ok wab your scaring me what extra things do i need??? i have a manual

 

rock slayer, your 4 runner looks great. i shortened the bed of my truck by a foot and that was fun. i always wanted a 4 door off road rig so i think i'll have to copy you. it kinda looks like the explorer sport trac with the exception you have more room, space behind the rear seat, and off-road ability. i won't compare it to honda's frameless truck. good work.

 

Does it still feel very top heavy offroad?
ANy other benifits you care to share?

 

it feels less topheavy than a 4-runner but still a lil more than a pickup if that makes sence still have yet to offroad with bigger than stock tires tho

benifits lots with the box there everything is accessible with out crawling into a bed or whatnot and its very very very nice to have a place to put wet muddy straps other than dropped on the carpet in the back and on the not so applicable note its funny to overhear people in a parking lot who can't seem to figure out what the heck your driving i hateed crawling around in the back before when i was covered in mud or when the thing i wanted was just out of reach now i can access anything while standing outside

 

Oh nice never thought about it....

Where is arrowhead CA?

Id like to see one of these in person

 

Paint is ugly

 

904 i am in the hills just north of san bernadino

 

well i sat down and thought hmmm what could make my chop job look really good......then it hit me a crap paint job so i went with it

 

LOL...hey, looks 100X better than my tire. Mine is like the ultimate redneck paint job. LOL

 

gotta love krylon

 

lol...I think mine was probably painted with wal-mart brand paint, considering the quality. Haha

 

just an idea, but move the toolbox forward and cut a space in front of the bed so it sinks into the "bed" space.

then make some tube contraption that hangs ur spare instead of a tailgate

 

haha yeah mine was some cheep brand i got at the local feed store lol

 

not sure where exactly that is...

But how long did this take you.

Out of a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the easist, how hard was this project?

 

I hope yours doesn't turn out like this

 

You SAS'd your truck and your worried about how hard that is???? Come on mike

 

What im just wondering.....

I hate sheetmetal.. thats my problem.. lol

Im also about to tackle a 3.4 swap and i ask the same scale for difficulty!

 

lol...yeah me too. I seem to burn holes in it while welding

I can't wait to see your 3.4 swap though! Your rig is definitely BA!

 

I love them. They gave me the ride height that I was looking for for now and the ride with them is the same as it was before, not that it was that great to begin with. And yea I put them in myself at a buddies shop. I got to use air tools which by the looks of it with the chop you should have some. They went in really easy. Me and my buddy got both shocks, cut both UCA's, and got both BJ spacers in, in about an hour and a half if I remember. And that was without prepping any of the old nuts and bolts with pb blaster or anything.

 

i used a stitch welder to weld sheet metal. it reduces the amperage of a stick welder and gives you more control of the rod IMO

u still pop holes, but it lets you run a bead longer