Basic Body Dropping

97texas_sdime · 04-20-2006, 10:55 PM

channeling is were you cut out the flooring directly over the frame only (not the whole floor as one piece) then drop the body mounts and raise tunnel. a body drop is were you cut and raise the whole floor as one piece. a stock floor body drop is where you make the frame shorter in height (usually with square tubing for strength) so that the body can drop down and retain the stock floor height. thats the diffrence of the three in a nut shell.

s10fan2000 · 04-21-2006, 01:48 AM

hey on avtekks first posts, i cant see any of the pics. can someone help me out?? i want to start learning about all this stuff.

lowhombre · 06-21-2006, 01:56 AM

where are the pix, help

cmorin543 · 06-21-2006, 04:35 AM

if ya want some pics of my BD, their on my club's forum http://cmorin543.proboards54.com/ind...d=114 0689481

1lowGMC · 06-21-2006, 09:05 AM

Here is mine and Dagreenmonster's body drop galleries.

http://www.s-10owners.com/gallery/Project-Lowsonoma

http://www.s-10owners.com/gallery/album12

SpYnOnU · 09-23-2006, 04:29 AM

how I wish there was someone in illinois that could help me do something like this

ericlaydsonoma · 02-05-2007, 09:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 91350s10

i just was wondering... someone said that alot of body dropped trucks have thier door panels removed. dont you slide the cab down and cut the floor along the sill seam. this wouldnt change the height of the doors would it?

when we done mine we cut it back an extra inch and angled it this enabled me to keep my door panels, i also have speaker grills on my door

BusinessMan_24 · 02-06-2007, 12:51 PM

Here are some pics of my 95 s10 with a 4in bd, it had a 2.2 but i did a engine swap to a 4.3.

In the second picture u can see the clearance problem with the distributor and air cleaner. The cab has to come forward about 2-3 more inches yet.

BusinessMan_24 · 02-06-2007, 12:53 PM

If you want to see more pics let me know. It sits on 18"s

vince921 · 10-25-2007, 08:05 AM

i am bodydropping and doing chasisworks backhalf on my 96 standard cab and i have just a few questions i have the truck all on jackstands torn down to frame and the cab...

1.. What is the difference between a tradional and stockfloor bodydrop?

2. and i hear people doing 5...6..7 inch bodydrops? when they do that is that just to get the wheels to tuck more.. because i no u cant go but as much as the pavement will allow right.. so isnt your measurement from cab and ground what you should body drop. .. for example mine is 2.75

vince921 · 10-25-2007, 08:08 AM

nvm i read on a little ... so a stockfloor is where u drop the whole cab as a whole?

can someone give me specifics.. im 6.2 and wouldnt mind the extra head room?

and a traditional is when u cut out the floor and drop the cab over it Correct?

Curtis2k · 02-05-2008, 03:38 AM

Something I just thought about. Since 90% of people lose their A/C, why not relocate the box to the rear of thecab and have it setup to blow through a vent system there? on an excab I could see it happening, maybe through the bed on a single cab. Just a thought, I will have to measure it up with my spare box.

01lowLIFE · 02-13-2008, 03:01 PM

i just bought my truck.. still learning about bags and what not

but i was wondering if its baged and the frame is notched.. and the tires rub the wells when its fully down is that the only thinig left to really do is a body drop?

92slammedmitsu · 02-16-2008, 02:20 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 01lowLIFE

i just bought my truck.. still learning about bags and what not

but i was wondering if its baged and the frame is notched.. and the tires rub the wells when its fully down is that the only thinig left to really do is a body drop?

what size tires r u running? thats what matters!

bread119 · 04-23-2008, 09:18 PM

so i was wondering what options do you have, if any, for heat and air on a sfbd

Qsbodydrop10 · 04-23-2008, 09:29 PM

u pretty much have to do everything custom.... like runnin a vintage air system or somthing like that

teton3442 · 06-01-2008, 06:46 PM

ok i need help i want to body drop my 87 s10 i got the most of this i jus dont under stand how you get the front (fenders up) to drop as well, i get the rest of it, im on summer break so iplan on gettin this done soon any help, would be nice like tips and what not thanks

s10sixteynine · 06-01-2008, 08:04 PM

are u talking about the front of the truck i.e. grill, core support, and bumper, if so u have to cut the frame horns off and drop them

teton3442 · 06-02-2008, 06:33 PM

yeh thats what i wa stalkin bout you know wher ei can get more detaile dinstructions on that?

