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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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Looks good, I painted my Backrack in bedliner, It was rusted when I bought it used a few yrs back.

I drilled my mounting holes to close to the front, so I have to reach underneath inside the bedside to unbolt/Bolt it on. It sucks lol
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:08 PM
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Looks good! I eventually want to buy or build one of those for my truck
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Looks good, I painted my Backrack in bedliner, It was rusted when I bought it used a few yrs back.

I drilled my mounting holes to close to the front, so I have to reach underneath inside the bedside to unbolt/Bolt it on. It sucks lol
mine are drilled in the back two spots, i'm glad it worked with diamond plate bed rails, painting mine would be difficult, because of all the meshing. maybe a summer project
the bolts holes from my tool box dont reach far over the toolbox brackets, stuck with my j bolts

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Looks good! I eventually want to buy or build one of those for my truck
itd be super easy , if you can buy the meshing, but if not, that'd be alot of welding
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by norma jean
mine are drilled in the back two spots, i'm glad it worked with diamond plate bed rails, painting mine would be difficult, because of all the meshing. maybe a summer project
the bolts holes from my tool box dont reach far over the toolbox brackets, stuck with my j bolts

I guess it would be, My backrack took more then my rear bumper did, Because of the side parts. You waste so much painting them, Or in your case the mesh.

I bolted my Toolbox the the brackets, Bolts/Nuts on the Back (Toward Tailgate) and 2 Self Taping Bolts on the front (By Cab)
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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my one replacement hella comes tomorrow so ill be able to mount the two on top of the rack, but i cant decide, wether to put them on apart or together in the middle
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by norma jean
Itd be super easy , if you can buy the meshing, but if not, that'd be alot of welding
Ya if I cant find that style of mesh I would go with expanded metal
 

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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by norma jean
my one replacement hella comes tomorrow so ill be able to mount the two on top of the rack, but i cant decide, wether to put them on apart or together in the middle
I would say apart, close would look odd, IMO
I bought Spot-Light brackets for my backrack, So if I need to put a Ladder or wood in the middle, I still can.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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Looks real good, I'm thinking about a roll bar or a back rack as well. Whether it be homemade or bought.
 
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