Brianskeet

The install is everything with the MX4. Tighten the rails from front to back pressing down firmly at each clamp point. Use equal torque on all the clamp bolts. Ensure the grooves on the clamps are seated in the grooves on the rails. When you put the cover on the rails pull it back until the bulkhead seal makes contact with lip under the front panel, but just touching, don't pull back hard. Check and recheck that the cover is square on the rails. That will take care of everything except for the leaking around the sides of the tailgate, but that is a tailgate issue not a cover issue. If you want to address the tailgate you can actually use strips of weather stripping to eliminate the vast majority of it. My truck just went through hurricane Irma and the bed is still dry except for a little water around the tailgate. I haven't done the weather stripping around the tailgate.

I felt stupid after I saw your forum name.... It is a good match, but you do need to put a coat of black over the gold as a first step. I think I could have hit the match perfect if I had put one more very light coat of black under the last coat of red.

Chevy calls it Siren Red tint coat. I used the Plasti Dip brand and the color out of their luxury metal line that they call volcano red metalic. You can adjust how light or dark you want to final color by applying regular black plasti dip under the red.

So a few weeks back I used vinyl to change my bow ties and it was okay, but I could tell I wasn't going to be happy with it long term so I busted out the Plasti Dip and dipped them two tone with glossifier over the top. Much happier with the results.

I think it is safe to say it works! Nice job.

Thank you. Even though I have only had it a few days I am very impressed with the tailgate rug. When I read that it attached with Velcro I was worried that it wouldn't be strong enough, but this is not light duty Velcro. Fourteen tabs of the heavy duty hook and loop attaches it very powerfully. Fit is perfect and it couldn't be easier to install.

I put my Bakflip MX4 and Bedrug Tailgate rug on today. No full bedrug, because in a month or two I will put a bedslide in.