Bed change

Bed change

Postby netstat » Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:46 am

Can I put a stock 7' bed on a truck that came with the 6' bed? or is the wheelbase different?
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Re: Bed change

Postby natureboy » Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:50 am

longer wheelbase. I've got a longbed, wheelbase is 116" compared to the standard bed's 105"
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Re: Bed change

Postby netstat » Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:16 am

eff my life.
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Re: Bed change

Postby pennyman1 » Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:57 pm

You could take the long bed and shorten it - see trucks on powerblocktv.com for the one they did on a 60s chevy full-size. If you shorten only the front it would be unique!
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Re: Bed change

Postby TotallyBalistic » Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:57 pm

that would look sharp, it would have that longbed rake at the rear.
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Re: Bed change

Postby In2Deep » Thu May 13, 2010 10:45 pm

i have been brainstorming taking two bed and making my own long bed without messing with the wheel base. just making the section behind the wheels longer than normal
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Re: Bed change

Postby capev86 » Sun Nov 14, 2010 6:35 pm

i like the short bed, but i was thinking about making a trailer out of a long bed to match my truck for when i need to haul something long or need more cargo capacity. thinking you could reverse wire the trailer so that the brake and directional lights are separate as the factory intended and have an extra wire for the backup lights! we all know how much "fun" it is backing up a trailer at night!
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