Made my own bed stiffeners

Not the prettiest but they are pretty solid, I could have made the welds prettier but our mig machine is down at work I welded it all with 7018. I used 3/16 3 inch flat bar. I plan on spraying them with bedliner spray to match my bed. Once I spray them you won’t even see any of the spatter. I just couldn’t see myself spending $200 on stiffeners I still have a lot of other things I want to do to the tundra.

 

Nice job!
I bet those would work with the OEM bed extender.

 

Damn that looks real nice, nicely done.

 

Here’s a pic not finished mounting or spraying yet , it’s still loose

 

Nice work! Might have to look into fabbing a set of those for myself.

 

Awesome!

Do you still need to drill the bed like the others out there?

 

Yes I have to drill two holes for 3/8 bolts on each side but if I ever decide I don’t want them I can always just leave the bolt in to cover the hole and spray it Black

 

Turned out just how I wanted it I’ll mount it in the morning

 

Ran into a little issue for the top bolt I had to cut a hole to put the nut in but it’s in