My really slow 4runner build up

darius · Sep 12, 2007

1 grumpy said:
Looking good D,how's your eye doing.Hope it get's better

I had to have it removed.

Bunk1 · Sep 12, 2007

darius said:
I had to have it removed.

That pink eye is a beotch:haha:

TTF Fabrication · Sep 13, 2007

darius, what radius die are you using? i have always wanted to do a cage in a first gen 4 runner, something about the tube work coming out from under a covered cab into thin air just looks cool. this rig is going to be bitchin when it's done

darius · Sep 14, 2007

Doing the cage is alright, the thing that suck's is that the cab has a huge radius up to the highest point, so it's gay trying to keep head clearence, and even gayer keeping any head clearence in the rear without bending after the cab(and not making it look like a butt). It also look's like a canoe rack if you bring the cage all the way to the back, and 4 side pillar's is gay too, so I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's not really that alright building a first gen runner cage:redneck: , I'm pretty happy with mine though. Honestly I don't know what radius the die is, I know it's 11 1/4" from start to finish of bend's on the 2". I think it was a 7", I think it's 7 1/4 from bend start to end plane equaling a stretched clamp:redneck:

TTF Fabrication · Sep 14, 2007

i know what you mean about the radius of the roof, kinda sucks to work with. i guess it's just the cool factor of the look when the top is off. 2" tube with that loose of a radius is especially hard to work with when you're talking in cab, but i really like what you did with it. i am a fan of minimalist functional cages, they always look much better than the jungle gyms anyway. and on yours, you can justify every inch of tube involved. i see too many cages that have wasted tube doing nothing just because people think "more tube=better/stronger." moral of the story is your rig is sick.

darius · Sep 14, 2007

TTF Fabrication said:
i know what you mean about the radius of the roof, kinda sucks to work with. i guess it's just the cool factor of the look when the top is off. 2" tube with that loose of a radius is especially hard to work with when you're talking in cab, but i really like what you did with it. i am a fan of minimalist functional cages, they always look much better than the jungle gyms anyway. and on yours, you can justify every inch of tube involved. i see too many cages that have wasted tube doing nothing just because people think "more tube=better/stronger." moral of the story is your rig is sick.

well thank you, it's not about minimalist or cool, it's in the layout, every tube disperses energy to another to another to another and all end's in the frame, sure tube will dent, you can't help it, but I guarentee after going through pirate in the sweetest runner thread, mine will hold up the best and has half the tube. I didn't want a full cage for the sake of weight, but I thought the runner would look retarted with an in cab cage only. anyway's thank's for the prop's:awesomework:

Paulie · Sep 20, 2007

This winter is gonna be killin it.

Money Mark · Sep 21, 2007

Word.

darius · Oct 7, 2007

Got off my ass and did a little tonight, also got some pics of what the rear fender's look like, they are cut exactly to where the tire touches at full stuff all the way around, I think it look's gay, so we'll see if I can figure out something better looking. Also my custom 80 degree knuckles.

Jaydog · Oct 7, 2007

Wow, that thing turns sharp :eeek:

darius · Oct 7, 2007

BTW, if the ram look's familiar, it's all thank's to toybug:beer:

Roccrawler · Oct 7, 2007

darius said:
BTW, if the ram look's familiar, it's all thank's to toybug:beer:

your rig is jinxs now :eeek:

darius · Oct 7, 2007

Roccrawler said:
your rig is jinxs now :eeek:

For the price, I'll take my chances.:haha:

Roccrawler · Oct 7, 2007

:5bitch:

darius said:
For the price, I'll take my chances.:haha:

Money Mark · Oct 7, 2007

How is this thing going to get finished when you're out camping in the rain?:flipoff:

Roccrawler said:
:5bitch:

Troy.....:screwdog::fawkdancesmiley:

Roccrawler · Oct 7, 2007

whos in the rain?

darius · Oct 17, 2007

I'm still kinda putting along, got seat's mounted, and finished up on the cage what i couldn't do when I had to pull it out.

1 grumpy · Oct 18, 2007

looking good D :awesomework:

crash2 · Oct 18, 2007

putting right along :;

darius · Oct 18, 2007

crash said:
putting right along :;

At a very low rate of speed, right now though I'm doing lot's of thing's that don't make for good progress pics, i'm starting the downhill run to the end though.