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bed and bumper

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onelo86b2k   +1y
Ok, so, I've seen a few 86-93 B's rollin the newer bed's and ranger bumper's. I was wanting to know what yaers work best and what is involved in doing this.
baha   +1y
Beds I've seen are the Splash or Flare side Bed. For Rangers they are the same from 93 and UP - Bumper I would use is 93 and Up Splash/Flareside Bumper. This bumper is narrower than the sometimes called Fleetside Bumper by Ranger guys, or Straight Bed.

baha   +1y
This is Mazdaman's truck before the wreck.The bed may look different than you are use to because of the shaved upper body line. It really changes the look of the bed a lot. The stock bed is fiberglass with a metal inner shell in case you needed to know. The bed sides actually bolt onto it. If you have ever seen a Flareside/Splash Ranger and noticed the black plastic strip on top with plastic caps every few inches, these cover the star bolts.

Just throwing that info out there.

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mazdaman82   +1y
hey thanks baha..lol.. ya the splash/stepside bed is the one used most..mine as said has shaved body line and rised fenders to lay on 20s and the step was redone to fit the mazda cab shape, plus i cut and narrowed the bed 2 1/2" to fit better as it is wider the the mazda's
onelo86b2k   +1y
ok thanks Baha and others. On the bumper, how hard are they to bolt up? whats mods are required?
baha   +1y
For the bumper it's definitely not a bolt on. It wouldn't be to hard to fabricate something though. On the Rangers the bumper is connected to the frame with 2 bolts on each side. The frame uses some clips so if you have a donor Ranger you could pop those clips off the frame and put them on the Mazda frame but I doubt the tailgate to bumper gap would look right, that's why I say you would have to fabricate something.
onelo86b2k   +1y
actually Baha, I was wanting the front bumper to do with some ranger headlights
baha   +1y
Oh in that case it's definitely a weld on/fabrication application.
86_b2k_runner   +1y
man that step side looks good!
mazdaman82   +1y
thanks... i would love to make another one but im not sure if i will be able to..need something with more room,and cant have to many rides just seting around, i live in an apartment,so the project has to be the daily