Short bed or long bed truck? Restoration or custom?

The spare tire fender is different based on the truck wheelbase.

On a short bed the cutout is up higher and back farther. The end result is the spare tire up in the air higher.

Here are some photos:

Stock Short Bed Spare Tire Fender

Long Bed Fender I Installed On My Short Bed Truck

The spare tire bracket on the truck looks like this

The spare tire bracket off the truck looks like this

And there are also some factory reinforcement pieces factory reinforcement pieces that attach the bed upper rails to the bed sides.

If you are building a custom truck you might be interested in a custom hidden mount for the spare tire. See post #11 here

Hope that helps thumbs_up

John


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