Raised stock Bedfloor without Bodydropping...

Hey Guys,

I have to get a new bed for a Tacoma that I am looking at picking up and love the look of a raised the stock bedfloor. I don't plan on bodydropping the whole truck at this point in my build. (I know I know, "just bodydrop it", but I don't have the money for all of that so please save your breath).

I am wondering if it is possible to run spacers to the bedmounts? What would be the best way to raise the stock bedfloor while maintaining the factory mounting points and as stock as possible?

Thanks for the help. Downtime Matt Hodgson

What youre talking about is very common, you will just need to rasie the bed floor up in the traditional way then build the appropriate sized spacers to match it all back up. Some use long bolts to resecure the bed, if its a great distance you can use all-thread and nuts, or you can weld a stud in the end of the spacer and a nut in the other. Typically the spacer is made of round or hex tubing.

if your willing to spend a couple bucks you can also buy a body lift and just use the bed spacers, it should already come with everything you need.

i have square tubin welded to the bed mounts on the frame and then all thread to bolt it down.

Thats how mine is done

I just did mine with 1"x1" stands with a bolt welded to the end of it, and welded that to the cross braces, then bolted it through the stock holes.

If you BD the bed an even number of inches (ie 2,3,4,etc) You can use heavy wall steel tube to space it up. Say you need to extend your mounts 4 inches you would take a piece of 2x4 .188 or .250 wall tube and cut it into pieces about 2 inches as long, 1 piece for each mount. Drill a 3/4 inch hole in either end with a hole saw or large twist drill(the hole saw makes a nicer hole) Now take your blocks and bolt them to your bed using the original bolts being careful to centre the bolt in the hole. You can run an extinsion for your rachet out the hole on the other end to make tightening the bolts easier. Now place the bed on your frame and line it up with the cab, the slightly oversized holes make this easier. After its lined up nice you can now bolt the spacer blocks to the frame using some 1/2 inch grade 5 or higher bolts, flat washers and nuts. Toss a lock washer in there for good measure or use a little locktite to make sure it all stays tight. This is a real easy way to get it done, it doesn't require a welder or any great mechanical skill and looks reasonable when finished. It can also simply be unbolted later if you decide to bodyrop the truck. This is how I do my trucks when I subframe them, I'll step the frame down to make room for a bodydrop later and then simply space the bed back up with blocks as I've outlined till that day comes. Hope my book helps

Thanks guys, all great advice and much appreciated. Now I see that none of you are local to Maryland and Dave is in Indiana and not Jersey anymore (damn you lol) so do you have any suggestions of how much the whole setup will run me?

Maybe it makes me less of a minitrucker, but I do graphic design and my favorite tools are a knife and fork. I don't have the cutting/welding skills/tools to do the bedfloor, just the ideas to make it work and different from the way everyone else does it

Thanks again and I appreciate everyones input- Downtime Matt Hodgson

Pieces of wood and bungy cords and you gottta use duck tape. Works every time!