As soon as the old lady gets back I'll go out and measure my tail gate if no one else has by then.

 

looks good matt.

 

sweet i was starting to thank wtf how is it going to open with the handle being cut off but i see now you just open from the inside

 

nice matt, looks much better!

more pictures though!

 

I did a quick measurement of my tail gate and on the outside its 45 3/4". This was just a quick rough measurement.

I have too say that the bed looks much better with the tailgate.

 

Why Not??? I did. You did the right thing, a step side tailgate is only 8" narrower.

 

looks much better i want to see pictures of these skid plates

 

i lied 26 7/8" was the middle.. now to read the rest of the responses.

 

Lol I just go the Ford dealership after hours and do it

 

yea, i kinda want to take one of those latches they have on toppers and make that work.. it would be nice to have a latch.

more pics will come.. i need to finish welding/bond it up.. i have the outside welded up tight but the inside has some wicked gaps.

oh so i'm ~4" narrower than a step side

it was gonna be tied into the front receiver, but i'm going to be putting the receiver else where.. so i gotta weld up the hole i cut in it.

all i did was hack up my old skid plate.

 

looks good man. you could have at least changed the words a bit from the copy and paste in the original post. lol.

 

i did n00b.

here's the origional post