raised bed floor..tailgate not clossing

[Richya]

i raised my bed floor and now the tailgate dont close. ive seen other post were you have to cut an inch out off the bed to get it to close. i dont want to do that has anybody seen or tried to notch the inside of the tailgate.

[bbbc10]

Dont notch the tailgate thats lazy jus cut the inch out

[Richya]

do you know of any post or links showing how and where to cut?

[bbbc10]

Take the 1" section from the tailgate end of the floor just mark 1" all across an cut it out an weld back up if i find the write up i will post it

[SCOTI]

How was the bed floor raised? Any recommendation on whether notching the floor or bed needs to be based on specific info. Also, how one goes about notching either part reflects on the final quality as well so I wouldn't be so quick to claim either way as a 'lazy' option.

[Richya]

The floor was raised by taking 9 inches out of the side and the front and welding it back on. If I do cut an inch out of the rear do you cut through the cross member or remove it and then cut? Any help would be appreciated.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Richya

The floor was raised by taking 9 inches out of the side and the front and welding it back on. If I do cut an inch out of the rear do you cut through the cross member or remove it and then cut? Any help would be appreciated.

You'll prob need to slice through the support cross member as well. I looked @ shortening the floor or notching the gate. The lower portion of the gate was much easier in my opinion. Mine 'worked' fine too & wasn't noticeable w/the gate down.

I say 'worked' because when I got it Line-X'd, he was a little overzealous on the application of material applied when spraying the vertical portion of the bed floor & the lower portion of the gate (from the handle relocator down). I asked him to do just a single pass for each of those areas & said I would just paint/blend it the rest of the way. Instead, he laid down the same amount of material as the floor/sides which caused interference once closed (no interference before that).

No biggie to me. I'll just recess the gate a little more & have him re-spray that section.

[Richya]

I actually like the idea of cutting the gate and would rather do it than cutting the floor. Do you have any pictures of your tailgate notched? I'm not sure how to go about cutting it. Thanks