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05-24-2007, 03:02 PM
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swapped the bed today
Swapped the bed today and put on the new fleet side. I still cant decide which to use...maybe I should paint them both and hold them on with wing nuts so I can swap then out depending on my mood LOL
 
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05-24-2007, 03:06 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
personally, i like the fleetside better. mind you - this is coming from a stepside lover, stepside driver.
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05-24-2007, 03:13 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
Step looks retro "streetrodish" I like it ! very cool
oddly enough coming from a fleetside owner
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05-24-2007, 03:18 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
Fleetside makes it look like a long Blazer. The stepside makes it look like a convertible truck.. This coming from a stepside, fleetside, Blazer, and Panel owner...lol WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com
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05-24-2007, 03:39 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: swapped the bed today
thefleet looks sleek, the step kinda choppy... too much grabbin your eyes at once.
And to follow suit, I lean towards the step sides on a SWB. |
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05-24-2007, 03:41 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
I vote for the wing nuts/overhead hoist option. "Today I feel like a stepside!"
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05-24-2007, 03:50 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
I say you use the fleetside and I'll help you "dispose" of the stepside bed.
 .............Bamm!
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05-24-2007, 04:01 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
I don't really like the convertible trucks all that much (don't take that the wrong way. You're truck looks great. Just not my style) but I do like the idea of a swappable bed. Some days I may want a fleet bed but I'll always want my stepside.
 I may keep the wing nut idea in my mind for the future. I just thought of this....That'd be like owning two different trucks but only paying the license and registration on one. 
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05-24-2007, 05:18 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
I agree with Wes, it does look like a lengthened Blazer with the fleet, go stepper.
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05-24-2007, 06:22 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
Step, cause I don't want it to look anything like a Blazer
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05-24-2007, 06:40 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
Fleetside looks better to me.
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05-24-2007, 07:19 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
i think you should go with the step side,and give that horribly ugly fleet bed to me
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05-24-2007, 07:21 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
My truck carries too much crap to run a step bed. I like the looks though.
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05-24-2007, 07:29 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
i would go with the fleet side bed it has more rooom in the bed
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05-25-2007, 02:07 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
You guys have expressed some of the same feelings I have.....I guess it going to have to be a coin toss
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05-25-2007, 02:19 PM
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Re: swapped the bed today
With the convertable top, the truck seems to flow better with the fleetside bed.
As much as I love short steppers, I'd go fleetside on this one 
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