Jewels

the soft top is a best top from a tacoma that i cut the cab/bed window out of and modified. my bro already has dibs on it for his '85 runner. he's banking off my prodject like crazy!
but he is going to be getting rid of his softtopper. his sceen name here is grinch85 if you'd like to hit him up. and ill mention it to him as well.

broncrider

looks nice man keep us updated with some pictures when you get a chance to get it out. think we need some before and after pictures

Jewels

took the runner for its first run with the new body this weekend. she did great
here are some pics!

Irish Death

Thats awesome...job well done, pat on back and all that stuff...

Jewels

thanks man
totally worth the work. choppin the top of the rear and paint next

Irish Death

Can't wait to see pics of that!

flashkl

holy daaang

DIRTCO

Nice work!

VSU_4runnin

wow, nice job and a great thread!

Jewels

thanks ya'll!

Yotakid23

Damn I wish I wouldve caught this thread sooner. The second gen looks sick, its still sad about your 1st gen though. As much as I love my second gen theres just something extra cool about locked and lifted 1st gen

graduatedpine

that project would have taken me at least two lifetimes though

cubuff4runner

Nice Work..

AZkid

i dont know if you've seen this thread over on pirate but it has some sweet chopped 2nd gens

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthrea...en+red+4runner

Jewels

real good thread! real pic heavy.
thanks!

gimpy_ira

i have a 91 body that is really good shape if you interested.....sweety runner by the way

leeeeeroy

i also had the pleasure of rolling my pickup. how hard is it to do an actual cab swap, trying to decide whether its worth it or not

drew303

I did a frame swap in 4 days almost entirely by myself,
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...arning-122175/

It's just tedious as hell. Took 6 guys to lift the single cab and roll the new chassis under it. FYI.


Nice job on the 2nd gen body swap! Awesome! Man that thing is tall tho, I'm running 37's as well and I'm almost a year with it with the height and solid axle and im still not used to it at all. Love it but damn terrified of flopping, haha. Seems quite stable tho but can't really compare a single cab pickup to a 2nd gen runner. I'm a lot lighter!

I'm removing the bed, exo-caging the cab and building a new flatbed in July. Can't wait! I've had the truck offcamber atleast 35 degree's [and thats flat footed, not flexed, so less stable] over water (terrifiying) twice now in the same spot, lil different approaches and it felt unstable (mental) but never once felt real light like it was "almost" gonna go over.

heh, an old pic right after the SAS (on 33x10.5 KM2's). The rear is still stock, will be swapped out in july as well.


I'm not sure how much further you can go before flopping. Softer rear suspension and broken in front would help in this situation. Which the front is very well settled now almost a year later.

Jewels

ya, i wish i was a little lower:/ but the hieght has definately come in handy when clearing obstacles like logs and rocks, i have yet to get high centered, not that thats a big issue, but it is an issue.
with the new body, i can definately feel it being more top heavy, so im going to chop the rear top and maybe bob it also.


any thoughts or comments on the bob idea?

Jewels

nevermind the bob, springs ar to long:/ id only get like 4"-5"