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is there a better way??

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nopistons96   +1y
hey guys,
im new to the forum but not new to b series mazdas. i am currently on my 3rd one. my first was an 88 2200 which was static dropped and rusted hard. the second was a SPL project named "the budget pounder" that my buddy and i did. and we did well with it. back in 97 we were doing solid 157's with 8 15's and 800 watts RMS. but this time with the current ride, i have kind of taken a tuner approach to it. i dropped in a S4 NA 13b, and i had the axles redrilled to a 4x114.3 bolt pattern and bolted up some 18" 5 spoke wheels. and now its time to move on to the important things, like bags. so here is my question... i really want to keep as much bed space as i can. is z framing the rear going to allow that? or should i just notch it and not worry about it because i cant have my cake and eat it too? or maybe there is a better way?? enlighten me.

any help and direction is appreciated. thanks.

mike
mymmeryloss   +1y
Post pics of the rotary!
emjay   +1y
I don't know if Zing the frame will work or not, but one could always lift the height of the bed floor itself up some and have some storage space.
rotten   +1y
Notch frame as u would normally then body drop the bed and u still have full use of bed
nopistons96   +1y


lets say i did this. how deep is the box?

thanks for the help guys. it appreciated.
mike
1hotdawg   +1y
Here's Mikey's thread. He is z'd with a body dropped bed.

nopistons96   +1y
Mikeys is not the one i was thinking about but his looks great.

his truck bed.

thread post photo


this might be the answer i was looking for.
rotten   +1y
yeah... i mean sure u loose 6-8" of depth, but at least theres not a giant gaping hole in the middle of it haha
mymmeryloss   +1y
That looks badass!
91extcab   +1y
That is mikey's bed, he's got a 4in frame z hidden under it, I personally went with a z'd frame cause I wanted to keep a flat bed floor, and if I ever decide to pick up a regular bed I could easily put it on if the bed was body dropped...