4 Runner front end conversion

This is a brief step by step build of a customers front end conversion that I did. Started this project about 10am this morning and finished at around five... Here she is... I did the conversion while Lost Cause did other misc body work on the truck..

she came in like this

Parts pile



The proper way to do a swap is to drill out all the spot welds and remove it as clean as possible... That is how I did it








With the support cleanly removed its time to prep the new/used 4 runner front







With all the old 4 runner metal removed from the core time to do some test fitting




Everything seated in place and temp screwed in to ensure proper alignment... no welding has been done at this point

headlights first



grill and fenders



Bumper



Hood



Corners



At this point no welding has been done.. everything is set to make sure it sets perfect.. Final welding will be done this evening.. Some cutting has to be done to the hood to make it sit proper since this truck is bodied to the rocker.