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Old 04-10-2018, 08:04 PM   #1
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tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

I'm trying to install the tail light housings back into the bed, but these tabs (circled) won't let them sit flush with the back part (where the bolt holes are).



I bent them back on one side and the lights fit, just wanted to check before I bent this side. What are they for?
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Old 04-10-2018, 09:31 PM   #2
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

My oe's were not flush either
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Old 04-10-2018, 09:34 PM   #3
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

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I'm trying to install the tail light housings back into the bed, but these tabs (circled) won't let them sit flush with the back part (where the bolt holes are).

I bent them back on one side and the lights fit, just wanted to check before I bent this side. What are they for?

I just ordered a pair of SB sides & they should be here any day now. I will have to go out in the morning and look at one of my original long beds to see what they look like on them.

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Old 04-11-2018, 08:07 AM   #4
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

Getting there Josh!
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My oe's were not flush either
Interesting. Did you have to do any modifying to fit the tail light housings?

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I just ordered a pair of SB sides & they should be here any day now. I will have to go out in the morning and look at one of my original long beds to see what they look like on them.
Doc, I'd be interested to see what yours look like when they arrive. The tabs must be there for a reason right?

Not sure where you ordered your bedsides from, but one of mine fit perfectly (driver side) while the other (pass side) was 1/2" off. Curious to see how they line up for you.

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Thanks Smitty! It like eating an elephant...one bite at a time.
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Interesting. Did you have to do any modifying to fit the tail light housings?


Doc, I'd be interested to see what yours look like when they arrive. The tabs must be there for a reason right?

Not sure where you ordered your bedsides from, but one of mine fit perfectly (driver side) while the other (pass side) was 1/2" off. Curious to see how they line up for you.



Thanks Smitty! It like eating an elephant...one bite at a time.
Well I could not do much to mine cause the paint was already on. I wish the Fesler lenses sit a bit more flush but I can live with them. The stockers were a little more flush. Fix it now if it bothers you! Lol!
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Old 04-11-2018, 10:30 AM   #7
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

Untouched original paint OEM bedside with the OEM buckets:





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I just ordered a pair of SB sides & they should be here any day now. I will have to go out in the morning and look at one of my original long beds to see what they look like on them.

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I checked all of my stock beds and almost none of them measure the same. On all of them the bottom inside corner of the tail light lens sticks out about 1/4" and the top outside corner is in about 1/8". The ones that have the trim on the tail lights line up pretty good on the crooked lens. They must have designed them all for the lens to use the trim and the ones that didn't get the trim were just cockeyed..... Dunno, still farm trucks I guess..... The tabs are what the tail light buckets are supposed to sit against, they are actually 1/8" to 1/4" away from the back mounting plate.

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Old 04-11-2018, 01:20 PM   #9
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

My lenses were crooked in the bedside when the truck was new. I've "adjusted" the tabs a few times. Typical 1969 fit and finish. They were only trucks.
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

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... The tabs are what the tail light buckets are supposed to sit against, they are actually 1/8" to 1/4" away from the back mounting plate.
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My lenses were crooked in the bedside when the truck was new. I've "adjusted" the tabs a few times. Typical 1969 fit and finish. They were only trucks.
Sounds like the consensus is "bend to fit".
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Sounds like the consensus is "bend to fit".
About the only thing you can do if you want them to fit flush. Show us some pictures of what you did and how the lenses fit when you get them done.

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Old 04-12-2018, 06:49 PM   #12
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Re: tail light "tabs" on repo bedsides

Definitely typical fit for the era.

My fancy-pants Caddy has better fit than these trucks, but it doesn’t hold a candle compared to newer cars.
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