Mine was a stepside wooden bed - didn't mess with me except for the time I drove it without the front bumper and had the turn signals taped to the brackets. I was going to get a new exhaust and just painted the bumper. 1 block into Mt Lebanon (total pita for anything car related) and was pulled over and ticketed. Fought the ticket, and when the magistrate asked how long was the truck going to be that way if I wasn't pulled over, I answered" put back together the same day"- the ticket was dismissed.