Flare Side to Style Side
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Originally Posted by kellar
The bumper is also different. I did the swap on my 94- went to a flareside. I bought the box, tailgate, lights and bumper. I resused my filler.
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Let me be more specific. Not aftermarket manufacturers but used bumpers in general. I watched craigslist and ebay almost every day for FORD BUMPERS and I've never seen a "flareside bumper", stock nor aftermarket type. Not saying you're wrong, I'm sure you know better than I do.
Out of curiosity, what makes it different?
Out of curiosity, what makes it different?
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From: Biloxi, MS
While were on the topic of the difference in styleside and flareside, whats a "dentside"? Somebody told me they had a dentside truck the other day, and I had no idea what they were talking about... Any ideas?
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From: Central PA
The flare side bumpers ,tail gates R different.
You will need filler neck?necks , easy to get for reg bed . There was a post about a guy needing neck for style not to far back was diff than reg bed. Good luck on swap .
I don't like em myself. Now the old style Box with fenders I like . You can make a whole one you self if needed.
You will need filler neck?necks , easy to get for reg bed . There was a post about a guy needing neck for style not to far back was diff than reg bed. Good luck on swap .
I don't like em myself. Now the old style Box with fenders I like . You can make a whole one you self if needed.
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From: Central PA
Dent side . They used to call 70's trucks that because of big in"dention" on side below handle.
They are call step side regardless of brand . In generic terms any way .
They are call step side regardless of brand . In generic terms any way .
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First off....read my name..therefore...you are nuts for wanting to convert these trucks look great lifted and with some gnarly tires on em...second yes, the bumpers are narrower...third Kellar where are you at and how bad does the bumper look that you have...or got any pics of the rollpan?And does it happen to be on the 94...Flaresides are a breed...you can't explain how they got that way but they just are...and they are alot lighter.....(it's easy to speed) ha ha ha....I need a new bumper for mine mine's dented and it's driving me nuts...bad enough my buddy took off the mark 3 fender packages so now...(sniffles tragically) it's just a flareside...and not a Flareside.......oh yea...the tailights are the same...on the 90's models anyways.....Good Luck.....
JR- oh yea...that was personal opinion on my behalf.....
JR- oh yea...that was personal opinion on my behalf.....
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That's the first time I've seen yours nextras...right now mine's in pieces in the driveway...I got a busted bolt in both sets of my heads that i can't get out (E7TE and GT40) so it's drivin me up the wall...nice truck though.....
JR
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From: Davis & Newcastle, CA
Originally Posted by flareside_thunder
That'd be great....I'd like to see what it looks like on one of these trucks.......thanks Kellar....see, I told Skandocious Canadians weren't ALL bad!ha ha ha ...
JR
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After I redid my 84 stepside I rembember seeing a guy who had a stepside of the same year with this bumper that was pretty nice, I asked where he got it and he quietly told me a Nissan truck that had the same bed rail widths as the F-150 that I had. He said it was not hard to bolt on and the outer width was just right. I just built my own out of 1 1/2 pipe.