Fitting 2nd gen surf body to 1st gen chassis

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:10 am

Hi all,
i'm really needing a 4 door surf as family enjoy 4-wheelin' these days and my old 2 door surf is a pain in the behind, also getting a bit shabby for the warrant man, but mechanically its perfect and well set up.
Was looking at replacement of the vehicle, but...........has anyone any had any experience at fitting a 4 door body to a 2 door beam axle chassis??.
These 4 doors with blown 2.4lt engines are getting bloody cheap and it's got me thinking!
Also what would be any LTSA probs as my beastie is already cert, would I need recert??
any help would be appreciated before I purchase a 4-door and find it can't be done

DieselBoy · Post by **DieselBoy** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:48 am

Urrm, not sure if this is relevant, but i have "seen" a guy down on the coast who rolled his 2.8 Lux, and fitted a 91 surf body to the chassis afterwards as the Lux body was beyond repair.

I assume the solid axle surf chassis is very similar to the Hilux, so you could be in luck?????

Very interested to know if a surf to surf swap could be done :lol:

eatenfuller · Post by **eatenfuller** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:56 am

good stuff be different thats what i like to see

yes it can be done,a gen 4door chasiss is shorter than u think

its just the case if redirecting youre youre gen 1 chasis mounts for the gen 2 body ................easy as i reckon

regarding cert yes it will need to be re- certed $350.00

for the simple reason youve swapped the body (not an oem std spec)

theres actually a guy that lives up Urewhenua(upper takaka)he did this years ago

,you wouldent even know lookn at it.i personally dont know him but he drives for G4 logging(hes carts out of mt richmond)dont know his fleet number :scratch: .

ill keep my eye out HHUSTLER

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 8:19 am

cheers guys, will ring the cert man down here

Leithfield · Post by **Leithfield** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:42 pm

Mike H. has done body swaps Tim - PM me for contact details if you want to pick his brains.

hosehustler · Post by **hosehustler** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:55 am

was chatting to him yesterday :wink:

cheers anyway Kev, looks like this project is going to happen, seeing as I will have to run it through certification again I might do some of those other things I would like to, i.e cross over steering for sure , maybe falcon springs in the rear