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View Poll Results: Stepside or Styleside?
I love my stepside!
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41.41%
I love my styleside!
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43.75%
I'd rather have a stepside!
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4.69%
I'd rather have a styleside!
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10.16%
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Stepside or Styleside?

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Stepside or Styleside?

Vote your choice in the poll on your ranger. If you have more than one ranger, vote on your primary preference.



I'm curious to see the ratio!
 
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not that it really matters, but of coruse I am new to the ranger sceen, and I found myself parked next to a Mazda truck and I happened to notice that the beds, other than the tailgait where the badges are at, are IDENTICAL. Imagine that! :{D
 
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we coulda told you that, lol. that's fords idea of providing a specially extreme bed for the STX. you should pick yourself up a styleside Ranger bed.
 
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i had a stepside... now i have a styleside, and yes i love it
 
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Styleside is the way to go...always better to have more space...
 
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My four wheeler won't fit in a flareside, so styleside for me.

But now I have nothing *kicks rocks*

~HJ
 
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I have the style side and there is more room in it. Room in the bed is important to me because I haul stuufall the time and I use it for work.
 
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Stepside, less practical, but looks cooler. Nyah
 
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I don't think the stepside looks very good, nor is it practical. So I see no point for it.
 
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Stepside, its great for offroading when you get stuck in the mud... if you have step rails anyhow.
 
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i wanted a styleside, but ended up with a stepside.. while stepsides aren't as usefull (hauling drywall blows).. they look better. there's nothing more boring than the same old straight side bed, which every truck in the world has.
 

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I think the stepside looks better. My first truck had a styleside bed. I made sure my next truck was a stepside.
 
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Well....I like my styleside and all..... but sometimes I wish I had the stepside
 
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Fiberglass can suck my ***.
 
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^ im with Andy. Id rather have dents than cracks.....
 
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Well, there are more votes for styleside but there are no votes of stepside owners wanting a styleside. Where as there are a couple styleside owners wishing for a stepside.
 
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Me personally, I like the stepside on 4 door trucks. the joint between the bed and the cab looks alot cleaner than it does on 2 door cabs. Dad talked me into a styleside, and while I am glad he did, I do like the curves on stepsides, and they do have more of "their own market" so to speak since no other small pick up has that style of bed.
 
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u know how i roll...
 
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Originally Posted by KARPE
we coulda told you that, lol. that's fords idea of providing a specially extreme bed for the STX. you should pick yourself up a styleside Ranger bed.
WELL duh! I did get a styleside, its in my avatar! LOL :{D
 
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Ii'd rather have a styleside than my stepside. I can fit my quad in the bed (Suzuki Quadmater 500 4x4 Utility) but i liked having the bigger bed on my red ranger. (Yes i miss that truck too much)
 
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I want styleside so I can get a rollbar!
 
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I hate the stepside, hauling sheets or plywood/drywall sucks my ***. I'm willing to trade anyone that wants a stepside,
Bed Tailgate, bumper etc...
 
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i love the styleside jsut because to me it looks 100x cleaner, because theres no giant buldge to distort lines and you get much more room to put stuff in it...
 
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Stepside for me. It has enough room for my band equipment and I think it looks better.
 
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did we start drivin chevies, or did someone change the names of our beds at ford? they are called flareside and fleetside.....unless you have that crazy in-betweenie mazda bed. you can call that whatever you wanna

BTW, i love my flareside, its my second one.
 


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