Anyone Raise the Bed Floor (Stepside)??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

tcb-1 · 11-25-2009, 11:52 PM

going air ride in a few months and have come to a conclusion that I'd like to keep the original, beat to crap, bed wood intact instead of cutting for differential clearance.
I'll need to move the floor up by about 3.5-4"

so the questions are:
-if you've done it, is there anything in particular I should allow for?
-is it as simple as it "appears"? remember! I have a stepside bed so it should be a straight move, right?
-any stepside floor mod pics?

just trying to cross this bridge before I pull the bed in a few weeks

THANKS!!

*Dylan · 11-26-2009, 12:13 AM

Good luck with it and I'm sure if it turns out anything like the rest of your work it will look great!

72BlckButy · 11-26-2009, 01:24 AM

Doug, you might check with Keith and some of the guy's that are running DMs to see what kind of modifications they are doing to raise the steel floors in their trucks. Might be able to transfer some of those concepts over to the wood floor.

11-25-2009, 11:52 PM	#1
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Anyone Raise the Bed Floor (Stepside)??? going air ride in a few months and have come to a conclusion that I'd like to keep the original, beat to crap, bed wood intact instead of cutting for differential clearance. I'll need to move the floor up by about 3.5-4" so the questions are: -if you've done it, is there anything in particular I should allow for? -is it as simple as it "appears"? remember! I have a stepside bed so it should be a straight move, right? -any stepside floor mod pics? just trying to cross this bridge before I pull the bed in a few weeks THANKS!! __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

11-26-2009, 12:13 AM	#2
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: Anyone Raise the Bed Floor (Stepside)??? Good luck with it and I'm sure if it turns out anything like the rest of your work it will look great! __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

11-26-2009, 01:24 AM	#3
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: Anyone Raise the Bed Floor (Stepside)??? Doug, you might check with Keith and some of the guy's that are running DMs to see what kind of modifications they are doing to raise the steel floors in their trucks. Might be able to transfer some of those concepts over to the wood floor. __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)



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