wanted-Yellow crew cab bed

[RebelKid1822]

my bed is rusting away, front bottom and front rail are gone, i cant find a decent price on just the floor of the bed, so i figure ill just look for a complete one b4 i start a hard core welding project. lol i wanted to try and save my bed because the sides a fenders are perfect, but i cant find the pieces i need.

[HenryJ]

http://car-part.com/

I don't see any yellow ones close to you. Plan on spending about $1000 for the bed and $800 for a cheap paint job.

[RebelKid1822]

well for that price ill ijust make mine work lol. i got access to another bed thats bigger that i can cut the floor from, ill just weld that it. since it will just be the bottom and underneath of the bed liner i can just paint it myself. i was hoping to find one round 300 or so, but i gues that may be a fools hope lol. i will just repair what i have, and if and when the day comes, ill just make a sweet flatbed out of it.

[HenryJ]

I didn't mean to scare you off. You might find a bed for $400 or so and paint it yourself?

[RebelKid1822]

that would be betr lol, im going to look for a while b4 i do anything to it. winter is alost here, so i will do it in the spring. i just hope ohio's salt doesnt make it too much worse lol, but perhaps the whole floor could go, that will save me the trouble of removing it lol

[HenryJ]

"Extend" is a rust treatment that works very well. Extend Rust treatment.PDF

[RebelKid1822]

that stuff sounds great, where can i get it? i would it be agood idea to use it as an undercoating on my frame?

[HenryJ]

Any place that sell Loctite products. I get mine at NAPA locally.
Shoot the frame with a self healing rubberized undercoating product. Ask around locally for what works best. I am spoiled with a high desert climate. Other than a little chloride for the roads in the winter, minimal salts. Rust is not a real problem here.

[RebelKid1822]

salt is so dumb. self heating roads, now thats a great idea

[HenryJ]

Sure, until you have to repair one.
Keep the salt washed off. A wise man here once suggested parking with a sprinkler under the truck to wash the underside. Sounds like a good idea to me

[RebelKid1822]

i am big on washing, ill take it to the car wash once a week once snow starts, the sprinkler idea sounds great, but the hose is no where near where i park. come on bed! dont fall off on me now lol

[HenryJ]

4x4's park where they NEED to Happy Birthday

[RebelKid1822]

lol well right now it anit a 4x4 lol, still workin on that part. and thank you very much

[pro65goat]

Rebelkid1822 I have a bed for sale but it is Blue. It came off of a 2004 I'm pretty sure. The bed has about 2,000 miles on it. My uncle bought the truck new and stretched the frame 18" and put a 6' bed on it with the dually adapters. He made a mini crew cab dually. The bed is about as perfect as it can be. Everything is there except the tailgate. If you are interested you can e-mail me at pro65goat@gmail.com I live in Stafford Virginia and delivery can be a possibility. Let me know. Thanks

[RebelKid1822]

pro65goat- thank you for the offer, but as it stands now, im just going to weld a new bottom into my bed. thank you anyways.