need measurements for body dropping

Only problem with stock flooring a Toyota 3.5" is that you will have a rame less than 3/4" tall. If you do the frame under the cab out of 2x3 you'll get just over a 1" drop and save a little head room.

As for the original question, I have a 2" traditional body drop. Lays rocker, and I have a little over an inch of headroom with the headliner in. Without it, about 3. I have stock Saturn seats in it with no modifications. I can easily sink them down about 2 inches. I'm 6'3".

Originally posted by blazedbowtie82

If you do the frame under the cab out of 2x3 you'll get just over a 1" drop and save a little head room.



well, thats partly true. But if you set up your new rails to be as low as the front crossmember, you gain at least inch of body drop. It's tough to explain in words, but I did the same on my Mazda sfbd and got 2.5 inches of bd even though the original frame was just under 5 inches tall and I used 3x2. A more accurate way to measure for sfbd is to use a tape measure to measure from the bottom of the floor to the bottom of the rockers, that will tell you what size tubing will fit, on a toyota I think its like just under 3.5 inches.

A friend Ryan Z'd his toyota first and then traditional bd'd it, and with just over 2 inches of bd (like 2 1/8? 2 1/4? its been so long haha) he lays rocker. He has WAAAAY more headroom than I ever did, methinks my seats were too high.

But sfbd>tbd , I've owned 4 tbd and one sfbd and I will never ever ever ever go back to tbd.

i think ill just stick with the traditional cuz i dont have the knowledge/experience for a stock floor, and if i have issues with me in my cab then ill put a sunroof in...........does anybody know of any good companies that sell sunroofs?

Originally posted by Russ-D



Originally posted by blazedbowtie82

If you do the frame under the cab out of 2x3 you'll get just over a 1" drop and save a little head room.



well, thats partly true. But if you set up your new rails to be as low as the front crossmember, you gain at least inch of body drop. It's tough to explain in words, but I did the same on my Mazda sfbd and got 2.5 inches of bd even though the original frame was just under 5 inches tall and I used 3x2. A more accurate way to measure for sfbd is to use a tape measure to measure from the bottom of the floor to the bottom of the rockers, that will tell you what size tubing will fit, on a toyota I think its like just under 3.5 inches.

A friend Ryan Z'd his toyota first and then traditional bd'd it, and with just over 2 inches of bd (like 2 1/8? 2 1/4? its been so long haha) he lays rocker. He has WAAAAY more headroom than I ever did, methinks my seats were too high.

But sfbd>tbd , I've owned 4 tbd and one sfbd and I will never ever ever ever go back to tbd.



I am completely aware of this Russ. I modified my stock frame to sit flat, so that with exactly 2" of body drop I lay rocker. My frame is 4 1/8" tall. So basically, if I were to stock floor it under the cab, I would have about a 7/8" body drop to lay rocker. It just wasn't worth all the extra time to me, if I still had to go traditional.

And for the guy that started the thread, definitely Z the frame or section the front crossmember to lay flat before body dropping. Its a 3" body drop to the rocker, versus a 2 1/4" or whatever it is Zd.

Mines 2.5 with a Z'ed front clip and im 6'1" and it has a stock bench seat. I still have some headroom, and i can use my tilt steering

I wish I had tilt steering. Lol.

im not totally sure about this but wouldn't channeling a sfbd save some head room too?

I'm 6'2 and I got an 88 I have a hard time tru=ying to get my leg under the steering wheel too I also don't have much head room. its only a 2.5 inch BD I also have integra seats.

Edited: 5/19/2006 6:01:00 PM by sadisticiron

yeah i channeled mine and it still has head room cant tell were its cut once carpet is inand i have tilt steering too

well i would do a stock floor but i dont have the experience/knowledge for doing one, but if i decide to how much will it cost?