Recent content by TheRuggedRunner

I'm in the process of doing a complete camper conversion to my 4th Gen 4Runner. I started by removing the backseats and factory cargo deck, then built a sub-floor and plywood bed/deck on top of that. I've got some pictures posted in my build thread.

Updated this thread with some pictures of the plywood bed/deck I've been building out in the back on the 4Runner, it's almost finished and hopefully will take the 4Runner out to my nearest National Forest for some dispersed camping for a few days as a trial run before I start building the...

Ah, well if that's the case I'm building a camper conversion inside the back of it with the intention to live and travel full time inside of it. So no overlanding with bros here, I usually adventure solo.

What exactly is a "broverlander"?

Right now my focus is to finish building out the interior...but once that's done and if it's in the budget, i'd like to get a lift.

I used one 1"x 4"x 8' board, one 1"x 6"x 8' board, and two 1"x 8" x 6' boards...built drilling out pocket holes with pocket hole screws and plenty of wood glue. It was fairly cheap, around $30 in lumber and makes for a far more stable platform to mount a sheet of plywood on top. I used 2 of the...

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Here's some pictures on the plywood bed/deck I've been working on building in the back of the 4Runner, I'm still not finished with this part of the build but it's about 80% completed. The sub-floor: The plywood bed/deck:

Removing the backseats and factory cargo deck took a few hours, but once done it freed up a lot of room in the back of the 4Runner for building out the interior. Here's the video I made from that project: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lNq-RBuGPCA"...

Here's the video of the Sherpa Equipment Co. roof rack install: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hyjDyIPIo8E" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> As well as some pictures...

Howdy all, About 9 months ago I picked up a fairly low mileage (105k) 4th Gen 2005 V8 Sport Edition 4WD Toyota 4Runner and finally got around to working on building out an overland camper conversion a few months ago. I previously had a 2nd Gen 2005 Honda CR-V for about 2 years that I had...

Thanks! Are you going to place the plywood over the carpet? I tried that and there was no support, it was spongy in the middle so had to come up with a solution for long term rigidity...so I framed up a sub-floor and bolted it to the pre-existing bolt holes in the back of the 4Runner, once...

I did what extremewlr has done, cut a cardboard template to get a fairly accurate fit then trace it on a 3/4" sheet of birch plywood...however since I didn't have a large enough piece of cardboard handy, I ended up using several smaller pieces and made sure my measurements were spot on. I...

I know this is an old thread, but if anyone is still interested in this topic I'm in the process of converting my 4th Gen V8 into an overland camper. I've got a YouTube channel where I've been posting videos on the build.

Building out the back of my 4th Gen with a plywood deck.