DROPTSBLAZE · 06-20-2008, 03:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by teton3442

yeh thats what i wa stalkin bout you know wher ei can get more detaile dinstructions on that?

I don't know how much this will help, but it's a thread about dropping the frame horns from a little bit ago.

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f143/frame-horns-355429/

wirrrey21 · 06-29-2008, 05:45 AM

does anyone have any pics of where they cut the bedsides??? my buddy wants to keep the stock bed floor, just raise it up the same as the BD.

project87sdime · 07-08-2008, 10:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by wirrrey21

does anyone have any pics of where they cut the bedsides??? my buddy wants to keep the stock bed floor, just raise it up the same as the BD.

im thinking on doing the same and im guessing on cut at the seam and add sheet metal after height is reached

toolowfouryou420 · 07-30-2008, 03:32 PM

ok I have a 95 s10 2.2 auto short cab short bed a/c I want to do my first body drop to this truck. what the diff. between body drop and sfbd? Is one or the other easier? I have a welder with a gas tank and plenty of sawzawl's where do I start?

04-20-2006, 10:55 PM	#401
97texas_sdime Registered User Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 442 Location: new braunfel tx User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping channeling is were you cut out the flooring directly over the frame only (not the whole floor as one piece) then drop the body mounts and raise tunnel. a body drop is were you cut and raise the whole floor as one piece. a stock floor body drop is where you make the frame shorter in height (usually with square tubing for strength) so that the body can drop down and retain the stock floor height. thats the diffrence of the three in a nut shell.
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04-21-2006, 01:48 AM	#402
s10fan2000 ban pollen Age: 21 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,878 Location: macon, georgia User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping hey on avtekks first posts, i cant see any of the pics. can someone help me out?? i want to start learning about all this stuff.
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06-21-2006, 01:56 AM	#403
lowhombre Registered User Age: 36 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,070 Location: RENO,NV User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping where are the pix, help
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06-21-2006, 04:35 AM	#404
cmorin543 Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 618 Location: Warren, RI User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping if ya want some pics of my BD, their on my club's forum http://cmorin543.proboards54.com/ind...d=114 0689481
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06-21-2006, 09:05 AM	#405
1lowGMC Mcfly Minis inc Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,410 Location: Rochester NY User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Here is mine and Dagreenmonster's body drop galleries. http://www.s-10owners.com/gallery/Project-Lowsonoma http://www.s-10owners.com/gallery/album12
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09-23-2006, 04:29 AM	#406
SpYnOnU AVTekk is my HERO Age: 21 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,164 Location: illinois User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping how I wish there was someone in illinois that could help me do something like this
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02-05-2007, 09:37 PM	#407
ericlaydsonoma drag till it hurts Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 29 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Quote: Originally Posted by 91350s10 i just was wondering... someone said that alot of body dropped trucks have thier door panels removed. dont you slide the cab down and cut the floor along the sill seam. this wouldnt change the height of the doors would it? when we done mine we cut it back an extra inch and angled it this enabled me to keep my door panels, i also have speaker grills on my door
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02-06-2007, 12:51 PM	#408
BusinessMan_24 NEVER2LOW Age: 20 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Kaukauna, WI User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Here are some pics of my 95 s10 with a 4in bd, it had a 2.2 but i did a engine swap to a 4.3. In the second picture u can see the clearance problem with the distributor and air cleaner. The cab has to come forward about 2-3 more inches yet.
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02-06-2007, 12:53 PM	#409
BusinessMan_24 NEVER2LOW Age: 20 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: Kaukauna, WI User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping If you want to see more pics let me know. It sits on 18"s
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10-25-2007, 08:05 AM	#410
vince921 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,666 Location: Calvert County Maryland User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping i am bodydropping and doing chasisworks backhalf on my 96 standard cab and i have just a few questions i have the truck all on jackstands torn down to frame and the cab... 1.. What is the difference between a tradional and stockfloor bodydrop? 2. and i hear people doing 5...6..7 inch bodydrops? when they do that is that just to get the wheels to tuck more.. because i no u cant go but as much as the pavement will allow right.. so isnt your measurement from cab and ground what you should body drop. .. for example mine is 2.75
