Filling the holes

[idahoruss]

I had removed the plugs for the Cargo Management System mounting holes prior to having the bed-liner sprayed in. Now they won't stay in place because the bed walls are too thick to capture the plugs. Has anyone found/built a plug to help keep the dust out of the bed? This is on a 2012 2500HD long bed.

[03blackz71]

an idea I have is get some anchor screw like the picture below. Make sure the spring load nut part is bigger that the narrow part of the hole. Drill a hole in the center of the stock plastic plug and use the anchor screw to hold it in place. And then paint the screw head black. Cheap easy fix.

 

[DaveH71]

POW http://www.realtruck.com/dee-zee-side-wall-tie-downs/

[Mike-1000]

I think RealTruck also carries some the have a folding ring.

I haven't had mine off yet and haven't seen the back side of one but I was wondering if you might be able to knife away a little plastic/rubber from the originals to make the slot a little wider.

 

Mike

[doverarjim]

Not going to happen!!! Look up under the bed rails and you will see that there are some openings there that allow the air to come into the bed and I don't think that you will ever get them to seal up.

[Mike-1000]

In one of the tailgate sealing kits I saw, part of the kit was some blocks of gray foam that you were supposed to stuff in those large funny shaped holes. I don't know if they stay put but it seemed like a simple solution.

 

Mike