hey zdan!

what do you think of this: find a pickup tailgate, drop in where your tailgate is, THEN use YOUR tailgate to replace the wood you built. THEN YOU CAN USE THE MOTOR IN THE TAILGATE FOR POWER REAR WINDOW ON YOUR CAB! what do you think? it's even carpeted on the inside.

To be honest with you, I dont know what the big deal is about it! Its done, thats one less hardtop for the entire toyota community to use :hillbill:

Also, he doesnt even have a 4runner!!

all you're doing is offering up insults to a stranger... and i'm ignorant? who's having the heart attack? :great:

conversation and disagreement aren't bad things. people disapprove of this "mod", why does that make it bitching? rather than lash out, offer your $0.02 (isn't that what the boards are all about anyway?)

did i say that? :readit: before you type whatever

:cheers:

oh, and nice rig btw, the LEDs in the dash are very cool (seriously)

I'd have just bought a soft top...:bigok:

Come to my state, you don't see 4runners with parts on them anymore.
He asked opinions on the mod, we delivered. That's not ignorance at all.

My opinion is that he shouldnt cut up a perfectly good 4runner top to achieve the same thing he could with a truck.

I had a great laugh about it :D

great mod!

Great Job, I wish I had gotten a 4runner and made into a pickup.

next mod, BoB the Bed

this is why extended cabs are the !!!! carry people and toys!

Ok sorry to interrup all the arguing but where can you get one of these. I have never seen one of these before and i never use my back seats. That would be great to have for more cargo space keeping the floor flat.

Oh and by the way nice work. It thats what you want then im glad you did it. I wish you lived closer i would buy the top off of you. I want to purchase another top and CHOP it up and make a half top for the summer.

1989toy4wd..Your axles look soo sexy in your avatar..SORRY had to throw that in..And bigblue pile..I dont remember..and im not going back to check..but i think im mentioned a soft top..Those always look sick..Example..The LCEngineering red pickup..that thing looks awsome..

i think they have these for sale at the i-really-wanted-a-pickup-but-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-4runner store


hahahaha sorry, couldn't resist (come on 4runner people, it's joke!)

:grouphug:?

All joking aside, that is a Toyota Factory Seat Delete plate. 4Runners were imported stateside as only having front seats, so as to lower the import duties on them, classifying them as not passenger vehicles. Either at the port of entry, or in some cases, the dealerships, these were removed and seats installed, with this part usually going to the scrap pile. Pretty rare to find a factory one still intact, and somewhat hard to find as a complete piece as a reproduced Toyota part. Most aftermarket reproduction parts are so thin, they usually buckle, the Toyota part was strong and worth having. If you ever find one, snatch it up quick.

i think it looks really sweet i might do that and call it a day if i didnt have 2 kids in my truck lol but could you get pictures of the inside at the top so i can see how you bolted it to the roof of the truck and the sides i see how the bottom got bolted but the rest i wanna know how here!!

Well.... I love my 99' 4runner but I work for Bigfoot 4x4. And I have seen many hack jobs and people doing stuff to there trucks around here but I would have to say that is one of the nicest I have seen. I know im just a guy on the internet so my opinion doesnt mean much but I love it. I think it was a great job and hey from what I can tell It was done right and If your happy with it thats all that matters. Now I think what would be cool is taking like a 99 and doing that to it. Now it would be a waste of a good 99 but use a SR5 not a nice limited with leather seats lol:) just saying.

Good Job Man. I like it. and most importantly have fun and tread lightly.

-Mark

Powered rear window wolud be great?

Yeah he could have picked up a working tailgate from a junkyard rig and welded it in place for a bulkhead behind the seats. Install the chopped back end of the top, plug in the harness (with a modification or two) and you now have a pickup with a power rear window.

Very cool!

Only question is, did I read correctly that you used wood? Thats the only part that is sketchy to me. Why not do it right the first time?

Its still an awesome modification, I really like the idea. I'd be all over this, but I think I would go back a little bit, try to find that factory insert piece, and use a tailgate to make the window go up and down still. Plus, back a little farther would give you the room of an extra cab.

Nice thinking outside the box.

What ever happened to Built not Bought ?

A person who puts a SAS under their truck should just trade their IFS for someone who has already done the swap and not expand their knowledge themselves?

If people flexing their "builder's muscle" is such a bad thing, a few monuments and world landmarks come to mind. That were built just to see if "we could".

I LOVE his idea, it's entirely reversible. Now I probably would have learned to fiberglass to make a replacement top, but I would have cut up my old top anyways to get the molds.

