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What year did the Ranger get a fiberglass bed?

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What year did the Ranger get a fiberglass bed?

Need to know since this will help make my decision on what year Ranger to buy, easier.......thanks, Mike U>
 
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Back when mine was made (2002) the only fiberglass ones were the stepsides. The regular beds like mine are metal. That was true back to 2000 at least because a friends 2000 stepside was fiberglass.

I have no idea if or when the regular beds went fiberglass. I thought they were still metal but I haven't looked at one closely.
 
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All the newer ones I have seen have metal beds, minus the flaresides which are fiberass.
 
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All the newer ones I have seen have metal beds, minus the flaresides which are fiberass.
Gee, I thought that was what you got when you had too much bran...
 
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1993 is the first time they had fiberglass bed sides on Splash/Stepside/Flareside beds but remember it still has the steel tailgate and inside
 
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Gee, I thought that was what you got when you had too much bran...




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yeah i believe all the stepsides are fiberglass.. i dont think they have ever made regular beds in fiberglass
 
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a stepside would be fine

since Im just looking to save all the weight I can.....thanks guys and merry Christmas.........Mike U.
 
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I'm old enough to know a lot about bran, Rev, lol...bran is your friend if you're over 50...(did I say that out loud?...)
 
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I'm old enough to know a lot about bran, Rev, lol...bran is your friend if you're over 50...(did I say that out loud?...)

I know Benefiber is my friend...Im only a year and a half behind ya in that dept.
 

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Super Colon Blow is my friend.
 
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lol!

Well, as usual, I have taken the level of discussion to a much lower plane, lol...and gone completely off topic in the process, and brought others with me. Ain't I talented?

My apologies to the original poster -- I meant no disrespect I just get carried away.
 
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Woow! for my fiber glass bed! Haha
 
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yea...you fiberglass guys don't get dents....you get cracks. lol.
 
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Only thing that will never rust out on my Ranger are the bedsides and the hood......LOL

As for the rest of it, it's a Ranger, rust is what they do.....LOL
 
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