salmon died, now the smolt emerges from the gravel

[Ramrod]

well after a very short but very rough life the salmon was ready to finish its run and be stripped down.  This is Rockwalker on heres 4runner.  It was super nice till march I think when our buddy karl decided he wanted to spin a doughnut in 4wd in the mud with 3 people in the truck and you could probably guess the rest from there.  After that billy basically just beat the out of it for the summer and Karl bought him this super clean 4runner replacement since he was sorry.  Now we are going to swap bodies and do some more while the body is off.  Specs are gonna be- 3rz, clocked duals & 4.7, 5.29's, detroits, hydro assist, 3 links front and rear, 16" air shocks in the rear, ? up front, 40" tires, blah blha

heres some pics:

before rollover next to my truck fresh out of shop-

flexing on the 40

still nice a couple weeks later hitting the ring-


couple days later, tides had turned.  who's running over who now?

the replacement

cleaned up a lil ready for the hammers-


and now fastfoward through some more wheeling trips and a failed attempt at stump hill last saturday because of a empty tank of gas and someones idea that Powersteering fluid worked for brakes-

[Ramrod]

fresh rear end, front will be shaved to match-

another view of frame-


some piece I hacked off-

new motor ready to break -

view from the shop-


im sure he'll get on here to tell some more about it now that I got it going.  its also going to get a full exo so it doesnt end up like the last one

[Ramrod]

cruising back out to the shop right now, ill get some more pics if theres any progress

[jimbo74]

nice!

[NorCalToy]

kool. that new runner body looks pretty clean.

[topar]

 

[Duffil]

[Ramrod]

im back now, he hacked off the frame from the gastank back because the tire rubbed on it and tubes cooler anyways right? were gonna cut the old runner body in half so we have a nice firewall and floor to mock the 3rz and drivetrain up to so we can get it into its ideal home

[Doof]

thats gunna be sick when its done.... stoked to see how it turns out

[kneedownnate]

Sweet!  Pretty stand up of the friend to buy him another rig too!  Wheels on the donor look like enkeis?

[awhotrods]

Thats a sick back bumper on the runner!  Did you guys make that, or was it bought?  Looking for a similar style for my 90 runner!

well after a very short but very rough life the salmon was ready to finish its run and be stripped down.  This is Rockwalker on heres 4runner.  It was super nice till march I think when our buddy karl decided he wanted to spin a doughnut in 4wd in the mud with 3 people in the truck and you could probably guess the rest from there.  After that billy basically just beat the out of it for the summer and Karl bought him this super clean 4runner replacement since he was sorry.  Now we are going to swap bodies and do some more while the body is off.  Specs are gonna be- 3rz, clocked duals & 4.7, 5.29's, detroits, hydro assist, 3 links front and rear, 16" air shocks in the rear, ? up front, 40" tires, blah blha

heres some pics:

before rollover next to my truck fresh out of shop-

flexing on the 40

still nice a couple weeks later hitting the ring-


couple days later, tides had turned.  who's running over who now?

the replacement

cleaned up a lil ready for the hammers-


and now fastfoward through some more wheeling trips and a failed attempt at stump hill last saturday because of a empty tank of gas and someones idea that Powersteering fluid worked for brakes-

[DeadlyPeace]

That should definitely be one nice TOY when you're done. Looking good 

I like the webbing on the bumper, custom I'm guessing.

[Ramrod]

ya he built it but didnt attach it good enough and it got bent to at the hammers so now its sitting in the scrap pile

[Shoyrtt]

im back now, he hacked off the frame from the gastank back because the tire rubbed on it and tubes cooler anyways right? were gonna cut the old runner body in half so we have a nice firewall and floor to mock the 3rz and drivetrain up to so we can get it into its ideal home

Is the new Runner body going to remain full length? Looks good!

[88toyota]

looks good

[Ramrod]

no its going to be bobbed around 14"

[Hyena]

You guys go through trucks like underware, and i am still on my first!

[olivedrab85]

Let's see that super beef zelda sword!

[Ramrod]

ah the zelda sword, I dont have any pics of that.  No brad I think we go through more trucks than underwear actually.  This things gonna be sick

[kiyul4130]

You guys go through trucks like underware, and i am still on my first!

ya, mines planning on sticking around for quite sometime.

fresh rear end, front will be shaved to match-

damn you were right ramrag, those were some slicks lol

[brainlessfool]

I was thinking this thread was about fish? 

[rockwalker]

i chopped the rear of the frame off at the back of gas tank.  It rubbed and it was pretty ugly

[Yota4life]

Sweet another buildup. Looking good. Does he plan on it being streetable?

[kiyul4130]

Sweet another buildup. Looking good. Does he plan on it being streetable?

it use to be before it was trashed....i bet it would ride so nice with the front linked.

[Yota4life]

it use to be before it was trashed....i bet it would ride so nice with the front linked.

True but i bet it would get massive body roll without sway bars.

[Doof]

just use chain as limiting straps and it ill be good, just shorten the chain when you drive around town and dont go nascar and i bet it would be tits

[Ramrod]

ya its gonna be a street truck for sure, he hates towing.  and he'll still drive it nascar. 

[DeadlyPeace]

ya its gonna be a street truck for sure, he hates towing.  and he'll still drive it nascar. 

No other way to drive a 4x4. If at least one tire doesn't leave the ground on the corners then your foot ain't heavy enough.

[Doof]

my nascar days are over, i used to but after i sas'd and put on my 37's she just doesnt want to run as hard anymore... im bummed but still get some nascaring in on the highway going to school flying by ppl in little cars... thats always fun

[Yota4life]

I need new shocks or something my truck has such bad body roll. I always feel like im going to flop it makin turns. Thats would be a sight. Scares the crap out of the g/f