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Old 11-30-2020, 12:56 PM   #1
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pre drilled or not, oak bed

i have a 66 short bed step side and im shopping for oak bed planks. id like to go pre drilled but im wondering how accurate the pre drilled holes are. i dont want to have to elongate any holes etc.
does anyone have any experience with pre drilled kits?
thanks in advance for your advice
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Old 11-30-2020, 01:10 PM   #2
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

Never heard of anyone complaining about the holes not lining up.
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Old 11-30-2020, 04:59 PM   #3
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

If you are planning on drilling them yourself anyway I would just buy the pre drilled ones. Mine lined up perfectly.
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Old 12-01-2020, 02:22 AM   #4
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

Actually, if the holes are known to be accurate, this guarantees proper alignment/placement. I did mine from scratch and had no such help on keeping everything true. It all worked out, but not without lots of triple checking.
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Old 12-01-2020, 08:55 AM   #5
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

I didn’t pay attention and ordered my wood from LMC trucks along with some other large parts to get free shipping not realizing it was not pre-drilled not the worst thing in the world but as OEM said you have to have everything lined up and double check
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Old 12-03-2020, 11:54 PM   #6
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

Mar-K in OKCity. Killer quality. Great people and products. I used their complete bed and wood kit.
‘63 short step, red oak, hidden fasteners, SS strips and angles.
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Old 12-04-2020, 10:43 AM   #8
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Re: pre drilled or not, oak bed

I considered drilling my own holes but eventually decided that if I wanted the holes to line up properly I should get the pre-drilled. (Mar-K) And they lined up perfectly. This is what they do and they do a great job!
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The ore drilled one’s also have the washers offset in the holes which is hard to reproduce
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