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« on: Aug 25, 2007, 04:40 pm »
During my last Death Valley trip back in April 2007, my 4runner sustained heavy damages to an accident caused by driver error on all parties. Unfortunately the accident resulted in an inoperable 4runner and a heated debate on whether or not to repair or total it. After many months of discussion the decision to rebuild has now been set in place.

With the help of many friends and vendors the 4runner will be rebuilt better than version 1.0. The goal is to remove the entire engine sheet metal and replace it with a tubed front end which will be stronger and lighter. A new bumper will be designed in conjunction with the tubed front end.

Parts that I'll need to replace:
Hood - one with hood scoop will be nice
Headlamps - 2006+ would be nice
Radiator
A/C Condenser
Tranny Cooler
Power Steering Cooler - aftermarket
HID bulbs - So it'll be the same as it used to be
Air Box and tubing to throttle body
Misc other crap

I will probably keep my stock fan and not use an electric fan. Not sure but that's the plan as I don't want to incur additional costs on the repairs. Trying to keep the $$ down to a minimum since this is all out of pocket frown

Now to the good stuff. Pictures!



Here's what it looks like at home:



The first phase is to remove all parts inside the engine bay. Here's a shot of the passenger side after a bit of work.



Got most of the drivers side cleaned up as well as the front end but no pictures. I'll start to cut the sheet metal tomorrow and will keep all of ya posted on the ongoing results.
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« Reply #1 on: Aug 25, 2007, 05:30 pm »
This is going to be awesome!!
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« Reply #2 on: Aug 25, 2007, 06:09 pm »
Glad to see you're getting to work on it Lance!  It'll be cool to see what you come up with on version 2.0 greengrin
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 25, 2007, 06:49 pm »
 thumbup Nice to see this, Lance.  Wish you lived closer so I could help out.  You guys need to work fast, Pismo will make for a great unvealing. king
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 25, 2007, 08:56 pm »
Pismo would be nice and I'll do my best to bring it then but it's gonna be a toughie!
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 25, 2007, 09:24 pm »
Plenty of time. Its just a couple scratches.



Good luck and hope you have fun... Otherwise it wont be worth it.
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« Reply #6 on: Aug 25, 2007, 09:31 pm »
it'll buff out.
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« Reply #7 on: Aug 25, 2007, 09:33 pm »
Quote from: Seanz0rz on Aug 25, 2007, 09:31 pm
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« Reply #8 on: Aug 25, 2007, 10:00 pm »
Quote from: Good Times on Aug 25, 2007, 08:56 pm
Pismo would be nice and I'll do my best to bring it then but it's gonna be a toughie!

Wow, that would be cool!  I was really just kidding, but dude if you guys could pull it off that would be cool.  Plus you need to take version 2.0 pics at Pismo since thats where most of your modeling pics for 1.0 were taken.
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 26, 2007, 12:22 am »
Damn dude, congrats on rebuilding it. It really sucks what happened but hell, sh*t happens. Cant wait to see the outcome of it and that would be super cool if it was ready in time for Pismo. Dont forget, have fun with it.  thumbup
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 26, 2007, 01:18 am »
Congrats on the rebuild.

My motto to myself comes to mind when I see this build...
If it needs to be fixed or replaced, why not just upgrade.

And since you will be changing to a tubed front end, its an upgrade.

Wish I could help, but my mechanical skills are still in the nill...
(I already have my own issues to deal with...)

Good luck, and gods speed on the recovery!
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« Reply #11 on: Aug 27, 2007, 02:29 am »
this should be fun smile  today, i helped lance cut the sheet metal..well actually, i was holding, he was cutting.  though lance let me take the sawzall to the front portion for kicks greengrin  i'm going to have to do this to the veggie benz to cut out the rust and weld some panels in, so this is good practice.

lance showed me the designs.  shoudl be cool and a good learning experience.  i am sure it will look as good as this when it is all finished:



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« Reply #12 on: Aug 27, 2007, 02:12 pm »
har har bob! that's it, you're not gettin any of my scrap metal to practice welding on!  flipoff

Here's some more pictures... the freaky stuff!





cuttin up the sheet metal was fun. didn't take much to really cut into the metal. now I just need to clean up the mess and start on the tubing work smile





thank you bob and sunny for dropping by to give me a hand smile tubing work will begin shortly. well as soon as I get all of the equipment/parts for em.
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« Reply #13 on: Aug 27, 2007, 02:38 pm »
Lance, can I state the obvious and say now would be a good time to change your engine belts.  spit

J/K

Keep those pics coming!
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« Reply #14 on: Aug 27, 2007, 02:56 pm »
Lance, nice progress.  Sometimes just getting started is the hardest part.

I have a broken ass shade popup you could borrow so that you aren't working in the sun.
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