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Mazda Trucks \ NEED HOW TO PICS FOR BODY DROPPIN A B2200NEED HOW TO PICS FOR BODY DROPPIN A B2200
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shorty660
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Edited: 1/2/2008 8:44:05 AM by shorty660
my friend and i both have mazda's his is bagged and mine is gettin bagged this summer. We are wanting to attempt a body drop on our trucks. We have done all the research just would like to see pics of how other people did there mazda's just incase there is somethin were missing. oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop. thanks
my friend and i both have mazda's his is bagged and mine is gettin bagged this summer. We are wanting to attempt a body drop on our trucks. We have done all the research just would like to see pics of how other people did there mazda's just incase there is somethin were missing. oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop. thanks
dssur
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Originally posted by shorty660
oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop
you might put that at the beginning in bold instead of the end with an "oh yeah" tacked on. both guys above are trying to be helpful (seth no doubt would have posted his well pictured and excellently storied how-to himself if you had been asking about cut floor)
I did a sfbd on mine, pictures are in my profile. I didnt have access to a frame table, so I built a jig exactly as wide as the original rails and marked the position and height of the stock cab mounts with pins. With the front clip welded to the jig, I knew the rails would be straight and level, and then a just measured down 2 1/2 inches on the pins to locate the new body mounts. the cab dropped on and I could see daylight through all four holes, success!
oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop
you might put that at the beginning in bold instead of the end with an "oh yeah" tacked on. both guys above are trying to be helpful (seth no doubt would have posted his well pictured and excellently storied how-to himself if you had been asking about cut floor)
I did a sfbd on mine, pictures are in my profile. I didnt have access to a frame table, so I built a jig exactly as wide as the original rails and marked the position and height of the stock cab mounts with pins. With the front clip welded to the jig, I knew the rails would be straight and level, and then a just measured down 2 1/2 inches on the pins to locate the new body mounts. the cab dropped on and I could see daylight through all four holes, success!
suckafree
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I have no room for a table, so I built a simple jig on a level every which way floor with some 1'' 1/8 thick flat stock with some threaded rod welded to it. My body mounts are perfect.also check this out for referance measurementshttp://www.mazdatruckin.com/B2200/FrameSpecs.html
detached
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i know this may seem like a lot of work. however im gonna give you access to a major text hand out from a legend in my mind when it comes to anything mazda b2000,2200,2600,2600i, there is a user on here rarly comes on anymore however his posts even the back dated ones are on here still under all of our avatars says see this users posts pick one of us & change the name to plantedlief he had a lime green mazda on here he was the mazda guru in my mind then theres russ and a few others too but he had the body drop down to a text progress..
TwistedMinis
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Originally posted by Russ-D
Originally posted by shorty660
oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop
you might put that at the beginning in bold instead of the end with an "oh yeah" tacked on. both guys above are trying to be helpful (seth no doubt would have posted his well pictured and excellently storied how-to himself if you had been asking about cut floor)
I did a sfbd on mine, pictures are in my profile. I didnt have access to a frame table, so I built a jig exactly as wide as the original rails and marked the position and height of the stock cab mounts with pins. With the front clip welded to the jig, I knew the rails would be straight and level, and then a just measured down 2 1/2 inches on the pins to locate the new body mounts. the cab dropped on and I could see daylight through all four holes, success!
That definitely would have been a good idea. You're still getting answers for traditionals. Had that been what you wanted, yes I would have linked to the simple how to on here. Or told you to wait a few months for a very detailed article on a traditional Mazda BD to come out in MT.
As far as stock floors go, I haven't done a Mazda, but they aren't all that different. On a Mazda you should be able to go to the pinch without actually cutting the floor at all. Theres plenty of room between the transmission and the tunnel. I just did a 720, stock floored to the rockers. Its in my profile. I did it on jack stands without removing the cab. I braced the frame diagonally and side to side, then cut the frame into an L shape and laid 2x3 inside the rails, then welded it up, build new bodymounts, a backhalf, cut the floor up and dropped the cab. I would consider it a quick and dirty stock floor, because it was quick yes, but won't look as good as a 3/4 frame. But some people don't care about what the frame under the cab looks like, so maybe I'm just weird.
