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I need a bed bolt kit for my 85. who has the most complete kit for the money? are rubber pads under the bed factory? thanks!
 

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I used 1/2” carriage bolts :D
 

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Yep, mine came from Lowe's. Although in hindsight, I wish I would have got stainless from somewhere. Pulling the bed back off this next year probably won't be much fun.
 

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Yep, mine came from Lowe's. Although in hindsight, I wish I would have got stainless from somewhere. Pulling the bed back off this next year probably won't be much fun.
Stainless is nice but doesn’t have the strength of regular steel and unless you pay for good stainless your gonna get low grade crap that will corrode anyway
 

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Yep, mine came from Lowe's. Although in hindsight, I wish I would have got stainless from somewhere. Pulling the bed back off this next year probably won't be much fun.

That's what I have planned- yet to install. Fastenal has good quality stainless stuff.

I need a bed bolt kit for my 85. who has the most complete kit for the money? are rubber pads under the bed factory? thanks!
 

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That's what I have planned- yet to install. Fastenal has good quality stainless stuff.
Fastenal does seem to be good quality, but I always thought it was pretty damn pricey.
 

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Fastenal does seem to be good quality, but I always thought it was pretty damn pricey.
That because they are geared towards industrial and contractor accounts not to the extent of Grainger or McMaster Carr but kinda the same. I know we used to get a pretty nice discount but not so sure since the buyout
 

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That because they are geared towards industrial and contractor accounts not to the extent of Grainger or McMaster Carr but kinda the same. I know we used to get a pretty nice discount but not so sure since the buyout
I figured that was the case. Where I'm at, sometimes it's go Fastenal, or mail order it and wait a week, or drive 75 miles one way to get to OKC. You can get nearly anything local, except the stainless stuff, so I rarely use them. It is nice having access to Fastenal though.
 

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Fastenal does seem to be good quality, but I always thought it was pretty damn pricey.

Not too bad for good stainless - $94.86 for the bolts plus a bag of 25 nuts for $13.96 = $108.82:

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Not too bad for good stainless - $94.86 for the bolts plus a bag of 25 nuts for $13.96 = $108.82:

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Maybe that's why I think they are pricey, usually when I'm having to buy from them it's nearly always stainless. And I guess good stanless is damn expensive. lol
 

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Maybe that's why I think they are pricey, usually when I'm having to buy from them it's nearly always stainless. And I guess good stanless is damn expensive. lol
Pretty much, cheap stainless will rust umm square mirrors are cheap stainless and they rust lol
 

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