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85 superbobbed 4runner(aka BURNING BENJAMINS)
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris S" data-source="post: 494814" data-attributes="member: 5757"><p>I actually made many attempts of drawing on the bedside before coming up with the body line I landing on. This obviously is just a personal preference thing but I knew going in that I wanted this truck setting as low as possible and I knew the front would be limited on uptravel because of pan hard/upper link tower to engine issues( still hoping for 4+") but I figured if I was doing the bob I had no excuses for the rear to be restricted by anything other than the length of struts I could package in this thing. I may have got a little carried away with this but again I drew multiple times(had to go to the other side bc I jumbled up so many lines) and this line seemed to flow the best for my likings. The length I decided on cutting the bed off to start came from where I think it will work best when I cut the hardtop down. It's acutall 8-10" longer than the red 4Runner I showed at the start of this thread that I liked so much. As for the top I'm wanting to cut the back windows out of it but my plan is to mate the original sliding glass portion back to the top so after studying that portion of the top this was the length I felt good about accomplishing that task.</p><p>After landing on the line I liked I made a cardboard template to duplicate the line on the other side. I undercut this line by 1/2"-5-8" using tin snips and a die grinder then used hand tongs and pliers to bend the excess metal under.( I relieve cut the excess as needed to make the radius) I did this instead of just cutting the line because I found out on my first build when tubbing the firewall and rear fender wells for tire clearance that it's quite difficult to weld thin sheet metal together so this method gives you one more ply to burn through before having to fill holes with weld. Here's some visuals!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris S, post: 494814, member: 5757"] I actually made many attempts of drawing on the bedside before coming up with the body line I landing on. This obviously is just a personal preference thing but I knew going in that I wanted this truck setting as low as possible and I knew the front would be limited on uptravel because of pan hard/upper link tower to engine issues( still hoping for 4+") but I figured if I was doing the bob I had no excuses for the rear to be restricted by anything other than the length of struts I could package in this thing. I may have got a little carried away with this but again I drew multiple times(had to go to the other side bc I jumbled up so many lines) and this line seemed to flow the best for my likings. The length I decided on cutting the bed off to start came from where I think it will work best when I cut the hardtop down. It's acutall 8-10" longer than the red 4Runner I showed at the start of this thread that I liked so much. As for the top I'm wanting to cut the back windows out of it but my plan is to mate the original sliding glass portion back to the top so after studying that portion of the top this was the length I felt good about accomplishing that task. After landing on the line I liked I made a cardboard template to duplicate the line on the other side. I undercut this line by 1/2"-5-8" using tin snips and a die grinder then used hand tongs and pliers to bend the excess metal under.( I relieve cut the excess as needed to make the radius) I did this instead of just cutting the line because I found out on my first build when tubbing the firewall and rear fender wells for tire clearance that it's quite difficult to weld thin sheet metal together so this method gives you one more ply to burn through before having to fill holes with weld. Here's some visuals! [/QUOTE]
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