA Posts: 631	I know this thread was started ages ago, but here's a 1st gen 4runner body on a 2000 4runner frame/drivetrain/suspension http://irbisoffroad.com/project4.asp (click on the picture to open up the gallery) __________________ -Keith- kb3scj '88 4runner SR5 - 3.0 7MGE eng swap - Marlin HD W56 - 4.56 V6 Thirds - '82 Toyota Celica Supra LSD up front - 33x10.5 BFG KM2's - NWMP Aux Gas Tank - home fab front and rear bumpers - Hannemann fenders - OME Dakar rear springs w/ Bilstein 5150 reservoir shocks Garage Thread "Speed doesn't kill, suddenly becoming stationary does." - Richard Hammond

06-25-2009, 03:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
YoterMoter Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3	I am laughing my ass off right now! lol that was funny as hell junkers88 lmao! Thanks for the welcome!

06-25-2009, 09:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
NYChopshop Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Back in New York City! Posts: 428	once again, welcome! What are you driving? lets see some pics! Please say its a toy! __________________ 1994 4runner 5speed 3.slow 2" ball joint spacers, 2" OME HD lift springs, rancho shocks, magnaflow exhaust, 31x10.5r15 Procomp Xterrains, S&B cold air intake, Marlin Crawler 2100lb super heavy duty clutch kit w/ grade 8.8 pressure plate bolts My build thread This guy is the biggest idiot in the world!

06-25-2009, 09:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
toylocost Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Yotatech, because Pirate is too expensive. Posts: 1,428	Junkers, that post needs to be preserved in the OCR thread. Twas a great post. __________________ 1982 2wd Pickup - Custom Interior - Pioneer 8" subs 1990 4runner - Blown Head Gasket Mod (fixed!) - Cruiser Coils - BJ Spacers - Bed Lined Fenders - CB/PA - Alpine HU - H4 Headlights - 2 15s and a Rockford amp. 1996 Camry - 400,000 miles on original engine/transmission. HELL YES!!! All it takes is a quart of oil with every tank of gas. Project: scratch building a modernized Lotus 7 replica using a 22-re Celica drivetrain

06-25-2009, 09:46 PM	#23 (permalink)
Tofer Super Moderator Staff Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tacoma WA. Posts: 6,901	first come.... first serve... __________________ 94 4runenr: all the good stuff....... 89 4runner: 3.0, Auto, 5.29 lockright f/r. 31x10.5 wildcountry ATs. 81 2wd pickup: 22R \| 5-sp \| long bed \|Civic SI seats \| LockRight \| Hella 500s pacific-crawlers.com For all your Trail-gear and HID lighting Solutions Needs check out yotaworks.com Online store coming soon :)

07-16-2009, 10:10 PM	#24 (permalink)
jmcgowan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PHX, AZ Posts: 105	gotta love YT I was just searching to see what it would take to make my pickup into a 4runner... http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/pts/1272739127.html (I have a 1990 4Runner it has no motor or trans but the rest of it is there, black exterior and Grey cloth interior it was a automatic with 4wheel drive. I bought it for a rock crawler project several months ago but my plans have changed. The truck has a clean open Navada title that is not in my name. Please call Clint 480-458-7018 please call between 9am-10pm or send me an email thanks) __________________ 1994 regular cab pickup, 2WD, automatic, 216K+ miles, 22RE, Spectre Intake, 1.5" BJ spacers, adjusted Torsion Bars. 1" BODY LIFT! Fabtech UCAs. With enough money or fabrication skills ANYTHING is possible. Last edited by jmcgowan; 07-17-2009 at 10:54 AM.

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