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<blockquote data-quote="PD1744" data-source="post: 1698097" data-attributes="member: 39284"><p><u>BED STIFFENER BRACKETS</u></p><p></p><p>Installed a set of these this weekend. I went with some cheap eBay specials. These parts are so simple, I really couldn't justify paying a premium for them. If they suck, oh well. Lesson learned. But figured I'd roll the dice.</p><p></p><p>So far though, my first impressions are great. I paid like $38 bucks for them. Delivery was fast. They came from Cali, but for sure made in China. Packaging was great, fasteners were nice, parts were beefy with a nice powder coat, and even the installation instruction were very good.</p><p></p><p>Fit was also perfect and install was simple though made more difficult because I had to remove my bed extender. I've done a lot of wrenching in my life, but thanks to the snow-less, salt-less area I live in, have never had to bust out the torch out to get the job done.... Until now. The nut that holds the bed extender on one side was seized and, oh yeah, they are round. Got it done though. Also trimmed away a little of the spray in bed liner to make sure the mating surface was flat.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]327635[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I initially thought my bed was already tweaked because the gaps between the tailgate and bedsides are very uneven. Nearly touching on the driver side and wide on the passenger. Also the tailgate protrudes out past the edge of the bedside and doesn't seem to latch very securely on the driver side.</p><p></p><p>The hope was that these parts would remedy this issue and square everything back up, but after install it turns out that, yes the bed is tweaked, but not in the traditional way like I thought. I think the normal fatigue causes the bedsides to splay out at the top after rough play and brackets like these will remedy that. However after installing these, the gaps look identical to how they looked prior to install. Not only that, but the gaps are uniform all the way down. That shows me the the tailgate is shifted off-center. There's no L-R adjustment that I can identify, so that tells me the bed is actually out of square. I'll need to check that and see if I can figure out how to square it back up if that's possible.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, after all the recent work, we'll be going into our event in less than two weeks, with a lot more confidence. Now time to pay out all this work and investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PD1744, post: 1698097, member: 39284"] [U]BED STIFFENER BRACKETS[/U] Installed a set of these this weekend. I went with some cheap eBay specials. These parts are so simple, I really couldn't justify paying a premium for them. If they suck, oh well. Lesson learned. But figured I'd roll the dice. So far though, my first impressions are great. I paid like $38 bucks for them. Delivery was fast. They came from Cali, but for sure made in China. Packaging was great, fasteners were nice, parts were beefy with a nice powder coat, and even the installation instruction were very good. Fit was also perfect and install was simple though made more difficult because I had to remove my bed extender. I've done a lot of wrenching in my life, but thanks to the snow-less, salt-less area I live in, have never had to bust out the torch out to get the job done.... Until now. The nut that holds the bed extender on one side was seized and, oh yeah, they are round. Got it done though. Also trimmed away a little of the spray in bed liner to make sure the mating surface was flat. [ATTACH type="full"]327635[/ATTACH] I initially thought my bed was already tweaked because the gaps between the tailgate and bedsides are very uneven. Nearly touching on the driver side and wide on the passenger. Also the tailgate protrudes out past the edge of the bedside and doesn't seem to latch very securely on the driver side. The hope was that these parts would remedy this issue and square everything back up, but after install it turns out that, yes the bed is tweaked, but not in the traditional way like I thought. I think the normal fatigue causes the bedsides to splay out at the top after rough play and brackets like these will remedy that. However after installing these, the gaps look identical to how they looked prior to install. Not only that, but the gaps are uniform all the way down. That shows me the the tailgate is shifted off-center. There's no L-R adjustment that I can identify, so that tells me the bed is actually out of square. I'll need to check that and see if I can figure out how to square it back up if that's possible. Anyway, after all the recent work, we'll be going into our event in less than two weeks, with a lot more confidence. Now time to pay out all this work and investment. [/QUOTE]
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