01-07-2011, 01:30 PM | #1 |
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Show me your rears!
Trying to decide what I want to do in the rear of my truck. Thinking the stock tail lights and brackets (licence plate bracket cut down to just the tail light bracket) and a roll pan with center licence plate.
Tail gate with the letters and hidden latches instead of chains. Let me see what you did. |
01-07-2011, 02:08 PM | #2 |
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Re: Show me your rears!
Here is mine.
I used modified 56 chevy truck LED taillights and brackets. I also went with the hidden latches as well as the tailgate links from Mar-K www.mar-k.com I also used a steel roll pan. Good luck Marc
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Nice!
What kind of latches did you use, the little pull out pins that everyone sells with the knobs in the inside of the tail gate, or the latches that look like bear claw door latches, and I think have a center handle in the middle of the tail gate? Also what supports the tail gate when open, their metal hinges, straps? Can you sit on the gate when down? |
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I would be concerned about whatever holds the straps to the tailgate and bed sides tearing out, not the straps themselves breaking. Looks like its just one small screw that holds them on.
I have seen other guys that have like nylon straps, but I would guess its the same deal for attachment. Last edited by duwem; 01-07-2011 at 02:32 PM. |
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youngrodder - I've been looking at running my tail light wires thru some SS tubes but cant figure out for the life of me how to attach the tube to the socket. How did you do yours???
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A 1953 Chevy !!
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01-08-2011, 12:48 AM | #9 |
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Hey guys here's a picture i took of a truck at Goodguys this year. This truck was sweet. check out how he made the middle window the same size as the side ones. Hopefully someday my truck will be this nice....
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01-08-2011, 12:52 AM | #10 |
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Sorry here is a better picture. The paint was so nice u can see the reflection of the 2 chairs that were sitting behind the truck in the tailgate reflection.. Does anyone know who's truck this is? i would love to see the build on it....
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I have seen this gold truck before. i always wondered why someone else has not done this before. The windows being different heights is one things about 5 windows that I don't care for.
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This isn't mine but I am definitely heading in this direction, sans the marker lights on the top of the roll pan.
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I just finished tunneling in some caddy lights. Haven't mounted the fenders back to the bed though. The lights are just setting in there. I don't know exactly how far I want them to protrude.
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Sweeeeet!
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here is mine
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Here's mine, it came from a 69 chevy wagon.
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01-10-2011, 12:25 AM | #17 |
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Here's mine. I rounded the bed corners and welded in thestake pockets. I Really wanted to go without a bumper but I was rear ended pretty good and the only thing that got damaged was a tail light lens the other car was torn up. The bumper was ugly so I drilled holes in it, cut off the tow hitch step and chrome plated it. I chrome plated the Lic. plate coz I didn't want it to be that noticable, I would rather run with ho plate at all. You can get a hide-away set up where you flip a switch and the plate folds under the bumper. I might do that later.
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Cool, keep em coming!
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I like the stock look myself.
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not quit done but here is the idea
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Thanks, it was actually pretty easy to do and I am the definition of an amateur.
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heres mine and soon to be lower with 29x15's.
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02-04-2011, 08:20 AM | #24 |
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Just got a roll pan with center licence plate.
Looks like I need to cut some off the bottom of that back bed piece to get it up high enough??? |
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Yes you do have to cut a notch in the rear crossmember for the rear roll pan
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