Just me or are all beds bent in this area (see photo)?

Note: I don't recall ever doing anything to warrant bending the sheet metal as such.

This is the area where you stick that OEM spare tire removal tool to lower the spare tire.

 

Same same on mine.

 

Sweet. Thanks for checking. I wonder why it's like that? I'm just going to bend it straight because I need that area flat for something.

 

Mine is also bent like that

 

Is it for that silly "flared" side of the bedside, behind the rear door and forward of the wheel?

Edit: I guess that makes no sense.

 

no its dead center in the rear under the tailgate...

 

Alright. No clue.

 

Does it have something to do (making space for the rod/crank, etc) with the spare tire carrier mechanism?