Camper runner

[norcalassassin]

Norcalassassin's build thread (pop-top 4runner)

Photo dump June - July 2020

2006 Subaru Legacy GT seats installed.
They aren’t a direct swap, I used the 4runner seat brackets and welded them to the Subaru seat rails.

Comfort is amazing, I’m 6’4”.

Temporary window while waiting for CNC.

Shop trip in Lakes Basin.

Floor material for the floor in the camper area. Lonseal DR802.

Floor cut out, I used ACX plywood. Planning water tank and fridge/freezer location . 16 gallon Recpro tank.

I still need to make the rear body mount access hole accessible through the floor..

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[dkerr]

Super stoked to see how the camper build turns out! I'm a huge fan of pop up style camper conversion and might consider this when I have loads of free time!

 

[norcalassassin]

Rear window panel v1 - 7/30/2020

Cutout is for a 300x500 mm Tern Overland window.

Waiting for the adhesive to cure and then I can pop in the Tern window [emoji41]

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[MattJakobs]

How do you plan on supporting the weight of the camper? Seriously looking forward to this thing

 

[SherpaEquipmentCo]

Super excited to see how this turns out. There was a pop-top 3rd gen down the street from our shop for a while that was all custom fiberglass and canvas, it was pretty cool.

 

[norcalassassin]

How do you plan on supporting the weight of the camper? Seriously looking forward to this thing

The roof “pass-through” will be boxed in with the body and tied into an internal roll bar.


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[norcalassassin]

Super excited to see how this turns out. There was a pop-top 3rd gen down the street from our shop for a while that was all custom fiberglass and canvas, it was pretty cool.

That’s super rad! I haven’t seen one in person ever.

I actually decided to go a different route than fiberglass. I was concerned about longevity and how detrimental a stray tree branch could be...


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[norcalassassin]

Update 8/1/2020

Tern Overland window is in! Very stoked on the outcome. I will get some more photos uploaded soon.

My file was a bit off so the outer shape wasn’t perfect, though it was easily remedied with the jigsaw [emoji869]. I will be paneling the passenger side with no window cut out so I can test another.

Tern Overland provided the .dxf for the window so shout out to those gangstas!

Before installing the Tern window.

Bam.

Water leak test: pass


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[norcalassassin]

Norcalassassin's build thread (Pop-top 4runner camper build)

8/3/2020

Inside view of the window flange mount.

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[bushy]

looking good!

 

[norcalassassin]

Norcalassassin's build thread (Pop-top 4runner camper build)

Cutting holes..

Almost finished with the roof conversion. Aluminum sheet is sealed and bolted to the roof using existing roof rack nuts and through bolting with sandwich plates. Outer foam seal and sika 252 to weatherproof.

The aluminum plate will get an adapter on top to attach to the tent.

I’m very impressed by how stiff the roof already is with the addition of the aluminum. I still plan on adding a roll bar to tie in as well though.












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[Chuckles89]

Awesome progress! Can't wait to see it done!

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[Anonink]

Cool pics

Cool build. I’m in the bay, Oakland. Currently doing a 3.4 swap but after let’s hit the trail

 

[owyheerat]

^^^ this is such a GREAT idea! I wish I had the balls to pull it off.

Please keep this updated!

Durwin

 

[raKnizek]

Excited to follow along on this one. Keep the updates coming! This is a great project.

 

[norcalassassin]

Build photo dump 11/02/2020

Interior mock up, floor is hard mounted. Norcold 12v fridge/freezer.

Bed platform supports upholstered.

Removable bed panels, one is larger than the other to allow for more room while standing and cooking if someone is in bed. I’m waiting on my 3-piece mattress to get back from the tailor.

Lonseal floor is glued in. Still need to add some aluminum trim to the back.

Wind fairing eliminated all the wind noise. Stoked at how quiet the rig is with the floor and Noico in place.


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[Chris_Overland]

What is the benefit of this over a regular hardshell RTT? Killer project though!

 

[norcalassassin]

What is the benefit of this over a regular hardshell RTT? Killer project though!

There are quite a few, off the top of my head:

- Standing room for 2 people for cooking/food prep/getting dressed.

- A place to hangout during inclement weather. (adding an Espar heater for cold nights)

- You can access: sink, stove, bench, bed, storage, hot water, etc. without leaving the truck.


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[JohnOfTheJungle]

This is super cool. What do you estimate to be your total weight once you’re loaded down for travel?


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[norcalassassin]

This is super cool. What do you estimate to be your total weight once you’re loaded down for travel?


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Good question! Im hoping 4900-5000#

A lot of consideration has been done to keep it under GVWR at 5250#


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