4 Wheel Parts Bed Stiffener Install

Kwikvette · Jul 13, 2024

ksnow34 said: ↑

That leg can't be too much longer, unless you bend it long and cut it after. See the photo from the installation instructions, the latch brace is only an inch or so off the corner.
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I got it mocked up

I have another thread going on about these as I was trying to move interested buyers over (hard to keep track here)

But yeah we made adjustments to that piece, now just need to replicate it on 3/16"

Kwikvette · Jul 16, 2024

ksnow34 said: ↑

I finished my 4WP install today. @Kwikvette, I strongly recommend keeping the welded nut design. Loose nuts would be a nightmare for the number of times you have to install and remove for placement, drilling, and fit check. maybe the three nut bar could still be loose nuts, but the primary brackets should be as the originals are. Even the oversized clearance hole with the nut welded to the back of the plate allows for an easier fit around the drilling burs. Most exciting for me was that they accommodate the AMP Research bed extended pivot mounts! The biggest reason I put off installing this kit years was the fact I thought the two would interfere. They fit great together, and all I had to do was drill some clearance holes in the 4WP backplate.

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ksnow34 said: ↑

I had to pop the tail light again anyway to loosen that bracket to get my final bolts in (painted them yesterday), so I went a step further and popped it out to measure.

The bend radius in the 3/16" is about 3/16", lol... pretty tight. It matters, too, because that corner edge sets the placement against the existing bed corner.

The funny spot next to the weld was a hole in the plate before it was bent. Possibly to keep the weld from popping, or for placement in the brake to align the bend?

I meant to measure the angle of the gentle angle on the large L bracket, but I failed there. Less interested in removing a whole side, so hopefully you have that angle.

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ksnow34 said: ↑

That leg can't be too much longer, unless you bend it long and cut it after. See the photo from the installation instructions, the latch brace is only an inch or so off the corner.
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Posting here cause thought you'd appreciate this; here's where we're at so far.

Talk about close huh?

ksnow34 · Jul 17, 2024

Kwikvette said: ↑

Posting here cause thought you'd appreciate this; here's where we're at so far.

Talk about close huh?
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Thanks for the update. I picked up on the other thread the other day, so I have been staying up to date there. Looking good!

offroadtoyboy · Jul 24, 2024

Kwikvette said: ↑

I got it mocked up

I have another thread going on about these as I was trying to move interested buyers over (hard to keep track here)

But yeah we made adjustments to that piece, now just need to replicate it on 3/16"
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What other thread?

musicisevil · Jul 24, 2024

offroadtoyboy said: ↑

What other thread?
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https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/internal-bed-stiffeners-final-phase.837114/

Seymootaco · Mar 21, 2025

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