Originally Posted by Pinetree
Sorry, I own neither digital camera nor cell phone so no photos. But my point is that it is possible to use stock 46 sheet metal (fenders, running boards, filler panels) and stock torque-tube rear end with stock wheels without having to narrow an AD bed. If I hit a big bump in the road and get more than usual rear suspension bounce, I get very slight inner tire sidewall contact with the bedsides. Just enough to rub the dirt off the sidewall. That's why I say the tires BARELY clear using the spacers. Probably original 6.00x16 tires wouldn't rub at all. The 215/85 radials I'm using are a little bigger. If I regularly carried substantial weight in the bed, I'd have to be more concerned with tire/bed contact.

Yeah, it probably works just fine, but someone picky like me notices the difference and it just looks wrong, to me. If you're happy with it on your trucks that's all well and good. I think the way you did it with the right fenders and wider bed would look better (the ones with 48-54 fenders are hideous IMO), but I would still think it would look "off" if you're familiar with those trucks. Most people probably wouldn't notice or mind though.

How did you deal with the extra width where the fenders meet the running boards?


1946 GMC Pickup - S-10 Frame, 455 Buick, TH400, original patina.

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