I know this is an older post but I would have carefully strip the back everything clean to the bare frame, salvaging as much as you can and starting over! That is just garbage work they have done and you don't want your name associated with it. And I would be questioning that frame extension! Just my 2 cents.
Eventually all of the sheet metal was removed other than the top skin and every weld under the truck was checked and either rewelded or extended along with gussets throughout the underside to tie the bed and frame together more entirely along with rewelding and gusseting the frame extensions before moving on to reskinning the exterior, adding work boxes to the sides, and adding the air bags. It was months of undoing the mess underneath while saving what I could. The first order of steel I put back under the bed was already $1,000 due to current material costs, so I had to salvage what I could.
I want the rear roof spoiler!!!
It was a REAL pain to get it fitted but I can't imagine the truck without it!
To think that the guy who sold you this truck was using it to haul his and other people's cars... that is my new nightmare fuel. Thanks.
Right!? I've broken off a lot of welds already while removing things already. I can imagine a big pot hole could have ended with a bed collapsing
I know this is an older post but I would have carefully strip the back everything clean to the bare frame, salvaging as much as you can and starting over! That is just garbage work they have done and you don't want your name associated with it. And I would be questioning that frame extension! Just my 2 cents.
Eventually all of the sheet metal was removed other than the top skin and every weld under the truck was checked and either rewelded or extended along with gussets throughout the underside to tie the bed and frame together more entirely along with rewelding and gusseting the frame extensions before moving on to reskinning the exterior, adding work boxes to the sides, and adding the air bags. It was months of undoing the mess underneath while saving what I could. The first order of steel I put back under the bed was already $1,000 due to current material costs, so I had to salvage what I could.