bennyboyraptor

First things first, Merry Christmas!! But anyways, the huge rust spots on my bed finally bugged me enough to make me do something about it, so seeings that I can get beds all day in my area, i decided to chop mine. I still need to clean up the cuts and prime and paint everything, im also losing the stock mud flaps and getting some bigger ones. The lines look funny in pictures, but in person i think it looks half decent. Any suggestions?

GenXr

Who cares what we think! Do you like it? That is the question!

I'd say go flat bed at this point, but lots of folks don't like them.

bennyboyraptor

I like how it turned out, once its cleaned up and I get it all primed and painted itll look sick.I had just never seen this done before so i figured why not try

bain

IMHO id go a little higher if possible to take out the factory curve...but i like it...

bennyboyraptor

Thats the kind of feed back I am looking for im looking for. I have had a few people tell me that, I think I might go ahead and get rid of the factory curve. I also plan on RhinoLining the bottom half of my cab and bed (or whats left of it anyways).

bennyboyraptor

could some one maybe photoshop some rhino lining type black along the bottom portion of my truck, where the line on the cab is. Thanks a bunch.

eighty5yota

i plan on blasting the lower part of my truck too the lines on the 2nd gens are perfect for two tone or bedlining

bennyboyraptor

well be sure to take plenty of pics!

mxdubbs

Wow, you just made it a dork mobile IMO.I think you should get a new bed!
And why get Mud flaps there ugly. this is just my opinion.

bennyboyraptor

Dork Mobile ehh? When I said I was looking for feedback I meant constructive, not elementary school burns. Thanks any ways. And i am sure I will get a bed when the time comes, unlike some people im not all about looks and whatnot. And mud flaps are required where I live.

rangerruck

mudflaps actually serve a purpose, especially if you drive in crap conditions or deal with mud regularly, so i say get flaps, the bigger the better.
Also I am mixed on what to do next; one part of me says square up/true up the cuts, make it look pretty from right there- or make a nice , big arc, to meet up with the end cuts you have right now, and make a nice big arc-ing design to it.

1GenCrawler

I think it looks alright. especially if ur gonna wheel it. why replace something that could potentially get damaged anyways? X2 on the cutting higher. just enough to take out the line. as for the Rhino lining? it will look something like this only textured and less pixleated.

bennyboyraptor

Thanks for takin your time to make that black for me, I tried doin it on paint and it looked terrible.

mxdubbs

well if he is wheeling it I would get rid of the bed and make a tube frame,But If it is an every day driver I just dont see a point in choping it up.

peow130

Eh, i would be a little embarassed to drive that around.
Although you did solve the rust problem, you now have a gigantic fenderwell..

I think you should make a flatbed, or get some fiberglass bed-sides at this point.
no rust, easily painted white, and i guess they're fairly cheap.

iamsuperbleeder

can hardly notice it

1GenCrawler

the point in chopping it up is that its cheaper than the flatbed. spend money elsewhere. lockers, gears, duals?...etc.. Function over form at this point IMO...

GenXr

Well, you could cut it across in a straight line from the back of the cab to the tailgate. A number of guys who wheel their rigs do that to open up the quarter panels to make room for their tires. Almost a flat bed hybrid sort of.

For aesthetics I would cut a straight line all the way across and leave the doors white.

HTH,
GenXr

bennyboyraptor

Think you could find a pic of this? i would consider doing that.

peow130

Just cut along the seam all the way back, thats what hes talking about.