Tie down access holes are in the front, one on each side. In checking out
my truck, the ones John asked about seem to have no purpose. Chris' answer
that they were for hanging the bed to paint might be correct. If not
painting, they probably are used during the assembly process. Go ahead and
cover them.
-- Miles Harris III Simi Valley, CA 01 Silver Dakota CC Sport, 2.5L, 5speed 01 Gold Saturn SC1 (3 door coupe) 1.9L SOC, 4speed auto http://www.spikesautos.homestead.com/Dak1.html Profile: http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/PfCA4R1zO470wAndy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com> wrote in article <3A89E156.2984514@bigfoot.com>... > Sure they're not tie-downs? I didn't get a good look at that part of > Ed's truck last summer (I assume it's Ed's truck that's getting > sprayed?). > > Jon Steiger wrote: > > > > Does anyone know what those holes in the bed of the Quad Cab are for? There > > are two, right in line, both on the floor of the bed, on the left hand side, > > one towards the front and one towards the rear; they have what appear to be > > plastic covers on them. > > > > The reason I ask is a buddy of mine is going to have his bed line-x'd; the > > shop has just been spraying right over them on the assumption that they aren't > > used for anything, I'd just like to be sure they won't actually be needed in > > the future, for example, maybe they are an access point to be able to drop the > > tank, remove the bed, etc. If they are important, they can be masked off > > instead of sprayed over. > > > > Anybody have any clues? :-) > > > > -- > > > > -Jon- > > > > .---- Jon Steiger ----- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@twistedbits.net ------. > > | Affiliations: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA; Rec & UL Pilot - SEL | > > | '92 Ram 150 4x4 V8, '96 Dakota V8, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly 447 | > > `------------------------------ http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ----' > > -- > -andy > > http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/ --- andylevy@bigfoot.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > modesty, n.: > Being comfortable that others will discover your greatness > ------------------------------------------------------------- >
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