I'm thinking of putting a flatbed on my 93 dakota sport.what do y'all think.and no it won't be for farm uses

 

If done right it will look good. There are a few 1st gens flat beds in the FAQ2.

I say if it is not needed and the bed is fine keep it the way it is.

I always say if I kill my bed offroading or get in an accident I will do a flat bed.

To me I would prefer to do a metal bed vs wood.

 

Only problem with my bed is the guy that hade it before me spray panted it and its chipen

 

SO get a da and sand it down to bare metal and respray it. Less $ than a flat bed and it'll look better (imo). nothing wrong with a flat bed, but I don't see why you'd do it unless you needed it to use it.

 

This.

 

Honestly, he's got the best point. It's more than crazy to go through the trouble and headache of doing a flatbed just becuase the paint is chipping...heck my bed the paint blows off with the garden hose when I wash my truck..just clean it really good, get some spray cans of Dupli-color Perfect match clearcoat and hit a few coats on. That way what paint is there will shine up better, look a bit more colorful and it won't keep chipping off till such time as you want to or can afford to redo the right way.

Least thats what I'm doing and it's working good for a year and a half now.

 

Hell, my old 91 acclaim was peeling like an onion, there was like NO paint on the roof, little on the trunk, and the 1/4's and hood were peeling too.

~$100 and a weekend in the garage and it looked like this. (The whole upper half is Rustoleum)

 

I don't wont a flatbed cause of chipping paint.i just like flatbed more than regular beds.id be putting my 4 wheeler on it the most.wont a flatbed make it Easter to load it on

 

Not really. A flatbed will be the same height as a normal bed unless you remove the body lift blocks and make taller fenderwells for the flatbed. I used to pull a wheelie and set the front tires in the bed then pick the rear end up and push it in, but with 33's the bed is probably to high to do that. You could either make or buy a set of ramps and just drive the quad into the bed.

 

But with a flatbed you can pull on on eather side plus you ain't gotta worry about wheel humps.right?