Crammit442
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Long story short.....I rear ended a mustang last year and mashed up my front end pretty good. Finally decided to total it, but bought it back from ins company. After looking for a replacement 3rd gen for several months and not finding what I'm looking for, I've decided to put mine back together. I thought I'd found a donor truck w/a straight Desert Dune front end that i could just swap out. After looking at it, it's not all that straight after all and I'd still have to paint. Since I'm going to be painting anyway, I've just about decided to go ahead and do the Tacoma front end swap. Reading the thread about it sounds like its not any worse than rebuilding a T4R. I'm not too worried about the big parts like the fenders, hood, radiator core support, etc. I'm more concerned about all the little pieces that would inherently be present if I was pulling parts from a donor truck. Does anyone have a good/favorite vendor for the sheet metal that also understands the big picture and can help me put together an order that includes ALL the parts I need to do the job? I've pretty much decided that the "TacoRunner" is a really cool look. Thanks in advance!
Charles
P.S. Here's the Taco swap thread I was referring to.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/66752-taco-front-end-conversion.html
Charles
P.S. Here's the Taco swap thread I was referring to.
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/66752-taco-front-end-conversion.html
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