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88Jimmy4x4 10-11-2012 12:41 PM

bed rails.....who has them?
 
Saw this NOS set of bed rails on ebay going for ALOT of money, just curious who here has them or has installed a set of the GM bed rails.

If you have them, please post a pic. Im on the fence about adding a set of used ones on my swb.

EBAY LINK TO NOS Bedrails

ont_guy_38 10-11-2012 01:11 PM

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Wouldn't surprise me if they double that price . I really need new ones but not that bad...lol .

88Jimmy4x4 10-11-2012 01:23 PM

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I never knew they would be in that high of a demand. I bought a used set off a member here that need restoration, clamped them on for a test look and I am undecided if I want to add them or not. My truck will remain stock height, hubcaps etc so they kinda fit my "old man look" theme LOL.

Hoping for some pics of others and feedback.

ont_guy_38 10-11-2012 03:58 PM

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Very nice truck , I think it looks good with the rails . I'm a little old school but to me if the tuck has the full chrome package then you need the rails to finish it off but to each their own I guess .

motornut 10-11-2012 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4 (Post 5641614)
I never knew they would be in that high of a demand. I bought a used set off a member here that need restoration, clamped them on for a test look and I am undecided if I want to add them or not. My truck will remain stock height, hubcaps etc so they kinda fit my "old man look" theme LOL.

Hoping for some pics of others and feedback.

those look good,save your bed from damage once ,you will be glad you got them!
old man look is cool,going that way in the 79

kalbert 10-11-2012 08:57 PM

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The first thing I did when I got my truck was rip those ugly old man rails off my bed. Bent and broken they lay behind the garage for 15 years. Not a day goes by that I don't want to travel back to that time and tell that ignoramus to slow down, take it easy, you don't like them now but some day your tastes will change and you'll wish you could put them back on.

1774btcrew 10-11-2012 09:00 PM

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I agree. I never liked them. My dad got a new squarebody every year and they were always fully loaded and had bed rails. My tastes have since matured(I am 39) and I really like the looks of them on a resto custom.

GM-power 10-11-2012 09:19 PM

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I have them on my truck. Sometimes I wish I didn't have them so I could have normal toolbox, but I think they add something to the truck kinda old school I guess.
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GM-power 10-11-2012 09:30 PM

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I forgot to add these.
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1774btcrew 10-11-2012 09:32 PM

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I forgot to add these.
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I think your truck looks great with them!
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88Jimmy4x4 10-11-2012 09:45 PM

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Thanks guys, those look good gm-power

GM-power 10-11-2012 09:57 PM

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Thank you. Do you have a pic without the rail? Looks good with the rail but I just want to see it without it lol.
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88Jimmy4x4 10-11-2012 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GM-power (Post 5642439)
Thank you. Do you have a pic without the rail? Looks good with the rail but I just want to see it without it lol.
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http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m...ra/1976-11.jpg

GM-power 10-11-2012 10:23 PM

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Wow it looks great both ways. The chrome rails really pop on that blue.

thepenguin99 10-11-2012 11:39 PM

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Truck looks better without imo.

INSIDIOUS '86 10-12-2012 12:39 AM

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Option code d73 correct?
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88Jimmy4x4 10-12-2012 07:55 AM

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Thanks for the help, since the woodgrain is missing and rails are scratched up, my plan is to have these powder coated silver and have a black 1/2" stripe down center where the woodgrain used to be. I think this will look good and match the black stripe thats on the all the side molding etc.

crazeetxn 10-12-2012 10:48 AM

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When I bought my '86 a few years ago, those and the cheap bug guard came off before I even walked in the house. I think the chrome ones look good, but these had a dang wood grain in the middle.

Jonboy 10-12-2012 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 88Jimmy4x4 (Post 5641614)
My truck will remain stock height, hubcaps etc so they kinda fit my "old man look" theme LOL.

Hoping for some pics of others and feedback.

You aren't going to lower it even a little bit? It would look sweet with some BFG's on the steel wheels and a baby 4/6 drop. Just sayin'.

88Jimmy4x4 10-12-2012 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonboy (Post 5643371)
You aren't going to lower it even a little bit? It would look sweet with some BFG's on the steel wheels and a baby 4/6 drop. Just sayin'.

I had lowered and lifted in the past, but I want to keep this one stock height just like it came. Gonna be fun smokin the pizza cutter 235's with the engine I put in here :lol:

BLE 'BURBAN 10-12-2012 09:40 PM

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Just go get the luggage rack off a suburban in a wrecking yard and mount them to the bed rails. They're the same thing just without the cross bars.

Keith Seymore 10-13-2012 10:43 AM

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Just want to go on record as saying I'm not a fan, never been a fan of bedrails.

So - it's a very subjective thing and people's choices differ (... I have a friend that says "...it'd be a helluva world if we all loved the same woman.").

Beautiful truck, Jimmy -

K

MalibuSSwagon 10-13-2012 11:04 AM

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My truck had some ugly aftermarket bed rails on it. They are now sitting behind the barn with the rollbar that was in the truck too.

88Jimmy4x4 10-13-2012 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 5644688)
Just want to go on record as saying I'm not a fan, never been a fan of bedrails.

So - it's a very subjective thing and people's choices differ (... I have a friend that says "...it'd be a helluva world if we all loved the same woman.").

Beautiful truck, Jimmy -

K

Thank you and everyone else for honest opinions...thats what I want...good or bad :metal:

oldmann1967 10-13-2012 08:23 PM

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Looks good to me. Although my truck has the old ballz look that I like too. I would reapply some wood grain for sure!
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