Built not bought.

[Bairleafarm]

Let me show you my rig and it's current state of build. Here it is the day I bought it. Just needs a fuel pump. Lol not. Got it home and its corroded to death. Wiring, harnesses, body, seats, everything. I have my rock crawler but its not my style so everything will swap over to the 4runner. View attachment 69458

 

[Bairleafarm]

Reinforced the back and fiberglassed it in. It's too bad this thing is so far rusted. View attachment 69459View attachment 69460

 

[Bairleafarm]

The cargo area was just as bad. I really like the flexseal. I'll be curious as to how it holds up. It's got a good feel to it.View attachment 69461View attachment 69462

 

[Cpol]

Congrats on your purchase.

 

[Bairleafarm]

Time to clean up a bit. A load for the scrap yard. The spare 22r and 22re will go into storage.

The front springs are broken and the axle is sitting on the frame. Ordered a $400 lift off Ebay. View attachment 69464View attachment 69465View attachment 69466

 

[Bairleafarm]

The lift kit came with add a leafs for the rear lift. It wasnt enough so I added 3" left blocks. It leveled it out nice. Here's the first drive to town. Had to get gas. View attachment 69467View attachment 69468View attachment 69469

 

[Bairleafarm]

Winch time - I went with a new cable instead of rope. Abrasion resistance is the reasoning. I went with the wireless remote from tractor supply. Plugged right in to the ramsey winch. In is out and out is in but it's got a ton of range. View attachment 69477View attachment 69478View attachment 69479

 

[Bairleafarm]

A roof rack and here's how she sits. I converted it to a 5 speed and it has the 22r. I also started a dash. The other one was all broken. I've used luan for now. If I like the layout I can use it as a template at a later time. View attachment 69480View attachment 69481View attachment 69482View attachment 69483

 

[Bairleafarm]

A little more work on the dash. The engine never had a thermostat in it when it was in the crawler. I broke the temp gauge sending unit so I have to go to town in the morning to get one as we are going to the woods tomorrow and I dont want to run it with out the gauge. I have to be easy off road as the driveshaft is a smidge short. I need to do some frame work in the spring and I may switch to longer springs. Indont want to get the drive shaft changed if I am going to change the wheelbase in a few months. View attachment 69586View attachment 69587

 

[Bairleafarm]

I dislike the dash but the shakedown trip went well. Everything worked as it should. While.it drives like crap over 40mph it does surprisingly well off road for having open diffs.


I dont know if lowing the dash a couple inches will help but something needs to be done. View attachment 69660View attachment 69661View attachment 69662View attachment 69663View attachment 69664

 

[Bairleafarm]

I've lowered the dash. I cant stand it that high. View attachment 69706