[aerohead]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Well, there's the old hotrod "chop & channel" approach: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopping_and_channeling

Indeed, I've sometimes wondered how hard it would be to do that to a small 4WD like the (older) Honda CR-V or Toyota Rav4.

Man,you'd have to really brave to take on a unibody construction like that.The old body-on-frame construction modification would be a walk in the park in comparison.