[crewcab]

I was loading some stuff into the bed today and looked at my passenger side bedrail and noticed a huge dent. I rembered I was standing in the bed the other day and put my hand on the bedrail for support but hardly used any pressure. The sheet metal is so thin. Now I either have to do bodywork and repaint or get some smooth caps and paint them to match. Sorry I just had to vent!:flame:

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

I doubt you did that with just a "little pressure" I know they are thin but yours must be made out of Aluminum foil...

 

[08RCSB]

ALL NNBS's do that as the bed flexes

 

[Blue02]

I doubt you did that with just a "little pressure" I know they are thin but yours must be made out of Aluminum foil...

Ohhhh yes they do.

 

[FarmTruk]

hehehe...you should see my tailgate...

 

[SamCarroll]

mine has a lot of small dings down the bed rail. Its soooo easy to put a dent in it. Very frustrating.

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

Ohhhh yes they do.

:nono: Government motors keeps getting cheaper and cheaper with their panels then. I know for a fact that you would really have to try to dent the top of my OBS bed rails in...

 

[StanfordM_3]

Yea I look at mine the wrong way and the damn thing gets a dent. WTF

 

[FarmTruk]

The result of the never-ending search for MPG....

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

The result of the never-ending search for MPG....

:imo

 

[Blue02]

My bedrails look terrible.

 

[Juan!]

flip your truck over and lean on it from the bottom, done

 

[brianZ71]

mine take some serious force to dent them. fuck GM going to plastic trucks. this shit pisses me off. OBS trucks are practically fuckin tanks.

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

mine take some serious force to dent them. fuck GM going to plastic trucks. this shit pisses me off. OOBS and OOOBS trucks are practically fuckin tanks.

Fixed lol

 

[brianZ71]

yeah they are for sure. lets just say pre-99 trucks.

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

yeah they are for sure. lets just say pre-99 trucks.

haha :shake:

It amazes me to see how many OBS and OOBS trucks there still are on the road today. My dad's old 83 GMC is still kickin with its new owner. I know the odo had turned over atleast once in that thing too...

 

[LEEVON]

yep, i put a matress in and a light duty ratchet strap into the stake pocket. It was barely tightened and it made a big nipple (not the fun kind) right next to the pocket. WTF is that?

 

[FarmTruk]

I can barely get the damned thing shut. :roflmao:

 

[MeanGreenZ71]

I can barely get the damned thing shut. :roflmao:

lol but that thing is a beast...it stands a good chance of outliving its owner. :crazy:

 

[FarmTruk]

lol but that thing is a beast...it stands a good chance of outliving its owner. :crazy:

:shake:

I have little doubt of that.


And fwiw...my bedside rails look to be in pretty straight condition. The tailgate's just taken a country ton of abuse over the years.