I Found A Lump

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 06/11/2015 at 21:36 • Filed to: Its Cancer

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I took a grinder to the only rust spot on my truck and it turned out to be worse than I thought it was. But its a truck, and my only rust is in my bed. So its not too terrible. I just put some krylon paint/primer on it from above and below for now.

Im not sure what Im gonna do, If I can find a replacement panel, I think I’ll weld it in. If not, I may just replace the bed. But if I replace it, should I get one from a junkyard or should I pay an arm and a leg to get a brand new bed from Ford?

Nibbles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:40

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Sloppily weld a patch and rhino-line the bitch.

TheHondaBro > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:40

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Something something meth.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Nibbles 06/11/2015 at 21:43

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I kinda wanna do it right. But ya, whatever I do I was planning on putting bedliner on both sides before I put the bed back on

crowmolly > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:45

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Replacement panel? Might be pricey if it’s even out there.

I think you can just cut a template out of cardboard, cut that out of sheet steel, and weld that in.

Nibbles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:45

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Just the up piece would suffice. I'd think coating both sides might do more harm than good. Plus there's the added weight.

FerrousJackal > Nibbles 06/11/2015 at 21:53

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After my own heart!

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:53

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http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/5045616972…

$300 sounds like a fair price just for the bed, and you could make all of that back scrapping the rest of the truck.

Nibbles > FerrousJackal 06/11/2015 at 21:54

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Anything worth doing is worth doing lazily and haphazardly

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 06/11/2015 at 21:55

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I thought about making a bed like that, but I decided I didnt like the look

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:57

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But the usability is intense

Plus it comes with wheels and tires and parts.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! 06/11/2015 at 21:57

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I do really like those wheels

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 21:59

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And (potential) profit.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > crowmolly 06/11/2015 at 22:01

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Im hoping that there is a local u pull it that will let me cut out a piece of a bed

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 22:06

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Those beds in that color are incredibly common. I absolutely just recommend shelling out for a complete bed from the junker.

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/11/2015 at 23:01

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Pssh. That’s nothing. You need to up your Ranger game bro.

The old bed on mine was pretty much rotted lengthwise down both sides of the bed. I think if we tried hard enough we could have ripped the sides off the truck and just be left with a flatbed. Hooray plastic drop in liners!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/12/2015 at 08:12

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cut out a patch , then weld in some checker plate.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/12/2015 at 13:28

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Honestly it's probably not worth the trouble to cut up a piece of the bed. As you said, it's a truck. just find a piece of metal, bang it into shape, tack it on, and bedline it.