so after a 2 year hunt for a long bed, i finally found one. drove upto NH to get it. i took out an inch of bondo in some spots. the bed is from a 2wd. so the flares do not stick out like the 4wd. i'm gona be running a fuel cell since i got it. i took 18 inchs out! it took me about 3 hours yesterday to get all the cutting done. today i will weld it up and start bondoing. more progress once it happens. plz no rain today!

 

Sweet

 

Maybe I'm not understanding which dirrection you're going but why would you spend all that time looking for a long bed only to cut the back of it off? I'd think it'd be easier to cut less metal out of a short bed.

Then again I'm not a sheet metal person or a rock crawler so my experience is limited.

 

The rear wheels are a few inches further back, which I think offers more stability in the end. However I still think bobbing a long bed hurts the truck's looks, stock long beds look more like proper pickup trucks than stock short beds. I feel that the bed of a truck should not be shorter than the cab, otherwise it just looks... weird.

However, OP it looks like you did a good job, don't want to knock what you're doing, the above is just my personal pref.

 

Yeah, what Magnusian said.
A regular cab / long bed has 112" wheelbase whereas a regular cab / short bed has 103" wheelbase, therefore the long bed rear wheels are 9" farther back and a shortbed would be spaced off from the cab.

 

Extended cab has the same wheelbase, and all that extra room in the cab...

 

And '84-'88 xtra cab / long bed has 121 1/2" wheel base.

 

like you guys said. it was easier for me the get a longbed, and bob the back only. other then buying a shortbed, and bobing the rear, and adding that section to the front. plus i already had my frame cut really short, so the bed was sticking off it that 18 inchs i took out. it started raining.

 

plus my truck was originally a 2wd 1ton longbed. i wish i had gotten a 1st gen 4runner instead.

 

i love 1st gen 4runners!

looks really good though, i don't like flatbeds for some reason

 

....lol this thread made me laugh omg.... you looked for a longbed to make it a short bed lol thats a contradictory.

 

but you just dont get it.... look up a toyota shortbed and then a toyota longbed


not much progress today. heres what i was using before. made from a truck ladder rack. and good news is i passed inspection 2 weeks ago

 

Why the long bed for might i ask? I don't really do many non OEM aplications..... cause thats just....untoyota..... but yea.

 

if you read the whole thread you will see that the longbed trucks wheelbase is longer then the shortbed. making a shortbed 9 inchs to short. meaning i would have a 9 inch gap between the bed and cab. you should read more then the first post before you respond

 

Ah didn't see that part i just read up and missed a post....... don't get snappy with me when i ask a simple question i require a simple answer..... but ok that makes sense..... 9" gap... gotcha....

 

I like the concept. Gives you a better departure angle and should look pretty good when it's finished.

 

I just now figured this out. You didn't spend two years looking for a long bed truck (which were all 2 wheel drives correct?) you spent two years looking for the bed itself.

Even though I understand it I still feel like a ding bat for having to have it explained.....

 

vwfastg60 has a longbed 4WD

 

i like the way it looks, good job op

 

little progress. still need to patch the front corners of the bed. but the bob is almost done. just need to sand the bondo and maybe add a lil more. had to put the tailgate on just to see the look. i am very happy.