2nd gen flatbed

I was thinking of making a flatbed for my 06 prerunner and needed some ideas if you have one please post pics.

 

First off - I think the idea's cool.

Second - if you do it - do the flatbead in fairly light colored hardwood flooring. Real wood looks excellent in that capacity - but you have to use an outdoor grade varnish, obviously.

but third - uh, I'm not so sure how the look will come out on a double cab. Proportions might just always appear a little wrong?

 

I like the idea, but I think the load capacity of our trucks may damper the sprits of the idea.

 

Subscribed... I'm waiting for something to happen to my bed to build a flat bed. I've got the DCSB so having the flat bed in the full width would be awesome!

 

I hope nobody minds a link to another forum

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=49252&highlight=tacoma+flatbed

 

Wow i dont know, why are you thinking of flatbeding? get a trailer for load hauling. i really dont think that they look good on these trucks. but thats my opinion. if you do it document the build i wanna see it.

 

I think it would be pretty cool. Do it!

 

Do it!

 

The short bed is almost useless. The wheel wells take up a lot of the bed and losing the width on an already short bed limits the usefulness of the truck in my opinion. I do not have a place to store a trailer so if it doesn't fit in the bed, it doesn't make the trip. I won't flat bed mine until it's 10+ years old and is no longer a daily driver, in the mean time I'm looking into a cap to expand the cargo area.

 

This is just a idea I had the other day. The stock bed is to small and i do not have a place for a trailer.

 

Do you have a bed extender?

 

damn good idea...i thought of the same idea but all metal with like a diamond plate surface all black...so im not the only one that likes flat bed yotas

 

No, had one on my f150 and it always got in the way.

 

I hope it ends up looking better than the one posted on the link above. =/

 

Here's one I found on here, but it looks like the same one linked above.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/64095-flatbed-raptor-liner.html




I thought I had seen one here that was really well done, just can't seem to find it right now.

 

This one looks pretty clean, though certainly not a 2nd gen. Not even a Taco in fact. But I like the bigger tires. Makes it look mean AND brute.

 

Yeah - flatbeds need to be on std cabs to look proportionate.

 

if i can recall correctly i saw a 2nd gen access cab with a flatbed. looked like someone's work truck. ive only seen it once driving around so i don't have pics. if i ever see it again i'll make sure to snap a few.

 

here are a couple of ideas

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98472