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Mountain Pass
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Body men/painters
My truck is a Ranger that has trim that runs down the bump line.
I’m missing about 1/2 the trim pieces. The bed is rusted out and I want to replace it.
I can buy a replacement bed that is in better shape off a non-Ranger truck even though it doesn’t have the trim and have a body man drill the holes needed to mount the trim.
As a body man, what would you prefer?
What is the level of difficulty to do the conversion?
Are the trim pieces hard to find?
Or do I wait and find a bed off a Ranger that already has all th trim?
thanks
I’m missing about 1/2 the trim pieces. The bed is rusted out and I want to replace it.
I can buy a replacement bed that is in better shape off a non-Ranger truck even though it doesn’t have the trim and have a body man drill the holes needed to mount the trim.
As a body man, what would you prefer?
What is the level of difficulty to do the conversion?
Are the trim pieces hard to find?
Or do I wait and find a bed off a Ranger that already has all th trim?
thanks
Tuned
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: NM
You can find the trim at several of the restoration places; LMC, Dennis Carpenter, National Parts Depot, etc...
As far as bodywork; since I'm not in the auto industry, I'd suggest using the best bed you have. Drilling the holes for trim is quick and easy, it's the rust repair that's going to cost you the most in the long term.
As far as bodywork; since I'm not in the auto industry, I'd suggest using the best bed you have. Drilling the holes for trim is quick and easy, it's the rust repair that's going to cost you the most in the long term.
Laughing Gas
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Holes are not a big deal. Mask off the bed where the molding is mounted then tap the molding on and get it aligned. Then make sure it looks right from different angles. Once you have gotten the molding location where you want trace out the molding on the tape you put down. Now drill holes in the center of your molding lines. You can use your old bed to determine how many clips you need per molding.
Put a little primmer in the drilled holes to keep the bare metal from rusting.
It can be time consuming to get molding aligned perfectly but it's not too hard.
Put a little primmer in the drilled holes to keep the bare metal from rusting.
It can be time consuming to get molding aligned perfectly but it's not too hard.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Middle Georgia
Holes are not a big deal. Mask off the bed where the molding is mounted then tap the molding on and get it aligned. Then make sure it looks right from different angles. Once you have gotten the molding location where you want trace out the molding on the tape you put down. Now drill holes in the center of your molding lines. You can use your old bed to determine how many clips you need per molding.
Put a little primmer in the drilled holes to keep the bare metal from rusting.
It can be time consuming to get molding aligned perfectly but it's not too hard.
Put a little primmer in the drilled holes to keep the bare metal from rusting.
It can be time consuming to get molding aligned perfectly but it's not too hard.
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