85 4runner to Truggy @ ORS

[OffRoadSolutions]

Why do the 2 over engine tubes bend towards center at the firewall? Seems less structural....?

The place they come into (the windshield bracing) is a good structural point, we also wanted it to look different and eye catching.
We are going to be adding tringulation to the front along with other bracing, so structure definitely will not be an issue

Nice build and the welds look great.

Odd topic, last fall you guys had a black 4Runner sitting in front of your store. Is that the one you are building now? If so do you guys still have the front bumper of it? I asked back then if you were interested in selling it and told me to check back.

BTW the wiring harness for the front e-locker I bought works fine now. I had to change the connection on the e-locker from your old style to the new style but it worked fine on China mans gulch. I tell everyone who needs wiring to get it from you guys, it is a true plug an play...............if you have the right plug

Are you talking about the black pickup we had here? We have a bumper available for 2nd gens that was on it.
That is not the vehicle we are working on though.

Glad the harness is working for you! We really appreciate you telling people about us too. Thanks

 

[buffethat@comcast.ne]

"Are you talking about the black pickup we had here? We have a bumper available for 2nd gens that was on it.
That is not the vehicle we are working on though."

No, it was a 4Runner beat pretty bad, 1st gen. No biggie I was just wondering, I am getting ready to start an EXO cage and that would have been a good base to start from.

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Ahhh sorry!

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Well, the guys got more of the tubing done. The notch they had to make to get this to work was pretty crazy. You will see the "fender tube" that was there already, and this is another bracing tube for the fender/hood area to add structure and integrity.

Looking from the front:

Looking from the back:

The guys also got the rear hoop built, the one for behind the back seats.

Also, they strung up some string (the yellow string you see in the picture above and this photo) around the chassis to show you points they will be re-enforcing in the near future with more tubing.

 

[Full_M3tal]

Sweet Action!

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

More Bending & Welding!

The guys spent alot of time cutting/bending/fitting/notching tube this week on the 4runner/truggy. As you can see overall there is alot of bracing to all the hoops, the roof is more complete and the fender bars are tacked in too.

Here is a side view. you can see the door bar on the driver side, that is just set in place (not tacked) yet, it will be the same for the passenger side.

Some other bars to come:
~off of the back 2 hoops, there will be a cross bar to protect the back seat area more (the owner plans on bringing his kids wheeling sometimes and wants to make sure there is additional protection there for them - which is why the rear hoop is also "X"d)
~from the top of the rearmost hoop there will be bars going down to the horizontal hoop you see
~from the rear horizontal hoop there will be bracing in 4 places down to the frame

this is an "under" view of the roof tubes. the front of the vehicle is at the right of the picture

once again, there will be tubes from the rear hoop to the rear horizontal bar, then to the frame. there will also be brace tubes on the side of the horizontal bar to the frame for more support.

they actually started welding some of the bars in all the way also

And I'm short so I did my best to get a top view of the roof.

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

The chassis has been finished (well, the part of it we are saving the blue prints for and will be offering as a product later down the road).
All of the rear tubing has been completed and everything has been welded into place (as opposed to just tack welded).

The hood/fender area, cab area, floor, roof, and rear area are all finished along with adding a front stinger. You can see the rear bracing that was added from the rear hoop to the rear horizontal bar, and the rear and side supports from that rear horizontal bar to the 4Runner frame. Not to mention the cross bars on the "side windows" in the rear seat area.

The owner (Rob) wanted to make sure the rear really offered security to the rear passengers since his children will be riding with him sometimes.

Now, by no means are we done with this project. We still have the sheet flooring, sheet firewall, seats & harnesses, motor/trans, axles, new shock mounts and steering to put together for the project. We are also building a monster harness for it and installing it.
Rob will be doing more work to it as well, but for the most part that covers what we will be doing in the shop for him.

Here are some pictures of the completed chassis with the motor in, still on the lift.

Here are some pictures with no motor, axles underneath and rolled outside.

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

a shot of the windshield tubing, to roof tubing

driverside fender area back

passengerside fender area back

looking up from the engine compartment to the back

looking from right behind the rear seat, forward

 

[M3TAL D0RK]

looks like alot of thought went into this.. Looks good. you doing any paneling on it?

 

[WristPin]

damn that is some nice work!

that pic of the end of the frame- those are the nices welds I have ever seen!

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Thanks alot guys!

There will be sheeting done, we are definitely doing the dash/firewall/floor here, however we are not sure if we or the customer will be doing the rest of the buggy

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Well the guys finally got the pieces they were waiting for back from laser cutting. (For the seat mounts).

So now the seat mounts are done. Not too much work (for us) left on this truggy build. The customer is going to finish up alot of the finishing work.

There will be a few more updates for you though!

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Well our customer came and picked up his 4runner/truggy and will be finishing the work himself.

We got his pedals mounted, steering column/wheel all situated, motor & driveline are in. We also built a monster harness for him. Seats mounted, front winch mount integrated into the stinger, and I think thats it.

So here is teh finished product out of ORS.... the rest will be done by the owner:

sideview of the steering shaft/assembly and pedal mounts

top view

 

[ToyotaNick]

flex pictures would have been sweet! but that thing looks awesome!

 

[OffRoadSolutions]

Thanks a million!