please help before we screw up

Edited: 11/5/2006 8:25:39 PM by rollinjunk

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yup it will work. ive done that to an explorer. ull have z the frame to match how much you cut off the bottom and make sure the rear suspension will go up that much further also.

i dunno james, yota frame is similar to my mazda, and that frame is nowhere near as tall as a ranger/exp frame, i wouldnt do it...if you cut 2inches off of it, you'll have a 2x2 as a frame

Isnt this the alternative for a SFBD rather than cutting the TOP of the frame off and lowering bodymounts? It'd probably be a good idea to put tubing inside the stock frame and then plate it all off.

wouldn't you need to raise the tranny and everything that set even when the bottom of the frame up as high as you cut off though? so you would then have to cut the floor to make room for it.

you cant cut two inches off the stock frame, it will be a real flexible flyer.

You cant cut two inches off the lower ocntrol arm crossmember, the contro larms will fall out.

You cant just cut two inches off the bottom of the frame, because your engine and transmission and exhaust will be the lowest part of the truck, you'll lay tranny and oilpan and exhaust, not pinch.

IF you cut two inches off the bottom of the frame and none of that other stuff was a problem, your suspension would have to droop an extra two inches to lay out, I see ball joints breaking and pinion angles going bad before that happens.

IF you were to raise the front clip, chop two inches off the bottom of the frame and reinforce it, raise the tranny and the exhaust, build new crossmembers...

congratulations, you just did a SFBD. There is a reason no one has tried your idea before, it doesnt work.

yea you'd have to build a new tranny crossmember either way, and tunnel for it in the cab. i wanna do mine soon.. just the other way, shortening the top of the frame. only to just Z my frame once and all.

yea thats the gangsta stock floor. not a good idea for a mini but would work with say a fullsize with like a 6 inch or taller stock frame. if you z the front and tunnel out for the tranny

Edited: 11/5/2006 8:26:11 PM by rollinjunk