Justinvd

When i buaght my runner it was rebuilt to stock specifications. I have recently bin doing some body work and to my horror i find out that the person was a bondo freak. There is bondo on everything. I always wondered why when i pounded the dents out there was such crazy cracks. Anyways i dont want this body anymore cuz there is like a cm of bondo of everything.
Any help would be great, Thanks Justin

samiam39

I believe you would need to move a few of the body mount points as they are not the same on the pickup and fourrunner frames, not a big problem if you have a welder and time

abecedarian

You will most likely run into an issue with VIN numbers. Seems that registrations and VIN's are tied to the chassis so if you change the body, you're changing your VIN, just like buying a new vehicle. So, you'd need to have a release on file for the old VIN just so you could prove you own it and consequently put it on your frame.

Justinvd

Yeah, ill prolly just rebondo my runner, buy a 1983-1985 pickup truck and swap my axles and good leafs into it and put the stock axles in my runner and sell it haha.

abecedarian

It sucks, i know. Canadia (hehe) is probably not that much different than the USA. The VIN identifies a vehicle and is part of the chassis/'cab'. So when you change 'cabs' you're actually (legally?) changing vehicles.
Your other option is lead filler / sheet metal replacements.
Either way... good luck.

Justinvd

I have no patience for body work. The only reason i am doing it is because i finally got my new fender flairs for the passenger side of my truck so i am bashing out the dents. I wouldnt even care if it was banged up but that much bondo on everything is just nasty. Who knows what its covering right? i almost want to just wire wheel/belt sand the hole thing and rock guard the hole body, it is my baby haha i do everything in it. But i think its time for a extended cab pickup with a flat bed.

abecedarian

Hopefully you'll get lucky and new 'glass fenders and maybe new doors fix everything so you don't have to change cabs.
Alternately, roll bar the whole thing and rock with it!