im not one to leave well enough alone too often. so here starts some fun.
i taped off a section to be cut out.


partially cut.


fully cut.

 

1 1/4" .090 wall square stock for the new rails.



welding it up.






and attached.





and to deal with the end of the bed i chose this.




now to weld it all solid and hit it with the flap disc for a smooth finish.

 

Looks good! What are you welding it up with?

 

a little flux core lincoln.

 

Thats a sweet idea! Nice work. Plans for tail lights/rear bumper?

 

im gonna wait till i get the lights before i make the mounts for them, but they will probably be led's. as for the bumper im gonna get the bed back on the truck first so i can get proper measurements to work with.

 

sweeeet! I wanna see how this looks when its finished

 

some primer on it too look for issues.

 

'scribed

 

scrizzled

 

i think this would be the perfect time to do the "rb-in-bed-toolbox" mod.

(actually, i'm thinking of doing it myself )

 

i love it !!! if only i could have mine cut down like that but then have the cut off pieces fabbed up to be reinstalled when i need to run the camper shell .. i need a convertable bed lol

 

thanks guys. im gonna have to check out that toolbox deal.

 

it starts here:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f199...l#post51836158

 

I still haven't painted the lid or hinge it.

 

I dunno, looks weird to me.....

and why did you do this?

Besides cosmetics, nice work tho! ++

 

Congrats to making a too-small truck bed smaller. LOL

Looks good though.

I want to see what you are going to do with the lowers. Does anyone have a source for those? Of course I need 2 inches above seam as well. Argh

 

the main reason for this is to have a little better side access to the bed once the truck is lifted. standing on the tire gets old after a while. and i like the look too. im gonna leave the panels below the seam off and make a high clearance bumper at about frame level.

oh and i checked out the toolbox link. nice work RBX! im gonna have to go another route than that though. ive already started on my rear shock tower and that would be a tight fit. the rear axle is being moved back 2" also.

 

Are you going to put in some trailer LED's for lights or something, it looks like its going to make it look like a rocket on wheels now.

 

i'm thinkin' these: