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Old 12-07-2012, 11:31 AM   #70 (permalink)
bennelson
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I like the black low-rider S10. Good look.

As far as getting CRAZY with the back of a pickup truck....
Beds DO come completely off. I've always thought it was cool when somebody did a wood bed, in that classic pickup truck look.

It would be completely possible to make an entire bed/cap combination from scratch. That would potentially MAXIMIZE aero-improvements. It would just be a LOT of work!

An advantage is that since beds just bolt on, you could have a stock bed AND an "Aero-Bed" and (relatively) easily swap the two out.

That's a bit beyond what I'm planning on doing right now, but I'd love to see somebody do a complete from-scratch pickup back end like that.
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