Bed extender
03-11-2018, 12:35 PM
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Bed extender
I use to own a 2004 F150 that had a metal bed extender that I really liked. 10 months ago I got a new to me 2015 F150 and wanted a bed extender but when I saw the plastic one I started to look around for a metal one. I know the new design can separate in the middle but it only covers the tailgate a little more than half way when open is the other reason I want the old style.
I asked the local Ford dealer IF the older style could fit on the newer bed but no one in sales, service or parts could give me an answer. I gambled and purchased an older bed extender from a 2007 F150 and also purchased the mounting hardware and to my suprise the holes that are already pre done on the bed worked fine for the old bed extender. I only had to thread the holes for the bolt that the bed extender clips on to. The grommets that the locking pin go into just clipped into the pre-existing holes. Everything just worked.
I am posting this so IF by chance there are others out there that do not like the newer plastic bed extender but would rather have the older style and not want one of the after market ones that have straps that hold it in place this works as long as you get the correct mounting hardware and the bed extender is for a F150 and Not an Explorer that has a smaller bed extender.
I asked the local Ford dealer IF the older style could fit on the newer bed but no one in sales, service or parts could give me an answer. I gambled and purchased an older bed extender from a 2007 F150 and also purchased the mounting hardware and to my suprise the holes that are already pre done on the bed worked fine for the old bed extender. I only had to thread the holes for the bolt that the bed extender clips on to. The grommets that the locking pin go into just clipped into the pre-existing holes. Everything just worked.
I am posting this so IF by chance there are others out there that do not like the newer plastic bed extender but would rather have the older style and not want one of the after market ones that have straps that hold it in place this works as long as you get the correct mounting hardware and the bed extender is for a F150 and Not an Explorer that has a smaller bed extender.
03-11-2018, 05:31 PM
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I just used the bolt and threaded it into place. I did not have to use a tap.
