Replacing front wall of bed?

The front wall on my 2000 Tundra bed is caved in or outward I should say. I’ve hauled many loads over the years and I’m currently in the process of restoring the truck. I popped the bed off to fix/replace the leaking cab vents on the back wall of the cab. I see bolts on the front wall of the bed. Anyone know if this panel is easy to remove and replace? I was happy about how great the frame looks. Zero rust but I guess that is expected for a Northern California truck.

 

I haven’t heard of anyone replacing that front panel, but I’ve only been here a few years.

Why not hold a 2x4 on the other side, and hammer out the dents? You won’t be able to see it from the outside.

 

Heh, here's a cool solution: https://www.tundras.com/threads/tacoed-tundra-project.130491/page-11#post-3731600. Props to @whodatschrome.

 

According to the Toyota Collision pdf, if your Bed front panel is anything like a Cab back panel(67 welds), there are a boat load of Spot and/or Mig Plug welds to undo.

 

That’s pretty cool. I’ll probably end up going this route and just cover/reinforce it. It’s hard to find a nice bed in good enough shape to justify the swap.

Heck, I’m actually contemplating turning this truck into a prerunner type toy with long travel so the bed would be cut up anyways. Or maybe that’s the midlife crisis talking….

 

I would just beat it back with a hammer and weld some thin flat bar to it to beef it up while you have the bed off. I had the same problem on my 2006 RCLB but I replaced the bed for other reasons.