What does it mean "to tub" a pickup?

I keep reading this phrase in the magazines and have no clue what it means. Does it mean, put in a hot tub? Weld all the seams up? What?

Bob

 

Tubbing referes to removing the inner fender wells under the rear of the truck to accomodate the larger tires used on Pro street or drag racing vehicles. Once all the inner wells are removed, larger "tubs" are installed to keep the road debris on the road rather than in the vehicle.

Chopped = removed metel from overall height
Channeled = removed a section to narrow
Bagged = adding air ride suspension
Lowered = lowering the vehicle height via suspension mods.
Dropped = lowering the vehicle height via suspension mods by swapping custom parts
Slammed = lowering the vehicle height via suspension mods as well as modifying the frame to accomodate the lowered components
Pie cut = removing a pie shaped piece of sheet metal to change the rake of a hood section or tilt back an a-pillar for example.
Shaved = removing all external trim, handles, badges, etc to achieve a smooth look.
If anyone has more, let us know.

 

Krosati,

I may be wrong, but channeling is removal of floor pan, raising it higher in body, causing body to sit lower on a frame. When vehicle's channeled, body bottom line is closer to ground & interior floor pan closer to roof. Ride, ride hieght & handling are virtually same, maybe even enhanced somewhat, by lower CofG channeling creates.

Frenching = Insetting something, trim piece, escutcheon/ bezel is molded/ smoothed into body panel. Taillights in a styleside bed could be Frenched by removing them, installing them from back side, then smoothing/ finishing bezel into body panel.

Nosed & Decked = when only hood, and/or deck/ tailgate are shaved.

Rolled Pan = Bumper is removed, sometimes replaced with Nerf Bar(s). Metal panel behind it formed/ reformed to follow contour of fender bottoms [front and/ or rear] between which pan fits. On a Slick, front rolled pan, is doing away w/ front bumper & gravel deflector. Fabricating a panel that rolls, down, under, front end.
Rear Rolled Pans are often sculpted/ relieved so tag & light inset into it some.

Relieved/ Sculpted = are when a panel is reconfigured with an altered body line, windsplit, wheel opening flare, or inset area such as license tag would be in a rolled pan as described above.


Filling = similar to shaving but metal is added. For example when a "Slick" is set on a later frame & interior fuel tank is abandoned, a large hole remains in the lower part of the "B" Pillar. This hole was for OEM filler neck & cap. It is on a convex, compound, curve.
Hole is closed using fabricated, fitted, piece of metal welded into the hole, filled & finished off (shaved), then painted.

Louvred= punching louvres or having them punched in a body panel. Most common is a hood. BUT watch out for a wet engine bay!

FBp