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11-19-2008, 05:04 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern California
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Rep Power: 0  | Bed Swap ? Hey all, My buddy and I were sitting around talking about how to bob his truck and make it more trailworthy, then the thought hit me. Has anyone put time into thinking about swapping a regular cab bed for a crewcab bed ? It seems that the frame should be the same size, and maybe even some mounting tabs would crossover. Just a thought ! -EA |
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11-19-2008, 05:07 PM
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| drive slow homie  
 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Antonio
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Rep Power: 0  | Re: Bed Swap ? the frame is longer on the crew cab. so you would have to shorten the frame to make it fit correctly.
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11-19-2008, 05:16 PM
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| New To The Nation Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Southern California
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? Doh ! Ok, I will have to look into it a little more. EA |
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11-19-2008, 05:27 PM
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| WHO DAT??
 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mandeville, Louisiana
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? Someone has put the reg cab bed on a crew cab |
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11-19-2008, 05:31 PM
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| "the grand canyon"    
 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: TN/KY
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Rep Power: 9  | Re: Bed Swap ? Yeah, someone did the long bed on a crew. No one has done the reg cab short bed combo though. You would in fact have to shorten the frame, but it wouldn't be a simple chop off at the end of the frame. You would have to section part of the middle out to keep the suspension mounts and whatnot in the correct position for the shorter bed. The drive line might have the be shortened as well. Doing this could easily make the truck less trail worthy. Granted, you could build it strong as hell, but there is always the possibility of something snapping when you get into some serious flexing/twisting... |
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11-19-2008, 05:43 PM
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| Nation Affiliate Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? i think a CC long bed would look sick...kinda like the tacomas...the sr5 or whatever crew cab long (er) bed looks waaaay better than the regular crew cab short box |
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11-19-2008, 09:23 PM
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| "the grand canyon"
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: TN/KY
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Rep Power: 9 | Re: Bed Swap ? look up downtime or something like that.. he has it done to his truck. The crew/long bed setup layed out... |
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11-19-2008, 09:27 PM
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| 3'' of Glory
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? Quote:
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11-26-2008, 11:53 AM
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? I HAVE A CREW CAB BED SITTING BEHIND MY HOUSE, MAKE IT HAPPEN CAPTAIN!!!! Quote:
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11-26-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Stocktastic
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11-26-2008, 12:32 PM
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11-26-2008, 12:34 PM
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| walking is for the poor
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? I just noticed the bed is a different color on his truck. Did he not have a coat of clear sprayed yet? just seems dull to me.
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11-26-2008, 12:54 PM
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| High Life
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11-26-2008, 12:59 PM
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| walking is for the poor
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11-26-2008, 07:08 PM
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| Nation Affiliate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bel Air, MD
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? The bed and hood are still in white tinted primer. Neither of them are done being worked on yet...  |
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11-26-2008, 07:20 PM
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| Nation Affiliate  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wichita KS
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? downtime, bro ya truck is fuckin siccasss shit i am jealous |
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11-27-2008, 01:44 PM
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| Nation Affiliate Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bel Air, MD
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? Thanks man, its just time and money (and it helps not being married, and not having kids etc.)... keep working on it... |
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11-27-2008, 03:23 PM
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| Static Scraper
 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Whitehouse, tx
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? Not only would you have to cut the frame you'd probably have to move the axle forward so the tires would fit into the wheel wells. It would be AOLT of work but I think it would look sweet |
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11-27-2008, 05:00 PM
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| New To The Nation  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bremerton, WA
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? i know im off topic but holyshit nice truck mat. |
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11-28-2008, 10:05 PM
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| Nation Advocate
 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: clarksville tn
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Rep Power: 0 | Re: Bed Swap ? ive thought about this alot and from what i saw under my truck, it wouldnt be hard at all. z the frame just behind the cab so you dont mess up the rear suspention shit. get a driveshaft made and proly shorten the break lines. maybe relocate the gas tank....maybe...and move the front box mounts. i disagree with the making it weaker comment tho. welds are stronger than oe shit if done right. too bad it would be ugly....and useless. youd have to add weight to get any traction for the street. guess it would be good for trails tho, but fuck that. go cut up an s10 for trails. my .03
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