Plastic bed caps

[scottedb]

I have purchased a QM and now looking for bed cap solution/toppers. I don’t want a soft topper because I plan to have a RTT. The one issue I’m running into (other than lack of product) is the raised plastic trim on the bed rails that I imagine will make it hard to seal once a cap is placed on the bed. Any ideas on how to solve this? 3D printed plastic trim to make the bed rails flush?

 

[ADVAW8S]

I bet the e plastic cap will come off. The plastic came off for my canvas cover. It was replaced with a different system.

There is a hard topper already available in Europe. Plus another one is approved and will be available to purchase from Ineos.

Finally Dirtbox Overland, makes a cap for it but is aluminum

 

[DezRoamer]

I think I'm following what your concern is and I'm wondering the same. I have the DirtBox topper on order and hoping within a few weeks it'll be installed. With the DirtBox cap there is a flange on the topper that sits over and down the outside of the bed rail thus covering the uneven elevation of the factory plastic bed cap.
When I get it installed I'll try to get some pictures to show how the cap is sealed.

 

[scottedb]

Let us know what happens and how it works. I was considering that topper but think I’m going to end up going with an ovrlnd camper. They said they can make one for the truck. I’m going to have to take off the bed caps and fabricate a a surface for the camper to sit on out of angle iron. Planning to affix that to the M8 bolts to provide a solid clamping surface for the camper with c clamps.

 

[ADVAW8S]

Let us know what happens and how it works. I was considering that topper but think I’m going to end up going with an ovrlnd camper. They said they can make one for the truck. I’m going to have to take off the bed caps and fabricate a a surface for the camper to sit on out of angle iron. Planning to affix that to the M8 bolts to provide a solid clamping surface for the camper with c clamps.

Why don't they bolt the camper straight to the bed. It has integrated tubes for the bar work. My canvas cover bolts in.

 

[scottedb]

Why don't they bolt the camper straight to the bed. It has integrated tubes for the bar work. My canvas cover bolts in.

Thats a good idea, im going to have to take the caps off and take a look.

 

[scottedb]

Going to end up going with the original plan of placing steel on the bed rail with the caps removed. The only issue I will need to address is the rear corner piece leaves a huge gap above the tail light. Not sure if I could cut the plastic cap to cover this gap or have a piece of metal placed at an angle to cover the gap (along with some gasket to prevent water and dust).