Homemade bed covers
 

Anyone made their own bed covers? I am thinking about doing one of my own and could use some ideas.
Thanks,:flag:

My dad made one out of ply-wood and covered it w/ vinyl..............It acttually looks pretty good......................If im not mistakened he made the supports out of alum................His trucks bed is SWB stepside.......sorry no pics
Jack:D

I did my last one - went to a local camper shop and got some 1" light weight aluminum square tubing and made a frame. Then attached 1/2" angle to the sides and made some sliding hinges for the front - I covered the top with a piece of fiberglass sheet like big freezers use, put some foam down then covered with black vynil.

Not to offend anyone but I wouldn't do the wood route - it may last for awhile but it will eventually warp and buckle - heavy too.

does anyone know where you can get a big ebough piece of plexiglass to cover a short fleet?been thinking about mounting speakers there and thought it might look good......thanx:bowtie:

i work with a lot of plexiglass stuff where i work, making gaurds for machines, im not sure where we get it from, but we get 4 by 8 sheets. it would look awesome im sure, but be super hard to keep clean!. good luck, Ben

I used to buy in 4x8 sheets from Cadillac Plastics in Dallas. I think they are now part of GE (at least, www.cadillacplastic.com redirects to GE's site). You might want to get your tape measure out though... the bed is more than 48" wide, so you'll have to do some splicing.

Kenneth

a nice 1 or 2 inch wide peice of polished aluminum could go down the center of your bed, that would look nice holding the pieces together, as long as you polish it up good, and do something about the bolts. good luck, and post pics if you do it!, Ben