questions on flaring stock bedsides

[Rollinballsdeep]

Im trying to find out how to flare stock bedsides on a 2005 2wd chevy, I have got the fiberglass fronts and dont want to buy fiberglass rears. I have looked around and found a few pictures on how to flare your stock bedsides but nothing very good. Has anyone done it successfully? Any pictures of finished product? Any help would be great, thank you,


Marc

[Chaplain]

same question here. How do you pull bedsides?

[mjlogan88]

See the little struts that connect the bedsides to the frame by the wheelwells? Make them longer.

dude, brah, it'll look siiiiickkk
:rolleyes: :shaking: :rolleyes:

[Curious1]

I did my '02 F-150 in a few simple steps. First by cutting all the outer skin supports (spot welds) and removing the bolt on supports at the edges of the wheel well. Next I took the jack that comes with the truck and wedged it up inside the wheel well with some blocks of wood on either end to spread the load. I then extended the jack as far as I wanted the fenders to stick out. I then made spacers that fit in the new gap I had created between the inner bed skin and the outer skin. Tacked the spacers in place and removed the bottle jack.

I realize you ask for a Chevy, but it should be a similar process. I have an '05 Chevy that I'll look at later today and make sure it's the same.

BTW: I recommend rounding the edges of the block of wood you use for a spacer against the outer skin. The one I used had sharp corners and made marks that you could see in the outer skin after I removed the jack.