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Slimming down... Putting the ute on a diet.

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Slimming down... Putting the ute on a diet.

Post by mini696 »

I recently bought a ute with a trayback and I want to slim the tray down to the width of the cab (about a foot overall).

Has anyone done this before?

I was going to cut a strip from the centre and join the two halves back together. The other option is to remove the tray sides, cut the floor, and reattach the sides (of course I still have to cut and weld the rear 'door'.

Ideas anyone??

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Post by Camshaft1 »

Go the second option i reckon
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Post by chimpboy »

Second option sounds better to me, but I guess it depends a little bit on how the whole thing is constructed.

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Post by N*A*M »

second option means not having to redo the mounts to the chassis
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Post by GQ Toy »

Did the second option on mine (ally tray), sides for mounting dropsides were riveted on took them off and used a half worn cutoff disc in a circular saw to cutt floor on each side, then re welded the sides on. Trimmed rear drop side in the same way. Main hoop running above the cab took a piece out of the middle. Dead simple - except my ally welding was crap :oops: and had to get that done properly.
Whole job took about 3 nights.
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