Been thinking about doing this for a while, after getting my truck beat up at Sadie Creek, I finally jumped into it, here are some picks of the mostly completed project.



Had to make some serious mods to my Marlin Crawler bumper. It was too long on the sides, and the mounts were also waaaay too long after the bob.








Ended up cutting 15" out of the bed, and OMG, welding this back together was a pain, must have done a thousand spot welds! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

looks good... I hear ya on the 1000 tack welds.

What a nice second generation xtra cab! That's my kind of truck! -- Matt

man, makes me miss my 86.

Has anyone done this with a 1st gen 4-runner? I have seen it on a red 4runner i think from All-Pro but seeing this rereminded me that a bobbed bed looks SO COOL! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />....My 88 runner has the top off most of the time so I don't care so much about losing the top and my tail gate is begging to be "hollowed" out and used like a truck gate.

I know it has been done several times; if you are going to just ditch the top altogether, that makes it even easier. Even if not, cutting the top is quite easy. Just very, very messy (think drywall dust).

Aside from teh top, teh part that makes the Runner different is that the "bedsides" are hollow (well, normal truck is too) but the inner side is not a complete wall. E.g. when you take the plastic panels off the interior, there really is no reall "wall" to that inside side. So depending where your cut line is, you'll have to make up some framework on the inside. My suspicion is that you'e end up making new "panels" from wood/MDF or something anyway though.