PismoJoe

Nice man! That soft topper is gonna sick!

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

hey guys got the soft top done not much else (funds are short lol) i decided not to do side windows (for now) i can always take it back into my new upholestry friends and have them add some windows if need be as well as maybe adding a second layer of sunbrella (im not fretting that too much cuz for now i need to finish the interior panels and find a back seat (ive thought about ordering a corbeau being ill be doing corbeau up front with time. once all thats said and done with ill be moving to the rear suspension first as well as doing my rear bumper build all at once. its going to be very similar to Dirtco's 85 runner's rear bumper shackle mount setup being i hacked 14 in out lol, after that ill be doing my frt suspension, as well as sliders and ordering an addicted bumper being my homebrew is junk haha (sick and tired of fixing the pile of metal) then after that dual cases, custom d/s, then stuffing the frt axle with the 30's as well as chromo hub gears, and probably aussie locking it (i will have a detroit trutrac for sale) see what else oh ya brake upgrades, alternator upgrades, some motor mods, (intake swap, header, reroute exhaust (again) etc. then cage it, harnesses, and i think ill be done haha lol if it only it was as simple as typing it and cheap too lol. anyways now that my fingers are cramping i reckon you guys need a little toy porn. peace

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

Oh an i forgot the sides and back all roll up just like my old can back, ill get some interior shots of how the top velcros to the middle and rear cross bar as well as how the back velcros into the sides (all similarly designed like a canback) cant say when ill get the pics being im headed out of town for work and dont know when ill get to love on her some more haha anyways heres the pics

side shot of top.


rear shot



tubs


still need to finish myu tailgate its going to be alot like an old jeep style hinged gate (best design i could come up with cuz u it would still be functional ) whenever i get some more down time and metal and an actual plan, well you guys know the drill lol

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

oh and i know my lsvp is hanging down its since been fixed (will be removed before too long)

richf

Top looks good man. Did you do all the fabric work yourself?

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

na man i didnt have an industrial sewing machine so i had a local custom upholestry shop make it out of sunbrella fabric , total cost for the actual soft top was 324.95 metal material was 80 bucks and conumables cost me probably about 75-100 bucks, I did solid weld alot of stuff where i probably could have gotten by with strip welds, but i figured since i was welding it id just go ahead and do it all now and not have to go back later ya know but considering about 500 bucks for a custom top, cant complain at all heck if you were just building a soft top for a regular four runner id say you could probably do a can back look alike for around 5 - 600 bucks which is alot better than 1600.

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

hey guys i know its been a little while nothing has really happened with the runner, its been kinda sitting until summer time cuz lack of garage makes for hard modding in the winter i do have a new project ride though an 06 tacoma 4x4 with some mods def happening ie camburg front and probably old man emu rear 33s, smoked lights, system, some performance mods and ya by the time im done with that ill get back to finishing the runner

PismoJoe

Haven't seen you're rig with the completed softopper! Looks good man, hope you can do more soon!

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

Thanks pismo. I'm actually going to be doing more to the runner being it's warmed up and staying warm so I'll be doing the suspension pretty damn soon hopefully in the next month or so then hopefully I'll be ordering the cases or adapters (haven't made up my mind yet) then I'm gonna jump to caging it cuz I found a bad ass shop in Austin tx believe it or not

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

sadly no updaTES ive been playing with my 06 tacoma , i need to do a build thread except for i forgot to take pics FML anyways ya

joeymmeezz

Looks good

LIVES4CRAWLIN91

Still no progress on the runner life is kinda hectic sadly she has been sitting for 7 months now :/

ChefYota4x4

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Dang man, .... don't feel bad though! LOTS of your fellow Americans can relate!!! Sometimes, the toys/projects gotta take a back burner, ya?