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07-05-2013, 04:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: rocky gap va
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Bed wheel tubs stepside
So im debating to do it or not. From what I measured I would gain about 3 inches of tire space on each side.. What did you guys use for fender wells?
Pictures would be awesome. Or even a tire size without the tubs in place. Seen some post where guys were running wide tires but I had 235s with an axle flip and they didnt have much room. |
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07-05-2013, 09:26 PM
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
Do a search. There was a recent thread with lots of ideas and pics.
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07-05-2013, 10:25 PM
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
Some of the guys have cut down the inside fenderwells for the fleetside pickups up through 87 that bolt into the pickups. It gives a clean look and the flange on the inner well bolts to the bed floor and looks like it was intended to be there. You have to be able to do some serious welding to narrow the inner wells though.
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07-05-2013, 10:41 PM
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
I used trailer fenders to make my tubs.
 
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07-06-2013, 10:38 AM
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Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
I'm running 275 60 15's on a Chevelle rear end so I had to make more room on the inner fenders. I took the advice of guys here that had done this mod and used 16 ga sheet metal and the original piece I cut out
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07-06-2013, 01:13 PM
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
Dang never thought about that. And it looks pretty original the way the lines follow it. Dang thats alot of welding haha.
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07-06-2013, 04:14 PM
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
They still need to be ground down, but it took about 3 hours to fab it all up. I didn't want to warp anything
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07-06-2013, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Southern Oklahoma
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
This is a motorcycle rear fender half
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07-06-2013, 11:48 PM
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Location: Chandler AZ
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
I am thinking of cutting down a 55 gallon metal drum on my fleetside bed. I can get the drum for $15....
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07-07-2013, 09:26 AM
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Location: Brooksville Ky
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
Classic truck magazine has a article on them. Sept issue.
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07-07-2013, 12:40 PM
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
i cut my bed side with a jigsaw and welded the cutout back in with 3-4'' of 10 gauge steel
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07-07-2013, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toppenish, WA
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
Those trailer fenders like Kabwe showed are usually under 20 each and can be found in bare steel at places like Tractor Supply. They also allow you to build something that has a very clean appearance rather than something that looks rat rod scabbed together.
I like that really smooth setup that Papastrk showed too along with Orge's usually high quality work. A guy might also look at the spare tire covers off the 80's/ 90's conversion vans that had a nice curved metal face that would work well with a strip of metal the right width welded to it. The band on those is usually chrome or stainless though.
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07-10-2013, 09:25 PM
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Location: rocky gap va
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Re: Bed wheel tubs stepside
I like the way it looks with the section back in. And 10 gauge is pretty thick stuff
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