Best way to raise the bed floor

[67cheby]

i prefer the totally flat look of the bed but i dont want a bed that shallow, so my compromise is going to have to be a notch cover, i am going to try to make it blend together really well, we will see what happens !!

[smashingchuck]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

There's a bunch of blazers & burbs running around w/the tank back there, not to mention Camaros, Malibu's, Mustangs, etc......

Originally Posted by Shane

I was thinking the same exact thing ... hundreds of thousands of rear-mounted tank vehicles out there. Seriously, if you get rear-ended hard enough to damage the fuel tank then you got lots of other issues to worry about before fire.

ok ok point taken.

Is there any company out there that makes prefabricated inner panels for the bed? I was thinking I might be able to get a "pro-street" sheet metal kit or something like that but no luck. I can make my own just thought it would be easier if there was a universal kit... already checked competion engineering and Jegs.

[PBFAB.COM]

Here's some pics of one we did. Raised the floor 3", stretched the tubs four inches, added a small notch cover. We raised the floor up to the body line and drilled and bolted it back in place. That was the eay part. We wanted to the tubs to bolt in also and appear as factory as possible. We had to account for the contour of the bed side as it gets closer to the top... LOTS of work, but came out nice.

[smashingchuck]

wow nate that looks really nice. I've already determined I'm not going to be able to do this part of my build without getting a bead roller.
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[54Caddy]

nate how did you guys mount the bed. did you build an understrructure or what?

[jasonhall]

thats slick!