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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 10:55 AM
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Well I got Rearended on 9-26-08. F&*!ing stupid bastard. He tryed to hit and run, ended up totalling his shtuff when he hit two more cars 2 miles down the road. OK so here are pics before, after wreck, and current progress.

My truck USED to look like:



Then he decided that looked too nice and wanted to add some flare to my truck:






Soo.. Instead of letting the shop cut up my truck I found this guy with a matching gate:

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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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Ouch. Looks like the welds held up good on the roll pan. Good luck getting it back to the way it was.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Put the bed and gate on and took the pinstripes off and gave it a quik wash:

haha I had to, It was fun to drive for sure



The new Bed and Gate



Then I got some of these:





More pics to come as the parts come
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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Looking good so far. Man that white looks great after a bath.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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I bet it was fun to drive without the bed!!
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by outlawz2004
Looking good so far. Man that white looks great after a bath.
Heck ya, big diff.

I bet it was fun to drive without the bed!!
OMG I tried to take off full trottle from a dig, 50 ft later I decided it just wasn't gonna happen
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 11:53 AM
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Coming along very nicely, you have a clean lookin truck
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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man i would love to drive without a bed once lol
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:09 PM
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Coming along very nicely, you have a clean lookin truck
Hey thanks man, It means alot. All my girl says is that it looks like **** without my 20s" and it sounds like ****

man i would love to drive without a bed once lol
Dude it's like 8 bolts and take off the tails. I unbolted in 15 mins and only needed one friend to help me take off the bed. It's alot faster! I was pondering if I could run it at famoso haha. It has functional brakes and a liscense plate w/ current tags. ok Imma stop now.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jaegmc99
Hey thanks man, It means alot. All my girl says is that it looks like **** without my 20s" and it sounds like ****



Dude it's like 8 bolts and take off the tails. I unbolted in 15 mins and only needed one friend to help me take off the bed. It's alot faster! I was pondering if I could run it at famoso haha. It has functional brakes and a liscense plate w/ current tags. ok Imma stop now.
someone is drinking red stripes again...
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