To each his own, but when you're in your 4 runner hauling stuff in winter and freezing, dont complain. He'll be riding next to you at a comfortable 80 degrees :D

Thanks for the comments everyone, I did the mod about 2 weeks ago and so far i absolutely LOVE it. In my opinion it looks great but I will need to do some fine tuning. I hauled my dirtbike and ATV without any problem and it is water proof! I put a coating of spray bedliner on the wood and gravel guard on the bed. So far, I'm not freezing, the cab now warms up faster than before, smaller area to warm!

For a truck I paid 1500$ CAN, i cannot complain. Also, there's alot of used OEM hard tops available here in Quebec.

@AxleIke : yep, i used wood. I think I will try it for a season and if it seems okay, I will keep the wood.

@tj884Rdlx : it sure would be nice, didn't think about it ;P

Took pics yesterday :

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The nice thing about this hobby is you can buy what you can afford and build it as you can. He made it reversible so if he needs to use it as a people carrier he can. Its dual purpose. Isnt that what most people strive for? Maybe he didnt want to trade it for a piuck up knowing he might need it as a people carrier someday too. His bases are covered. In todays economy not everyone can afford just to run out and just buy something different when for alot cheaper you can make what you have work. Necessity is the mother of invention. I dont know about everyone else..but I have to admire someone who knows what they need, and despite everyone telling him no, goes and makes what he has work for what he needs. And isnt that the core of our hobby? Isnt that why the first person said hmmm...I like my 2nd gen but i wish it had a solid axle, decided to take a solid axle from an 84 and transplant it to his 94? To make it do what he wanted it to. I bet people called him dumb too. I for one will just say props to you for making what you need and not trading your 1st gen in on a newer pick up so that a dealership can just ship that 1st gen to a scrapyard for recycling. And just so you all know and can yell at me too..I plan on doing this mod asap too, and i do have the factory rear seat delete pan :)

:king:

Duelertoyota4x4, thanks for the comments!

As for the mod, go for it, it is great ! And even better if you have the rear seat delete pan ;P

If you do it, post pictures !!!

Update! Filled the gap between the cab and the fiberglass part, new paint, filled the hole at the top of the tailgate and a black bumper, why not! I love it!

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You can always change it back if you want.I thought about an option also.I think a soft top and maybe a plastic bed liner for the occasions when you need a truck.Then you could just throw the soft top back up when you're done.I gotta have somewhere for the family to sit.I think it looks good and it is yours.A extended cab sounds good also as someone mentioned earlier.

Looks good. I like to see people trying new things and making them work. Don't worry about all the haters. They just got nothing better to do.

Thanks for the comments! I love the way it looks and it's functionality. My only concern is rust, I will need to do something to protect my bed.

As for the rear seats for the family to sit, we'll just use my fiancee VW Jetta ;P

haha Now it looks like it has a hat on backwards! haha Looks sweet man good job!!

that looks awsome. anyone wana trade me a runner? lol.

Fun exercise in metal cutting, looks good.
I woulda just gotten myself a pickup.
But I'm lazy.

looks great! i'm in the midst of doing the same to my '87 22re. Curious to know how u attached the "canopy" to the cab? I'm also going to make an attempt on installing the rear sliding glass.

Nice! Post pics of your progress!

To attach the "canopy" to the cab, i simply used the existing holes at the bottom and drilled a second pair of holes to ensure it won't move. It is holding tight and does not move at all, even if it is bolted only with 4 screws. I used fiberglass to fill the gap between the cab and the part. :)

kinda reminds me of a blazer that i did, it was just an rusted out offroad rig, the body mounts were sticking threw the floor on the 4 rear body mounts so i just cut the whole back off

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zdanz>>that's kewl, i'm hoping to attach the "canopy" tomorrow, i'll put pics up as it goes
ezrider>>>that blazer looks nice! did you keep the power window in the back working?

looking good man!



ps: what is with some of the people on this board.....

does that back window still crank down into the tailgate? that's what i was suggesting he do with his as well. with the power regulator a 4runner tailgate has, that would be very cool.

Opinions, everyone has them and they ain't always whet everyone else wants to hear. Plus it's the internet so people will defend them to the death with no fear of real confrontion. As for the truck, I personally like it. As said, it's reversable if need be and it's useful for current needs. I wouldn't have painted the little cab 'backing' but it's not in my driveway. Enjoy your truck the way YOU want it! Thats what I do...

finished converting '87 T4R into "pick-up"
 

pretty much done my "conversion", good timing too, because it's getting cold up here and we're definetely going to be getting more snow soon! the cab heats up so much faster, and i never have any passengers, so i'm glad i did it!

pics, need to take more during the day

Hahaha very true !!! :)

Looks great, good job !

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few new pics of my "conversion"