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Originally Posted by 07White-SR5
It looks to me like you lose the functionality of the rail system with this cover. If you tie something down tight it looks like those brackets they supply to lower the rails will just bend right in; is that the case?? I hope not because I was planning on getting one of these. Also what's the deal with the drain tubes, are they running all the way down to the bed?
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I did a quick test with my body weight and tugged and pushed on the rail system once it was installed cause that was my concern too but it darn solid the whole truck moves and no bending. Now if you use the bolts they supply with the kit you will loose ability to slide the cleats from end to end (bolts too and this blocks the cleats) but if you did like me and replace them with just slightly shorter bolts it will allow you full use of the rail system, think I spent under $2.00 for replacement bolts.
As for the brain lines in the orginal pic they were just sitting in the bed cause I need to get 90deg. elbow adpaters and smaller tubbing. It is routed into the beds exisitng holes and under the truck and I have the ends zipped tied off toward the bottom of the bed to allow water to flow out. I can not take credit for this idea it was from another member here that I saw that posted about it. Actually think that were Bakflip stole the idea about the relocating brackets too.
