Body-Dropping the Bed of a Chevy S10 - Daily Dime

16. For the top cut, which won't be seen, a combination of the sheers, a sawzall, and an air saw help get the hard to reach areas.

17. Next, the floor was cut across using a cut-off wheel and separated from the rest of the bed.

18. With everything else cut away, all that's holding the bed floor in place is these last side cuts. The sawzall took care of them in no time.

19. The bed floor was completely separated and moved up. All four corners are measured at 11 inches to make sure the floor is square before welding.

20-21. Corner gussets are built and welded in place to give extra support to the naturally stressed corners of the bed.

22. With the corners strengthened, and the floor now tacked in place, its easiest to turn the bed on end and weld the rest of the sides, slowly but surely.

23-24. To fill the 6-inch gap, a filler panel was measured, cut, and tacked into place.

25. Now that the filler panel was in place, it could be welded up from the back, and the stock bed mounts were also reused.

26. The factory bed supports also needed to be lengthened, so they were cut and a piece of tubing was used to slide over them and give the supports the six inches needed.

27. Almost there, just needed to build some 6-inch bed mount extensions since the truck isn't quite ready to be rolling around with a body-dropped bed.

28. With all the added strength and support, this bed, the bed mounts, and this Dime will be ready for anything that comes its way!

29. The final steps include grinding and cleaning up all the welds, caulking, and then we'll head over and get some Line-X sprayed.

29. Finally, the bed was set back on the truck and everything was bolted back together.

31. And there you are, that much closer to having the Dime on the ground, and the truck can still drive around in the mean time, as money is saved up for parts, and time is set aside to tear into her some more! Stay tuned.