Hello all.
I really want to do a complate frame swap on a project fj-40. I’m trying to find a compatible donor frame. I really would like a Cummins in my FJ40 and it would be easier on me if I just swapped an fj body onto a ram 2500 regular cab. For the purpose of this post let’s just talk about widths, length will be determined later.
The track on an fj is 55. The track on a 2500 is 69. That’s a difference of 7.5 on both sides. Maybe if I play with the backspacing on the wheels I can get that to 6 on both sides? The big question is going to be the look. I really don’t want this thing looking like a toddler put it together out of legos. I’ve seen some pretty nice rear fender flares on some cruisers that looked good, but I’d have to widen the front fenders too. This shouldn’t be that big of a deal since I plan on running tube front fenders.
I’ve only found one guy, from Costa Rica?, that widened the body’s on his fj40 over all but the look of it just isn’t the same.
I guess really I’m looking for opinions. And I’m sure there going to be pretty rough. But let’s try to keep it constructive. How bad do you think it would end up looking if the stance of the rig was that wide. I’m planning on this being my daily driver, so I want to make sure it looks right going down the road.
(For all you die hard yota guys out there, I’m considering a regular cab tundra swap too. But the width will have the same issue.)
I really want to do a complate frame swap on a project fj-40. I’m trying to find a compatible donor frame. I really would like a Cummins in my FJ40 and it would be easier on me if I just swapped an fj body onto a ram 2500 regular cab. For the purpose of this post let’s just talk about widths, length will be determined later.
The track on an fj is 55. The track on a 2500 is 69. That’s a difference of 7.5 on both sides. Maybe if I play with the backspacing on the wheels I can get that to 6 on both sides? The big question is going to be the look. I really don’t want this thing looking like a toddler put it together out of legos. I’ve seen some pretty nice rear fender flares on some cruisers that looked good, but I’d have to widen the front fenders too. This shouldn’t be that big of a deal since I plan on running tube front fenders.
I’ve only found one guy, from Costa Rica?, that widened the body’s on his fj40 over all but the look of it just isn’t the same.
I guess really I’m looking for opinions. And I’m sure there going to be pretty rough. But let’s try to keep it constructive. How bad do you think it would end up looking if the stance of the rig was that wide. I’m planning on this being my daily driver, so I want to make sure it looks right going down the road.
(For all you die hard yota guys out there, I’m considering a regular cab tundra swap too. But the width will have the same issue.)
