Time for a update I got the laptop setup in the rig and its awesome! I have been sing it to explore old Missouri towns and its a ton of fun.

Here are some pics of our most recent trips.






















(Trigger The NAVIgator)

 

Nice job man with all your work.....but I think you may have just made my "To-Do" List A LOT longer! How are the interior pieces holding up now after a few months?

I'm currently doing suspension work, lift, etc to mine. Then on to interior/body work. My interior is blue and I HATE it. I wonder how doing a base coat of Krylon Fusion, then rattlecan bedliner would work out on interior pieces.

Ruskymx

 

Ruskymx,

I have put the paint through it's paces and it looks the same as the day I sprayed it on. It has held up a lot better than I thought it would that is for sure. I would not use a base coat when using rattlecan bedliner just spray it right over top of the plastic, this will give it a better hold.

 

Nice job man! I especially dig the card trick for painting the wheels! Totally gonna do that one! Keep it up! Cant wait to see the trailer get started!!!

 

just an FYI, the Krylon fusion has a special plastic primer that is formulated to prime plastic pieces and it works FANTASTIC and wont come off without sanding... also, it gives a nice porus surface for the bedliner to stick to...

i only say this if you have a dash like mine where the previous owner armoralled it twice a week... (seems like)
sometimes in the summer i think i can fry an egg on that damn dash...

EDIT: Bosco, i LOVE your sig!!!

 

Great build!! Truck looks pretty damn good.

 

love the runner man! great idea's, i think im going line my interior as well

 

Where are some pics of the finished skid plate. That was looking sick!

 

Not complete just yet, had some other things come up but looking to get it done in the next couple of weeks.

 

Thanks Space-junk! One of my favorite Heep thing sayings.

 

Any luck with that skid plate?

 

I just read through the thread. Your interior looks amazing. I'm thinking about doing the back of my 86 runner. How much road noise do you get when you take the carpet out and line it? my carpet is crap so i need to make a change.

 

Sweet looking interior!!
Hows the krylon holding up?

 

Skid plate got put on the back burner atm but I did start to fab and build a rear high clearance bumper with swing out and it's turning out awesome. PICS to follow

Not much road noise at all, it is a little louder but after a couple of days you get used to it and totally forget the sound changed. Go for it you will love it.

Still looks just like the day I sprayed it. It's amazing and I am very surprised how well it's held up.

 

Ok it's time to post up what I have been working on.

I have always wanted a rear bumper with tire carrier/swing out. However I would never pay the prices that they go for, but after starting the build I fully understand why they cost upwards of a grand.

I have spent most of my time measuring and thinking and doing a little at a time.

I wanted a bumper that was high clearance, has side protection and a rear tire carrier with swing out. So after a lot of thinking and designing this is what I came up with. It's not complete and there is a lot of tweaking that I need to do but I am making good progress.





Here is the swing out that will house my Hi-Lift Jack and spare tire. I wanted to keep the majority of the weight close to the hinge to keep as much force off the hinge as possible. The above setup only weights 14lbs

The hi-lift support will be cut off at the end of the supporting plate, and the top of the main beam will be cut at the same angle as the hi-lift support to make it look purty




Hi-Lift Jack base that matches the angle when the jack is mounted.




Rough basic design of the rear bumper, the main rear beam is 2" x 4" 3/16 Side protection is 2" x 2" 3/16 and the side protection supports are 1" x 1" 3/16. I will add quite a bit more bracing before its complete. I am also going to be adding a receiver and mounts for shackles.



I searched and searched for a hinge that would get the job done for the swing out and settled on 4x4 competitions hinge kit. I liked the fact that they provided a sleeve for the hing to sit in allowing the height of the hinge to be adjust and fine tuned before welding. The hinge is BEEFY!!!





The roll/tension pin is used to set the height of the sleeve then you simply weld it in, and your done.

Here she is mounted up.



I love it!!! The tire will also be housed on the right side and I will start working on that tomorrow.









Here is how the hi-lift is supported, I used two 1/2" bolts and cut them down to size, I then took my grinder and ground the top of the bolts flat, I drilled a small hole then used a clevis pin to insure the wing nuts could not back off freeing the hi-lift. Super simple and super BEEFY the Hi-lift is very sturdy and it not going anywhere.



It's getting there!



This shot shows how tight the clearances are! I feel pretty proud that I was able to make it fit this good. I hate some of the rear tire carrier bumpers that hang off the back of rigs 3' or more. I wanted to insure that my departure angle was better than stock.




Fully open.



Fully open showing clearance.



Bolts tack welded in



Hing with dual Zerks (minus the dust cap)



I will be using a 2,000 lb SS Latch like the one below. It will be here on Monday



The side protection will also have hoops to protect the qtr panels like this.





Having the Hoops bent up this week

So far I have $168.00 into the rear bumper. Sure beats a grand..............

Stay Tuned!

Chris

 

Awesome!!
I had planned on Herculiner...Herculineing...Herculiner-ing...I planned on puttin it in the place of carpet for a while, wanted to make some other changes and this is EXACTLY what I was looking for
Very excited to see your bumper, very interested in a tire swing also. That was an option Toyota should not have done away with,
Good luck!!!

Looks like you have pictures now.... Im liking what I see

 

Hoops Are bent and welded!









Took the bumper off yesterday and primed it, still need to add a receiver hitch and some additional bracing plus the tire mount.

 

Looking good LifterCatcher, i may be moving to Columbia in a few weeks for a new job. If so, i would love to give you a hand and let you see my 4runner also. I don't know anyone in Columbia, so it would be nice to atleast know someone.

 

HEck ya man, hit me up if you move to town! There are a few of us wheelers here.

Chris

 

Hey man you wouldn't Happen to live anywhere near Sikeston Missouri or Jackson Missouri. I live in Sikeston and a lil hole in the wall named Oran but in Jackson there's a nice mudpit place for like 10 bucks. If you live around here or are ever down here hit me up.