Looking for bed corner panel
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Looking for bed corner panel
The corner of my truck box was crunched when I got it, I was hoping to replace just the corner, similar to the kind of panel you would use to do a cab corner, just the bed instead. I am having trouble FINDING one though. All I can find is wheel arches and complete bedsides. I would really rather not spend $500 on a complete bed side when all I need is the corner. Any leads on a company that may have what I am looking for, or do I need to take a sawzall to the junkyard?
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From: Fort Worth, TX
I wouldn't even suggest a sawzall. It will deflect that corner and make it worse unless you go slow.
Use a rotary cutoff tool. Go from the leading edge of the taillight opening straight down to the pinch weld, and again on the tailgate side (inside the jamb), straight down. Matching the line of the taillight will make the repair nearly impossible to detect as long as the panel is correctly spot-welded back in progressively, and the other patch will be hidden by the bed when closed. The difficulty may be aligning the tailgate hinge, unless there is enough good material to go around it.
Use a rotary cutoff tool. Go from the leading edge of the taillight opening straight down to the pinch weld, and again on the tailgate side (inside the jamb), straight down. Matching the line of the taillight will make the repair nearly impossible to detect as long as the panel is correctly spot-welded back in progressively, and the other patch will be hidden by the bed when closed. The difficulty may be aligning the tailgate hinge, unless there is enough good material to go around it.