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Old 11-22-2008, 01:51 PM
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1st gen and 2 gen frame swap

Has anyone done an first gen. 4Runner/truck frame swap? I have a '91 PU with rusty frame and happen to get a free '85 4Runner frame (w/o suspension). Thinking about swaping it if it's not too much of a work and source a SFA from elsewhere.

Any idea or input will be appreciated.

Cheers,

Duke

**EDIT**
Sorry if the topic sounds confusing, which it is.

I meant the 1st gen Runner or 2nd gen truck frame swapping to the 3rd gen truck frame. In other words, the SFA frame swapping with IFS one.

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Old 11-22-2008, 02:17 PM
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I am fairly certain that the two frames are dimensionally different. I could be wrong, but I believe that the 4Runner frame is narrower than the P/U.
Old 11-22-2008, 04:48 PM
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I don't think your right rob because all the IFS stuff is, and some of the crossmembers might be transferrable between the P/U and 4Runner.

This is just an educated guess.
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would a gen2 4runner frame work with a gen1 runner if you custom mounted shocks?
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try checking out the fsm links above. sometimes they have frame dimensions listed, you could know for sure then.

try 4crawler, might be some dims on his site.

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thanks all for the input. i'm still doing more search.

cheers,
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