Bagging a 4x4 Izuzu Rodeo

So i have a 1996 4x4 Rodeo that im thinking of raising up, but id rather bag it. Whats the easiest way to bag this type of truck? How much work am i lookin at here? Any help would be appreciated.

are you talkin about bagging for lift or drop

if yer lowering it, fist step is to strip out the 4x4 crap.

Go get a S-10 front clip from the junk yard and build a new frame startin with that.

get a regular cab frame u will have 2 make body mounts but it will work

Hey Lee. The first thing you need to do is answer the first q. R u trying to lay it out or raise it with adjustable suspension? If you are trying to lower it, there are many ways to do it. Your imagination is the only thing to stop you. Unfortunately, no matter which way you decide to do it, it is bound to be very difficult. I think anyone who is building a 4 door mini out there would agree that having back seats and back doors and an entire body that needs to be cut out and then rewelded to be quiet and moisture free is not the easiest project to take on. When I left my Spacecab behind and took on my Rodeo, I never imagined the amount of difficulty that I was getting myself into. I would recommend that you take a look at my profile and miles(boundce22) profiles and take a look at some of the other fellow Rodeo builders in this site to decide which route you plan to go. I beleave that starting out with a 4x4 chassis is not the best move because of the amount of transmission reworking that you will need to do. In addition to that, in '96, that rig was based on a computer and pulling out the 4 wheel drive may likley cause a bunch of problems that you probably dont want to deal with. Besides, there are quite a few 2 wheel drive chassis out there that you can pick up pretty cheap. I paid about 4 grand for mine when I got it, but I have seen them as low as $800.00.

Thanks for all the responses. When i said bag it i definitely meant as in laying it out. I have not been home to look at it in a long time so i don't really remember what the suspension looks like. Is there a specific reason why you cant use the 4x4 suspension? Also when you say you've seen frames for as low as 800.00 is that like a built to order frame? Or like a frame from an existing truck? Thanks again.

To answer your direct question of why we dont use the 4x4 suspension is. Even when these these things are 2wd and dont have the front axels in the way they have very limited room on the lower control arms for air bags, and the upper arms are pretty short which limits travel. They do not produce spindles for the Rodeo chassie which makes it hard to get these things to lay out on larger than a 17" rims.

Spong was probably talking about getting a 2wd truck frame and building from there. He did a 2wd Isuzu truck front clip and rear axel.

I also recommend that you swap the frame out for something else, like a toyota if you want 5 lugs or isuzu truck if you want to keep the 6 lug, they are pretty close in width so you shouldnt have any problems making that kind of frame fit.

If you want to struggle through using the Rodeo frame there are a couple people on here that have them bagged i don think any of them still have the front axels in them though, you should see if they will share the pics of there bag mounts. I have seen some of them way back when i started mine and it was very crowded in there.

You could check out my profile if you want but you probably wont find many useful pics on there cuz i heavily modified the Rodeo front clip to work with the Toyota spindles, and the rest of the frame is new, along with the body mounts and floor.

Anyways good luck with the Rodeo, when you decide which route your going to take let us know and we will try our best to keep you rollin.