-R2J Kustoms Lil' Courier "Shop Truck"-

[R2j]

Originally Posted by jon1197

one badass rig man!

Thanks man!

[66sprint6]

YES!!! Very nice, have you gotten a chance to try out the new shoes on the rocks? I did my first set of sliders similar and will do another set here shortly, simple, clean and effective!
Matt

[R2j]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

YES!!! Very nice, have you gotten a chance to try out the new shoes on the rocks? I did my first set of sliders similar and will do another set here shortly, simple, clean and effective!
Matt

Thanks Matt! I have finally got a chance to drive it, and it is awesome. Ran it around this past weekend and couldn't believe how well it did. Definitely had perma grin the hole time!


Now for a little update. Decided to build a drop bed for it out of aluminum. Also while at one of the LHS's I found a brand new set of HPI RS4 touring shocks on the clearance rack, so decided to do away with the stock shocks and hoops. To my surprise, the truck does very well with them and now considering doing the same thing to my FJ40. Sure made for a clean bed install.

Bottom view, you can see the beading I did to get that factory look and also the tail lights.


One of the bed mounts.


Shocks mounted right to chassis.


A look at the inside.



Used 2-56 x .125 stainless screws to mate bed to body.

[VP Dan]

looks killer shon clean !!!!!!

[Jester666]

The bed looks awesome, any plans to paint it or will you leave it raw?
Keep up the good work and keep those pics coming.

[JJR]

Wow, the bed come out great. How did you stamp the floor like that?

[R2j]

Originally Posted by dan wilson

looks killer shon clean !!!!!!

Thanks Dan!

Originally Posted by Jester666

The bed looks awesome, any plans to paint it or will you leave it raw?
Keep up the good work and keep those pics coming.

Thank you! Yes plans are to paint it and also build a spare tire rack.

Originally Posted by JJR

Wow, the bed come out great. How did you stamp the floor like that?

Thanks! The beading was done with a machine that is used to put the gore seam on adjustable sheet metal elbows. I work at a HVAC/sheet metal shop, so have access to lots of cool tools. The bed it self, minus the fender wells, is formed in one piece and the beads are done while in the flat. It's really just a simple pan made from aluminum cooler skin, well simple if you have the right tools, but simple none the less.

[MG200]

That bed adds so much to the overall look, very nice!

[chicostaxxs007]

shon that bed looks killer great work as always

[R2j]

Originally Posted by MG200

That bed adds so much to the overall look, very nice!

Thanks Trenton! It was some that needed to be done. How do you have a shop if you can't hall stuff.

Originally Posted by chicostaxxs007

shon that bed looks killer great work as always

Thanks chico! But that's not the only killer bed I'm working on.

[chicostaxxs007]

dont remind me, i cant wait

[66sprint6]

Bed looks awesome! You gonna hit it with bedliner or leave it aluminum? I wanna see some action shots with the new suspension setup!
Matt

[R2j]

Originally Posted by chicostaxxs007

dont remind me, i cant wait

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

Bed looks awesome! You gonna hit it with bedliner or leave it aluminum? I wanna see some action shots with the new suspension setup!
Matt

Thanks Matt! Never thought about using bedliner....hummm, was just going to paint it and let it get scratched up. But might check into that.

I'll see if I get see time in the next day or so for some action shots and maybe a video. It works surprisingly well with the mix of stock shocks in front. I know some of the UTARDS use a set up similar and like it.

[66sprint6]

With the way you have it dimpled it might look awesome with just some paint on it! Itll look like bedliner. I ran a similar setup on the old UglyYota for a month or two and actually liked it quite a bit, but I ended up not doin a drop bed and it wasnt really needed so I went back to the stock setup. If I do a full interior on the new Bronco im workin on I might go back to it again
Matt

[R2j]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

With the way you have it dimpled it might look awesome with just some paint on it! Itll look like bedliner. I ran a similar setup on the old UglyYota for a month or two and actually liked it quite a bit, but I ended up not doin a drop bed and it wasnt really needed so I went back to the stock setup. If I do a full interior on the new Bronco im workin on I might go back to it again
Matt

The dimpling is actually how the metal comes. If you ever looked at most walk in coolers, it's the skin that they use to cover the panels. I have a couple a sheets here at the shop left over from a repair job we did.

I'm going to use that set up on my "Texas 40" FJ40 build that I'm working on now, just so I can put a full interior in it too.

One of the next items on the list, is to build an interior, install a servo winch and build a very minimal front bumper. Looking to just plate the front of the chassis to use a fairlead and then just one single piece of tube right under the grill. I really like the approach angle and the looks of just the grill and head lights. Rear is going to get just a receiver hitch or something for just a single "D" ring.

[sally1800]

I love where you took this rig. Nice job Shon.

[Grizzly4x4]

That bed is over the top shon! Too cool.

[R2j]

Originally Posted by saydee1800

I love where you took this rig. Nice job Shon.

Thanks Brian! Sure beats sitting on the self collecting dust like it was doing. It sure is fun to drive!

Originally Posted by Grizzly4x4

That bed is over the top shon! Too cool.

Thanks a bunch Chris! It's been a long process so far but it's getting there.

[hung0417]

looks nice....
by the way,
how u wire up the tail lights?
I saw RadioShack has similar lights, but I have no idea how to wire it up.

[R2j]

Originally Posted by hung0417

looks nice....
by the way,
how u wire up the tail lights?
I saw RadioShack has similar lights, but I have no idea how to wire it up.

Thanks!

Those are the Radio Shack lights, and as wiring them. The best way, and what I'm going to do, is to tie them all together, reds to red and black to black, so that you only have to run one pair of wires. The front light will be wire the same, so there will be only two pairs going to the battery.
I'll see if I have some time tonight to make them up.