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mike in mo · 11-17-2009, 01:21 PM

ok im trying to get my 4door 1 ton back together and the old dually bed is junk but the fiber glass fenders are still great. i have a rust free bed for a 80 but its single wheel i think i can just bolt the fiberglass fenders on the single wheel bed and trim out the wheel openings some but i dont know any one been there and done that? any place to buy patch panles for the duallys? thanks up front
mike in mo

sailed2japan · 11-17-2009, 08:48 PM

Take some really good measurements on the dually bed of where to line up the fender and get at it. I'd get the fender on, then mark where to cut the wheel well from there

freelancegenius · 11-17-2009, 09:40 PM

Been there, done that.
Just take good measurements.
There are also inner fiberglass pieces that tie the inner and outer bedsides together. The outer wheel wells get cut to the dimensions of the inner. (That made sense, right?) I think I just slid the inner fiberglass pieces into position from the backside and marked a cut line with a Sharpie, but I had the bed disassembled at the time.

mike in mo · 11-17-2009, 11:08 PM

thanks guys gives me something to do till the ground gets hard.

Desert1957 · 11-18-2009, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freelancegenius

Been there, done that.
Just take good measurements.
There are also inner fiberglass pieces that tie the inner and outer bedsides together. The outer wheel wells get cut to the dimensions of the inner. (That made sense, right?) I think I just slid the inner fiberglass pieces into position from the backside and marked a cut line with a Sharpie, but I had the bed disassembled at the time.

I am ready for this fender install also / are the fiberglass pieces that tie the fenders still available? I have 1 broken and the other is missing.

Thanks for any help...

Desert

freelancegenius · 11-18-2009, 11:43 PM

I... I don't know. Mine were usable. And being the cheap-*** that I am, I repaired/rebuilt anything that was damaged and never bothered to look for a source for replacement parts. I'd say junkyards or use your broken one as a template and build new ones.

11-17-2009, 01:21 PM	#1
mike in mo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: centralia missouri Posts: 123	making a single wheel bed a dual ok im trying to get my 4door 1 ton back together and the old dually bed is junk but the fiber glass fenders are still great. i have a rust free bed for a 80 but its single wheel i think i can just bolt the fiberglass fenders on the single wheel bed and trim out the wheel openings some but i dont know any one been there and done that? any place to buy patch panles for the duallys? thanks up front mike in mo

11-17-2009, 08:48 PM	#2
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: making a single wheel bed a dual Take some really good measurements on the dually bed of where to line up the fender and get at it. I'd get the fender on, then mark where to cut the wheel well from there __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

11-17-2009, 09:40 PM	#3
freelancegenius Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Central Ohio Posts: 35	Re: making a single wheel bed a dual Been there, done that. Just take good measurements. There are also inner fiberglass pieces that tie the inner and outer bedsides together. The outer wheel wells get cut to the dimensions of the inner. (That made sense, right?) I think I just slid the inner fiberglass pieces into position from the backside and marked a cut line with a Sharpie, but I had the bed disassembled at the time. __________________ 1968 C-10 1984 GMC K3500 6.2 CCSB K20 project (in the early stages)

11-17-2009, 11:08 PM	#4
mike in mo Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: centralia missouri Posts: 123	Re: making a single wheel bed a dual thanks guys gives me something to do till the ground gets hard.

11-18-2009, 11:43 PM	#6
freelancegenius Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: North Central Ohio Posts: 35	Re: making a single wheel bed a dual I... I don't know. Mine were usable. And being the cheap-*** that I am, I repaired/rebuilt anything that was damaged and never bothered to look for a source for replacement parts. I'd say junkyards or use your broken one as a template and build new ones. __________________ 1968 C-10 1984 GMC K3500 6.2 CCSB K20 project (in the early stages)



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