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05-08-2010, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
I have a 72 with alot of bad body work in the rear and I found a near perfect truck bed. and I think it would be easier to cut it from behind the door jambs and replace the floors and all in one shoot.
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05-08-2010, 09:10 PM | #2 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
Yes, but you will have to take a section out behind the wheel wells and weld it back together and you will also need to cut the front off and weld a Blazer front floor section on.
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05-09-2010, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
If it is a swb it will be much easier, but the cross sills are different on pickup beds than on blazers at the frame mount locations. The sills on a blazer are recessed. I used my orginals and welded them in.
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05-09-2010, 11:11 AM | #4 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
I wanted to find a short bed but a local guy has a mint long bed for $400 I am thinking or waiting but thats a good price to have a perfect rear clip for my truck.
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05-09-2010, 12:16 PM | #5 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
Also, long bed wheel well arches are different. Short Bed and Blazer are the same.
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05-09-2010, 12:23 PM | #6 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
They are? I never knew this... Good info
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05-09-2010, 01:57 PM | #7 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
they only sell one replacement wheel arch though. not a swb/blazer one and a lwb one?
we sure thats true?
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05-09-2010, 03:48 PM | #8 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
Its true but no big deal. Not a show truck. Just an old junk 4x4 that is going to redone in 2wd with rack and pinion steering, flip kit in the rear and an 02 ls1 with a matching auto trans. I put a pic of the rack set up I will use.
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05-09-2010, 06:45 PM | #9 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
The difference is in the edge in front of the tire. Dont have the pics that were sent to me but I will try to explain, the area is at the lowest point of the wheel opening in front of the tire, (red circle) blazers and swb sides come to more of a point where as lwb sides have more of a sweep to the front. Also you might want to think twice about using lwb bed, alot of work to make it work. Also the arch that is sold is only slightly larger than the area in black
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05-16-2010, 05:31 PM | #10 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
its going to look pretty cool with that suspension
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05-16-2010, 10:48 PM | #11 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
Does anybody make replacement cross sills for the blazer?
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05-17-2010, 06:56 AM | #12 |
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Re: Can i replace the whole rear with a truck bed
Not to my knowledge, may have to try and salvage original ones.
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