Newbie - 07 Silverado Nbs Bed Extender Question.

07NBS1500CCSB · February 17, 2008

Hello all. I have been reading this forum for about a year now and finally decided to register. I have a NBS 1500 Silverado crewcab Z71 shortbed. I previosly had and 05 Silverado of the same kind and before that 4x4 S 10s. I have gotten alot of great info here and look forward to posting now and then. My question is : I bought a gm accessories bed extender and it came without the directions. I put the extender together fine but I am not sure where the 2 black latches mount in the bed. Does anyone have any pics of there GM bed extender mounted in truck or direction info they could share. I have a bedliner also is that going to be a problem. My 05 had different mounts than this one. Thanks, Ed

pwall · February 17, 2008

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dsmazz · February 17, 2008

Hello all. I have been reading this forum for about a year now and finally decided to register. I have a NBS 1500 Silverado crewcab Z71 shortbed. I previosly had and 05 Silverado of the same kind and before that 4x4 S 10s. I have gotten alot of great info here and look forward to posting now and then. My question is : I bought a gm accessories bed extender and it came without the directions. I put the extender together fine but I am not sure where the 2 black latches mount in the bed. Does anyone have any pics of there GM bed extender mounted in truck or direction info they could share. I have a bedliner also is that going to be a problem. My 05 had different mounts than this one. Thanks, Ed

I'm pretty sure Westin Automotive is the manufacturer. They are licensed by AMP Reasearch who owns the patent anyway. Go to http://www.westinautomotive.com and search for your year and make. They should have a pdf of the instructions that you can download, and there's a template there. If you have a bedliner installed, the brackets have to bolt through the bedliner, so you'll need to drill through both the bedliner and the truck's bed in order to mount them. If you cut the bedliner around the brackets, it will continually hang up and the bed extender may not fit.

baltimoreZ71 · February 17, 2008

I don't have extender, but I do have the cargo management system, and wonder if the cargo management system is required for the bed extender?

dsmazz · February 17, 2008

I do not have the cargo management system and I do have a bed extender, and they are not dependent upon one another.

07NBS1500CCSB · February 17, 2008

Thanks for the welcome and the replies. I did find a westin .pdf that had a universal mount and template but it is not exactly the same as the mounts that I received. I'm sure they will be close enough though to get it mounted. I just don't want to drill any more holes than I have too. Any one with pics? Thanks again.