Tailgate Gaps

[Mikeoxbig]

I have a 5.8 bed. When I look at my back window at my tail gate I can see about a half inch crack of light in each side.

 

I assume this is normal. I found sone double sided 3m rubber gasket i was thinking of sealing the crack with it.

 

Thought?

[klrrdr]

those cracks let the air out of the bed at high speed. without them the truck would lift up on the rear wheels thus causing steering loss and possibly an accident.

[RyanbabZ71]

Same as the gmt900 beds

 

 

Ryan

[lovemytruck]

I've got a 6' bed with a roll-up tonneau. I installed 3M double sided tape on both bed sides to stop the spray from getting into the bed from the auto car wash spray.

[montyss]

this looks like it would do the job for you , http://www.agricover.com/access/totalbedseal/

[MotoMedic]

If you don't have a bed cover, there's really no reason to seal them.

 

*and while sealing them might slightly change the lift/drag characteristics of the truck, IMO I disagree it would be sufficient to cause an accident.

 

If you have a bed cover, you should seal gaps to prevent dirt/mist spray from coming in.

[klrrdr]

Jeez moto just because I didn't put a smiley face at the end you did not see the humor in that one.

[MotoMedic]

Jeez moto just because I didn't put a smiley face at the end you did not see the humor in that one.

Oops, bad man! haha. Guess I was too deep in the moderator-mode and didn't pick up on it!

[klrrdr]

badda boom, I'll be here all week, don't forget to tip the waitresses.

[nomadicdogg]

its a new thing from GM, called kite mode

I have a tonno on my 2010 and put a seal in the tailgate to keep the dust and dirt out, works nice, plan to do the same with the 14 as well.

[MikeNH]

I never sealed my tailgate but the Extang Solid Fold did a good job of keeping out snow and water aside from things like the carwash with high pressure directed spray. But last night when I finally got back to my truck after a day of delayed flights I opened the tailgate to a bunch of snow. Must have had some hellacious wind while I was away.