brobradh77 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 i'm a bit concerned about what my body shop guy warned me about butting up a roll pan flush to the bed. he said the bed will do alot of twisting doing things like entering and leaving parking lots etc...and if it is butted up it will cause the bed and roll pan to rub and the paint may start to chip off. he suggested maybe leaving a 1/8" gap or less around the pan to prevent this. Anyone else have any concerns about or experience this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxstsmith Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 I have mine butted up and haven't had any problems yet. Only problems I have were self induced...going down a dirt road throwing up rocks chipping the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawks Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 I installed mine with double sided tape between the roll pan and fenders. The tape is black and my truck is black so it doesn't show up. I was thinking the same thing when I did the install. The truck fenders will shift a little but the rubber tape will act as a barrier between them to keep from rubbing. I have done installs on stepside trucks with a fiberglass roll pan and filled them in and it always cracked. The fenders on a stepside are fiberglass to. The only way to stop this if your rollpan was metal and the part that meets up to it was metal then you could weld it. Just stick the tape between the body and roll pan. Not flush with the body. About a 1/8 of an inch to the inside. Here is a photo of my install. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobradh77 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 I installed mine with double sided tape between the roll pan and fenders. The tape is black and my truck is black so it doesn't show up. I was thinking the same thing when I did the install. The truck fenders will shift a little but the rubber tape will act as a barrier between them to keep from rubbing. I have done installs on stepside trucks with a fiberglass roll pan and filled them in and it always cracked. The fenders on a stepside are fiberglass to. The only way to stop this if your rollpan was metal and the part that meets up to it was metal then you could weld it. Just stick the tape between the body and roll pan. Not flush with the body. About a 1/8 of an inch to the inside. Here is a photo of my install. Hope this helps great idea...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelleyperformance Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 mine was fitted, cause i wanted it to sit perfectly with the rest of the bed.... its pressing against the bed. i agree that the bed is flexing, but its bolted to the frame rails. so if its flexing, the frame must be flexing. and since the roll pan is held on via the bed, its just gunna flex as a whole. if you really twist the frame, it will slightly move. but thats the nice thing about fiberglass- it will give a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimp ss Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 mine was fitted, cause i wanted it to sit perfectly with the rest of the bed.... its pressing against the bed. i agree that the bed is flexing, but its bolted to the frame rails. so if its flexing, the frame must be flexing. and since the roll pan is held on via the bed, its just gunna flex as a whole. if you really twist the frame, it will slightly move. but thats the nice thing about fiberglass- it will give a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06redSSrwd Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 My roll pan is still sitting in my garage.... Anyone know a good place to take it to in South FL? part of my reason for waiting so long is because I don't know of a place that I would trust to do it ES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porno Joe Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 the bedsides cannot flex independently, IF the bed moves at all, its going to move as an entire unit. I have rollpans on two of my other trucks, one being on there for 4 years now, and I have never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted March 4, 2008 Report Share Posted March 4, 2008 the bedsides cannot flex independently, IF the bed moves at all, its going to move as an entire unit. I have rollpans on two of my other trucks, one being on there for 4 years now, and I have never had a problem So are you saying on both of your trucks you've filled/bonded the roll pans to the rear fenders? Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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