Long bed to Short bed conversion recommendations

[BombDocDiesel]

I am getting ready to start the Chum project. I will be cutting it down to a short bed. I need to know what welder and wire/stick the folks that have done this sort of frame work have used and/or would recommend.

I am also somewhat lost when it comes to finding good part numbers for the 2500LD, which is the chassis I'm using. Does anyone know whether I need to use 2500HD parts for some of the parts I need to replace in the rear? I am using 2" spindles up front and plan 4-6" in the rear to level it out.

Thanks for the help.

 

[okierzr]

Im a welder by trade if you want to give me a call i might be able to help you just PM me and i will pm you my #.We will see what everyone else has to say and go from there.

 

[1lowdiesel]

If that frame is 8.5" tall then you'd use HD parts. What are you looking to get? hangers?

 

[BombDocDiesel]

If that frame is 8.5" tall then you'd use HD parts. What are you looking to get? hangers?

I think I may be able to just run hangers and call it good. I was concerned about the factory front coils and the extra 700 pounds they hold up now but after measuring against another truck it only went down 1". So free 1" drop. :thumb:

 

[1lowdiesel]

yea McGaughys makes nice hangers for ya. haha nice.

If you flip those upper control arms it would help reduce some camber.

 

[BombDocDiesel]

I just pulled the McG parts. It looks like I can just use their drop hangers instead of ordering a set of shortbed hangers from GM to complete the conversion. Sweet!!

 

[dieseltwodoor]

do you have any pictures of the finished project?
I want to do the same thing.

 

[dieseltwodoor]

Start to finish lol