a custom bed idea

Ok my truck is an 01 I'm turning it into a drag truck but the 10.50s hang out an inch so I'm thinking of cutting the inner lip out and unbolting the two lower brackets and using some 2x4s and a portipower to jack the bed out and use a 1/4in dowel to bend and weld to give the lip strength again. (I am a profession auto body tech) I was wondering if anyone has flared any and the problems streching it that far.

 

Ok I'm gonna start on it this weekend but I may cut the aprons first for a chrome moly tube I'm trying to get the truck around 1500lbs with chrome moly cage.

 

I've done fiberglass stepsides actually broke and remolded. I rolled mine to the point where it kinked then I repaired and painted it but I need/want 2 more inches of flare. On camaros I've cut and added 3inches of metal to get the width I want but I don't want to do that again I'm hoping it'll roll when I release the lip welds and 2 lower brackets. Ps I made that hood on my truck its lift off fiberglass around half of the factory weight (just a little bragging )

 

That video just helped out a lot I never thought of doing it like that he just moved the outer wheel house to get it to roll thanks for the vid.

 

I cleaned up my stall since you quoted professional I just showing I do body and custom work everyday professionally about 73hrs a week in a 40hr week (yearly weekly average)

 

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OP surely delivered.

well now, this is how the internets should work

 

Anybody interested in doing this job that's 80000 $ worth of tools (a few bigger tools are at home to be able to do start to finish work could cost over 150000 $ so...

 

Can't wait to see the outcome.

 

Good news you don't have a huge wheel well to cut just this bracket. I cut and bent it for this pic (i fully removed it now)

 

Now since I'm going extreme 3in I had to drill the spot weld bellow tail light. I also had to trim the whole lip of the bed to get it to give.

 

Just unbolt that bracket. Now the bracket in the 1st pic is really thin I'm just goind to use a piece of flat metal to replact it.