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Well I started bobbing my 5-ton with my good friend and the help of his shop, Performance Innovations in Wilmington NC.
We had been talking about it for a little while and then decided to just go for it. Boy am I glad we did. It's not done yet but it is already 10 times cooler. So here are some before pictures, and then where we are so far. The plan is to remove the tire carrier and exhaust stack to get the bed closer to the cab; and shorten the stock bed while retaining the function of the drop sides.
as you can see in the pictures, we broke two 1/2" drive snap on tools trying to break some of the bolts loose.
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We had been talking about it for a little while and then decided to just go for it. Boy am I glad we did. It's not done yet but it is already 10 times cooler. So here are some before pictures, and then where we are so far. The plan is to remove the tire carrier and exhaust stack to get the bed closer to the cab; and shorten the stock bed while retaining the function of the drop sides.
as you can see in the pictures, we broke two 1/2" drive snap on tools trying to break some of the bolts loose.
![IMG_20130402_155403.jpg IMG_20130402_155403.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291158-41abe2a2bc938d39b3978b1e172679b6.jpg)
![IMG_20130406_185029.jpg IMG_20130406_185029.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291160-86f2294c8d0e29fbeb30bb745fe1a128.jpg)
![IMG_20130417_095008.jpg IMG_20130417_095008.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291165-dc24684537df71d3fc7b57a5048d25b5.jpg)
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![IMG_20130417_095355.jpg IMG_20130417_095355.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291166-0e34093c27f3dc99bc5d07c69b6d665c.jpg)
![IMG_20130417_101532.jpg IMG_20130417_101532.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/291/291167-5416851a7cc2469564d55a0f71ec0872.jpg)
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