How to fit this body...

[Thumper33]

Trying to put a Chevy c10 body on a kraton. I have two option I think. I can either raise up the body mounts and have a large gap at the bottom, or trim around the rear shock tower and bring the body down. I really want to bring it down because I don't like the look of it sticking so far up, but I'm afraid the back end of the body will lose a lot of stiffness if I do. It will basically lose the entire "box effect" rigidity (if that makes sense). I might be able to keep edge of the bed rails there, but I'm not sure.

I don't know if you can really tell w the pix, but what are your thoughts?

 

[LibertyMKiii]

Not sure if this will help because it is technically a different body but might help...
I would raise the body posts as you don't want it resting directly on the shock tower. (i'd recommend a notch higher than how mine is as yours is not ABS tuff plastic and will likely get painted)

 

[BashingBrian]

Raise the body posts up a bit and keep the body uncut

 

[Thumper33]

OK. Fair enough. I agree that the top will look better that way. It looks like I shouldn't have cut it on the lines but left extra on the sides. Sigh. Oops. I'm going to have a decent gap there. It won't go down any farther than that without cutting.

 

[BashingBrian]

OK. Fair enough. I agree that the top will look better that way. It looks like I shouldn't have cut it on the lines but left extra on the sides. Sigh. Oops. I'm going to have a decent gap there. It won't go down any farther than that without cutting.

Get yourself some Outcast/Notoriuos side guards..!! They should bolt straight on and will fill the gap
I use the high guards on most of my builds..

 

[Cereal_killer]

Had to use longer mounts. But I also flipped my around on the front side

 

[BashingBrian]

Outcast body on Kraton EXB with high side guards, you can see they fill the gap

 

[joshludden]

Outcast body on Kraton EXB with high side guards, you can see they fill the gap

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How can I raise the body mounts on a typhon 6s? Are there mounts for a different model that I can use?

 

[BashingBrian]

How can I raise the body mounts on a typhon 6s? Are there mounts for a different model that I can use?

Senton towers and mounts

 

[joshludden]

Senton towers and mounts

Gotcha man. Wow thanks a ton for Jimmie John's type speed on the response!!

 

[Thumper33]

Finished painting, now to mount it.

 

[Cereal_killer]

Finished painting, now to mount it.

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Awesome job looks amazing