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10-25-2007, 08:08 AM	#411
vince921 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,666 Location: Calvert County Maryland User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping nvm i read on a little ... so a stockfloor is where u drop the whole cab as a whole? can someone give me specifics.. im 6.2 and wouldnt mind the extra head room? and a traditional is when u cut out the floor and drop the cab over it Correct?
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02-05-2008, 03:38 AM	#412
Curtis2k 4 Bangin' Age: 20 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 245 Location: Oklahoma City User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Something I just thought about. Since 90% of people lose their A/C, why not relocate the box to the rear of thecab and have it setup to blow through a vent system there? on an excab I could see it happening, maybe through the bed on a single cab. Just a thought, I will have to measure it up with my spare box.
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02-13-2008, 03:01 PM	#413
01lowLIFE Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping i just bought my truck.. still learning about bags and what not but i was wondering if its baged and the frame is notched.. and the tires rub the wells when its fully down is that the only thinig left to really do is a body drop?
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02-16-2008, 02:20 PM	#414
92slammedmitsu 92slammedmitsu Age: 28 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 198 Location: texas User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Quote: Originally Posted by 01lowLIFE i just bought my truck.. still learning about bags and what not but i was wondering if its baged and the frame is notched.. and the tires rub the wells when its fully down is that the only thinig left to really do is a body drop? what size tires r u running? thats what matters!
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04-23-2008, 09:18 PM	#415
bread119 Registered User Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping so i was wondering what options do you have, if any, for heat and air on a sfbd
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04-23-2008, 09:29 PM	#416
Qsbodydrop10 ............... Age: 22 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 640 Location: central WI User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping u pretty much have to do everything custom.... like runnin a vintage air system or somthing like that
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06-01-2008, 06:46 PM	#417
teton3442 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 18 Location: leitchfield,ky User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping ok i need help i want to body drop my 87 s10 i got the most of this i jus dont under stand how you get the front (fenders up) to drop as well, i get the rest of it, im on summer break so iplan on gettin this done soon any help, would be nice like tips and what not thanks
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06-01-2008, 08:04 PM	#418
s10sixteynine lets get hammered Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,793 Location: anniston, al User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping are u talking about the front of the truck i.e. grill, core support, and bumper, if so u have to cut the frame horns off and drop them
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06-02-2008, 06:33 PM	#419
teton3442 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 18 Location: leitchfield,ky User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping yeh thats what i wa stalkin bout you know wher ei can get more detaile dinstructions on that?
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06-20-2008, 03:26 PM	#420
DROPTSBLAZE S - I - C Age: 27 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,869 Location: Evergreen State User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Quote: Originally Posted by teton3442 yeh thats what i wa stalkin bout you know wher ei can get more detaile dinstructions on that? I don't know how much this will help, but it's a thread about dropping the frame horns from a little bit ago. http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f143/frame-horns-355429/
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06-29-2008, 05:45 AM	#421
wirrrey21 Deadlines are Overrated Age: 28 Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,480 Location: long island User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping does anyone have any pics of where they cut the bedsides??? my buddy wants to keep the stock bed floor, just raise it up the same as the BD.
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07-08-2008, 10:38 PM	#422
project87sdime DIMES MAKIN DOLLARS Age: 22 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,997 Location: Mesa AZ User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping Quote: Originally Posted by wirrrey21 does anyone have any pics of where they cut the bedsides??? my buddy wants to keep the stock bed floor, just raise it up the same as the BD. im thinking on doing the same and im guessing on cut at the seam and add sheet metal after height is reached
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07-30-2008, 03:32 PM	#423
toolowfouryou420 Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Basic Body Dropping ok I have a 95 s10 2.2 auto short cab short bed a/c I want to do my first body drop to this truck. what the diff. between body drop and sfbd? Is one or the other easier? I have a welder with a gas tank and plenty of sawzawl's where do I start?
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