Posted by Christopher S. on January 15, 2012 at 13:43:27 from (71.50.211.111):
Over the past week we helped my cousin install an aluminum flat bed on his new pickup. His truck had a camera in the tailgate that would come on when you put the truck in reverse. We spliced and extended the wires and mounted the camera in the headache rack so he can see when backing into his goose neck ball. That functions perfectly.
As far as quality of the bed goes, the aluminum and welding seems fine. This bed has a steel substructure that bolts to the truck frame. The aluminum bed then bolts to the subframe. The subframe on this one was out of square and bent a bit. You are also on your own for finding a way to support the front of the subframe (because the truck frame curves back down under the cab). The goose neck is only rated to tow 20,000 (I thought that was a bit on the light side). As far as wiring is concerned there are no connectors available and Moritz does not and will not supply a wiring diagram on how the wiring on their bed is color coded. I believe that pound for pound this bed was as heavy as the original pickup bed so I don't believe there was any weight savings.
We ran into a few other electrical problems and wondered if you fellas could shed a little light on it.
1. The turn signal or four ways worked fine before, now they flash at the normal rate twice then pick up speed rapidly like a strobe light. The original pickup bed had incandescent bulbs, this has LEDS. How do we make them flash at the regular intervals?
2. This truck also had ultrasonic park assist sensors. They worked fine before and now there is a light on the dash that says service park assist. These sensors had a connector on the wiring that unplugged, and plugged back in. We didn't splice these at all. Why don't they work now? Thanks guys.
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