Originally posted by shorty660
oh yeah it's gonna be a stock floor body drop
you might put that at the beginning in bold instead of the end with an "oh yeah" tacked on. both guys above are trying to be helpful (seth no doubt would have posted his well pictured and excellently storied how-to himself if you had been asking about cut floor)
I did a sfbd on mine, pictures are in my profile. I didnt have access to a frame table, so I built a jig exactly as wide as the original rails and marked the position and height of the stock cab mounts with pins. With the front clip welded to the jig, I knew the rails would be straight and level, and then a just measured down 2 1/2 inches on the pins to locate the new body mounts. the cab dropped on and I could see daylight through all four holes, success!
That definitely would have been a good idea. You're still getting answers for traditionals. Had that been what you wanted, yes I would have linked to the simple how to on here. Or told you to wait a few months for a very detailed article on a traditional Mazda BD to come out in MT.
As far as stock floors go, I haven't done a Mazda, but they aren't all that different. On a Mazda you should be able to go to the pinch without actually cutting the floor at all. Theres plenty of room between the transmission and the tunnel. I just did a 720, stock floored to the rockers. Its in my profile. I did it on jack stands without removing the cab. I braced the frame diagonally and side to side, then cut the frame into an L shape and laid 2x3 inside the rails, then welded it up, build new bodymounts, a backhalf, cut the floor up and dropped the cab. I would consider it a quick and dirty stock floor, because it was quick yes, but won't look as good as a 3/4 frame. But some people don't care about what the frame under the cab looks like, so maybe I'm just weird.
dssur
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Originally posted by TwistedMinis
As far as stock floors go, I haven't done a Mazda, but they aren't all that different. On a Mazda you should be able to go to the pinch without actually cutting the floor at all. Theres plenty of room between the transmission and the tunnel. I just did a 720, stock floored to the rockers. Its in my profile. I did it on jack stands without removing the cab. I braced the frame diagonally and side to side, then cut the frame into an L shape and laid 2x3 inside the rails, then welded it up, build new bodymounts, a backhalf, cut the floor up and dropped the cab. I would consider it a quick
you couldnt do a mazda that way, the frame is only 5" tall, you would end up with a slightly less than 2 inch bodydrop, hardly worth the effort of pulling the cab.
I forgot to mention, I made my frame level with the front crossmember , which normally hangs down 1/2 inch, by spacing the original rails off the jig 1/2 inch before welding it all down. This z'd the front frame horns and allowed me to drop the cab mounts 2.5 inches.
Its hard to explain, but a 5 inch tall frame rail replaced with a 3 inch tall frame rail would still only equal a 2 inch body drop, but if you add the 1/2 inch spacer to the bottom of the original rails, you would effectively have a 5.5 inch tall framerail repalced with a 3 inch tall framerail, for a 2.5 inch bodydrop, enough to lay rocker. Mine will lay rocker once I drag the pinches.
This also keeps you from having that too common "ghetto lean", where the front crossmember hits the ground first and the truck leans back when laid out.
As far as stock floors go, I haven't done a Mazda, but they aren't all that different. On a Mazda you should be able to go to the pinch without actually cutting the floor at all. Theres plenty of room between the transmission and the tunnel. I just did a 720, stock floored to the rockers. Its in my profile. I did it on jack stands without removing the cab. I braced the frame diagonally and side to side, then cut the frame into an L shape and laid 2x3 inside the rails, then welded it up, build new bodymounts, a backhalf, cut the floor up and dropped the cab. I would consider it a quick
you couldnt do a mazda that way, the frame is only 5" tall, you would end up with a slightly less than 2 inch bodydrop, hardly worth the effort of pulling the cab.
I forgot to mention, I made my frame level with the front crossmember , which normally hangs down 1/2 inch, by spacing the original rails off the jig 1/2 inch before welding it all down. This z'd the front frame horns and allowed me to drop the cab mounts 2.5 inches.
Its hard to explain, but a 5 inch tall frame rail replaced with a 3 inch tall frame rail would still only equal a 2 inch body drop, but if you add the 1/2 inch spacer to the bottom of the original rails, you would effectively have a 5.5 inch tall framerail repalced with a 3 inch tall framerail, for a 2.5 inch bodydrop, enough to lay rocker. Mine will lay rocker once I drag the pinches.
This also keeps you from having that too common "ghetto lean", where the front crossmember hits the ground first and the truck leans back when laid out.
TwistedMinis
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Well its only 2.25" to the rocker. So it could be stock floored the way I described to the pinch without cutting the floor. The Nissan I did had a 4.625" tall frame, and I stock floored it 2.5". Its do able, the floor will just need a little bit of work is all.
Its definitely doable.
Its definitely doable.