where and how much for a surf body

[De-lux]

was daydreaming on the way home from work, does anyone have a rough figure for either a 4runner or a surf body in relitively good nick?

where would you buy one from also?

and finally, would that bolt on pretty easily to my hilux chassis (LN106)?

im over the ute and thinkin about a wagon. anyone wanna swap?

cheers peeps.

[WarChild777]

A Swap sounds very temping, but im happy with my wagon atm. All tho i wouldn't mind a 4b which i didn't ahve to care about damaging as much

[dumbdunce]

get a fiberglass canopy for the tray and punch the window out the back of the cab and join it all up with a flexible waterproof coupling, F100 ambulance style. assuming you have a styleside tray. they can be sealed up pretty well and decked out as a camper or whatever for minimal $$. dow50r off this board picked up a decent fiberglass canopy on ebay for $20 so there are bargains out there.

or just trade/sell the ute and buy a wagon, you will not save anything doing a swap. my guess for a good straight body will all panels and interior would be $3000ish, but good luck finding one - most wrecks are wrecks because they've been in a prang.

I have always had wagons but there are many times when I want a ute - like for hardcore offroad stuff the ute always wins - so much less bodywork to bust. but then when I go camping or load 8 people in the 80 I think hurrah for wagons.

[De-lux]

get a fiberglass canopy for the tray and punch the window out the back of the cab and join it all up with a flexible waterproof coupling, F100 ambulance style. assuming you have a styleside tray. they can be sealed up pretty well and decked out as a camper or whatever for minimal $$. dow50r off this board picked up a decent fiberglass canopy on ebay for $20 so there are bargains out there.

or just trade/sell the ute and buy a wagon, you will not save anything doing a swap. my guess for a good straight body will all panels and interior would be $3000ish, but good luck finding one - most wrecks are wrecks because they've been in a prang.

I have always had wagons but there are many times when I want a ute - like for hardcore offroad stuff the ute always wins - so much less bodywork to bust. but then when I go camping or load 8 people in the 80 I think hurrah for wagons.

always a good source for info (thats why i ask ya )... cheers dunce

i had a canopy once upon a time, but i hated it. sold it for $600. the ute is handy, but i would prefer a wagon for the same reasons as you. putting stuff in and poeple (stereo gear, air tank and i wanna put draws in etc etc)

i was hoping somone would have a wagon and want a dually ute. i think it might be too much effort anyway. more of a daydream than a serious idea

[dumbdunce]

with a dual cab you have the best of both worlds! you can only fit 2 more people in a surf/4runner if it has the back back seats in, and much less gear!

(except the bed of a dually is not long enough to sleep in :()

[WarChild777]

I've thought about getting rid of my surf and getting a dual cab Lux a few times, i was thinking about it agian yesterday.
I got the wagon coz i had no use for a ute, so the wagon has been great to me i sleep in it while camping. But i want to put drawers in the back, which then i want be able to use it how i used to.

And as im getting more and more in to offroad 4x4ing, less panel would be great like dunce said.

[shavedtoy]

check the wheel base im pretty sure the surf has a shorter wheel base, i know guys who have put single cab plus extra cab tray on surf
running gear,

[eliteforce32]

have to move the last body mount i believe, as the runner chassis is agodd foot shorter than the standard hilux chassis

[slosh]

Don't know if it's a foot shorter.... I thought 4runner were 106 in wheelbase, dual cab 110in?

[WarChild777]

check the wheel base im pretty sure the surf has a shorter wheel base, i know guys who have put single cab plus extra cab tray on surf
running gear,

I knwo its shorter then a dual cab, just for the fact when i park next to my brother can ealisy notice the the difference

[tomsoffroad]

Yip I'll swap bodies with you. You pay the freight!!!!!

[TWISTY]

I was offered $4500 (body, interior etc..) for mine when I was thinking of putting a late model hilux extra cab body onto the 4runner chassis. It was from a minitruck guy who was planning to drop the 4runner body onto a 2wd chassis.

[dandownunder]

I'll swap bodies

What would be involved in the mounting points though ?!


cheers
Dan.

[RUFF]

The Surf body will not fit your dual cab frame without shortening the frame. In the middle.

[De-lux]

The Surf body will not fit your dual cab frame without shortening the frame. In the middle.

too hell with that idea then...

cheers for the input, but sounds like too much of a frig around.

[RUFF]

However you could buy an early leaf sprung 4 runner frame and fit the late model surf body to this with all your running gear.