Fiberglass bedsides

[Jebadoo]

I understand that on the front you basically need everything ranger specific to convert to a ranger front end (header panel, headlights, fenders, etc)

But on the bed, I'd like to convert to a ranger fiberglass bedsides because mine is rotten rusted in spots, but not the "tub" itself.

I don't want to swap entire beds because I have a long bed b3000 and the 7ft seem to be hard to find.

Would I be able to just use the fiberglass bedsides with ranger tails, or will I need to change more (ie tailgate, bed tub itself)?

 

[Curious Hound]

I think the tub is different because the normal sides are not removable.

 

[Colin]

You'll have drill out all the spot welds to remove the bed sides. But if they make 7ft fibreglass bed sides they will work.

 

[Jebadoo]

You'll have drill out all the spot welds to remove the bed sides. But if they make 7ft fibreglass bed sides they will work.

And I just need to switch to Ranger tail lights right? It's been a while since I owned one of these things and I forgot if the bedside determined the tail light or the "tub"

 

[Curious Hound]

I didn’t notice the 7ft detail. The flareside beds are short - 6ft. So, there’s no way that they’ll work on a 7ft bed tub.

 

[Colin]

And I just need to switch to Ranger tail lights right? It's been a while since I owned one of these things and I forgot if the bedside determined the tail light or the "tub"

Yes but the mazdas are 3 bulb and the rangers 01? and up are 2 bulb, so you need to do some wiring.

But as Eric mentioned, are you doing aftermarket bed sides, or trying to use step side ones?

 

[Jebadoo]

Yes but the mazdas are 3 bulb and the rangers 01? and up are 2 bulb, so you need to do some wiring.

But as Eric mentioned, are you doing aftermarket bed sides, or trying to use step side ones?

Aftermarket prerunner style.

I should be able to find the older ranger tails fairly easily so I can use 3 bulb still

 

[Colin]

Yeah they're cheap on rockauto