Roll bar and Bed Cover?

[frenchsquared]

I really want a light bar like the one pictured below. Issue is I have a hard roll up bed cover that sits on the bed rails. Has anyone found a roll bar that will work with a bed cover? 
Im thinking I will have to have one custom made. Wish I had access to a pipe bender. 

 

 

 

[74Sprint17SierraATX]

I would have to see a picture of your bar sitting on the rails as well. I have the GM bar with the All Terrain X package and have a soft roll Truxedo LoProQT which works fine! But the cover doesn’t actually sit on the rails, it mounts inside and is flush with the sides


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[frenchsquared]

3 minutes ago, 74Sprint17SierraATX said:

I would have to see a picture of your bar sitting on the rails as well. I have the GM bar with the All Terrain X package and have a soft roll Truxedo LoProQT which works fine! But the cover doesn’t actually sit on the rails, it mounts inside and is flush with the sides

hmm... to bad I already have the hard cover. I have gone with the Truxedo soft on other truck and decided to go for the hard cover. it rolls up into a can type thing and thus sits on the edge of the rails to support the weight. It does not sit inside. Would need to double check but I say its about half an inch onto the rails. 

[aseibel]

Here's the thread you should read about the same issue. 

You have some options, but you may not like having to buy a new cover.

 

[frenchsquared]

21 hours ago, aseibel said:

Here's the thread you should read about the same issue. 

You have some options, but you may not like having to buy a new cover.

I think it will be noticeably cheaper to just make a roll bar then replace the $1200 bed cover. Plus, I really like this roll up hard cover. That roll bar is only 2 tubes with 8 bends.  You could remove 2 of the bends and just angle cut the base of the rear bars. The flat plates are very easy. Worse case I would have to notch and gusset the bars to fit around the cover. 

[aseibel]

20 minutes ago, frenchsquared said:

I think it will be noticeably cheaper to just make a roll bar then replace the $1200 bed cover. Plus, I really like this roll up hard cover. That roll bar is only 2 tubes with 8 bends.  You could remove 2 of the bends and just angle cut the base of the rear bars. The flat plates are very easy. Worse case I would have to notch and gusset the bars to fit around the cover. 

If you have a metal shop, you can definitely make your own. There was a guy on here that made an awesome looking headache bar /light rack by himself. I can't find his post now. Searching on this site is a joke. I can't find it using google either.

 

But we all love pictures of do-it-yourself projects so let us know what you end up doing!

[frenchsquared]

Only issue is I dont have a tubing bender.... trying to find a shop that will do that part. The rest I can do. I'm more into suspension stuff like 4 link, full air ride rather then accent stuff. I will update with some pictures. 

My V8 Swapped B2200, GM 10 bolt, 10 shot, Gear Vender Over drive, TH350 full air ride on parallel bars.