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Stock Floor Bodydrop

Air Ride Suspensions Q & A
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streetsweeper1   +1y
While we're talking about moving cabs around I would also suggest that you move your cab back just a little (around an an inch give or take). This will give you so much more wheel clearance and it is hardly noticable from the side of the truck where the front wheel ought to be. Not only that, when you move your cab back, you can close that nasty gap between the cab and the bed without moving your bed back (in most cases).
streetsweeper1   +1y
Originally posted by NtotheIZZATEDOG



the question was asked "how do you think the professionals learned?"..........Most of the from training,AND practicing their newly learned skills in the presence of an experienced professional until they were ready to be called professionals themselves. I wonder if their is a medical web forum where guys are just diggin into heart surguries and sayin "well, I gotta learn somehow"

You don't have to work side by side with a professional to become a professional. We're talking about being a pro at building trucks/frame design and all the fabrication that goes with it. What a closed mind way to think. Some of the smartest people to ever live were pioneers in their own field. If you rely on someone else to teach you everything you will probably never develop your own style of work, and never reach your full potential as a fabricator "The world is flat" said the professionals. I can't tell you how many people come back from WyoTech and tell me the world is flat in terms of their "professional knowledge" because the teacher at the college told them so. There must only be one way of thinking at that point because if "the professionals" did'nt say it would work there is no possible way it can right??? Sure there are many skills to be learned at a trade school or welding class but when it comes to building trucks, a "professional" is someone who has gained experience in the field through triumph and failure and has proven their skill time and time again with projects that work smoothly by design (some of which were thought impossible before by thier days standard. That is the definition of a true professional in this field, (not a kid fresh out of his chassis fabrication semester). besides, we're not talking about Heart Surgery or Brain Surgery here either... It's fabrication of customs side by side with earned skill and a set of standard "rules" that can be broken from time to time. All new knowlege is gained by experimentation.
NtotheIZZATEDOG   +1y
Well, everyone thinks after they bang their first pussy they know all kinds of shit and can solve equations like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, so I 'll just shut my face.
periportfd   +1y
Originally posted by NtotheIZZATEDOG



Well, everyone thinks after they bang their first pussy they know all kinds of shit and can solve equations like Matt Damon in Good Will Hunting, so I 'll just shut my face.

I'm glad I didn't bone my first chick in the, "presence of an experienced professional".
suicidedoor86   +1y
Originally posted by SCLUSIVE



Originally posted by baggd91chev

Man get a beater while you do this,so you can work on the truck properly and not have to worry about those types of problems!!!!!!!hey man i am a structural steel fabricator i am a certified welder i have like four years autocad experience have bagged my truck and a few of my friends and i still woulnt attempt a full frame by myself i would suggest taking it soimewhere or having a pro help u along the way

Hey Thanks For The Advice Guys. But THings Is I Cant Do A Traditional Body Drop Because I Have To Be Driving My To Truck Back And Forth From Work. Its My Daily Driver And Thats All I Got. I'm Gettin Another Frame And Mockin It Up That Way. Then When The Fabrication On The Frame Is Done I'll Pull Off My Cab, Tub/Shave The Firewall and Do What I Need To Do From There. I Expect This To Be A Long Process being That I'm Goin To College And Working, I'm not In Any Rush So I'm Just Gonna Take My Time With This One. I Have Until Spring To Research Then In Like May I'll Be Buying Metal And Getting Started On It All. Ive Always Been One To "Build" What I Can Rather Than "Buy", We All Gotta Learn Sometime And Nows My Chance. So If Anyone Has Any Advice That Would Help Me Get The Job Done "By Myself" That Would Be Great! Thanks Guys...

bdroppeddak   +1y
nate my hero!!!!
SCLUSIVE   +1y
Hey Thanks For All The Encouragement Guys!

But Whether You Think I Can Or Cant Do It; I'm Goin To: So Please Stop Trying To Persuade Me To Have It Done By A Professional B/C It Ain't Gonna Happen. I'm Gonna Build This, Sure I Might Make Some Mistakes But I'll Work Through Them, Theres Nothin Thats Gonna Stop Someone From Succeeding. And Those Are Words Of Encouragement For Everyone: If You Put Your Mind To Something You Can Accomplish It. Just Keep Your Head Up And Work Through It!
seansmitty42   +1y
didnt u say u were goin to use a spare frame to mock it off of. chris just look at pics and get good advice i bagged my truck with three of my friends that really didnt know anything except for one. we basically had no idea what we were doing but we got the job done. granted i blew a bag and had a couple small problems but atleast you know when its done u did it and know how it is done
minitruckpunk   +1y
Hell yeah man do it up. My first bag job we had to redo do many things just because other things wouldn't work properly, We used a Mustang 2 front end but since your doing a Front clip back you should have no problems just measure everything about a million times and weld it like a champ.
SCLUSIVE   +1y
Hell Yeah... Way To Learn From Your Mistakes