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Originally Posted by Boog
I'd like to see someone try their hand at "tipping" the front panel over like member 65standard did instead of cutting and welding. That was a great idea and no body work or paint required for that part.
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This guy did a video series on how to shorten one, and he did the tipping method and I didn't really like how it came out. The beds have a subtle curve at the front that's almost impossible to recreate (put a straight edge on one and you'll see it). The other reason I went with slicing and not tipping is the inside of the bed. You 'll still have to cut and weld the inside of the bed, if you notice in the video, he lost the front inner bed bodyline and the front stake pocket because he just basically bent the inside of the bed 90* to recreate the original bend.
If you want to keep the inner bedsides correct, you have to do a lot of cutting and spot weld cutting to get it back correct on the inside, it's probably not that much different than splicing the whole side time-wise, but if you're just trying to save the outside paint, it might be worth it.
Oops, forgot video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVsc5oqRwIo