Tonneau cover for CarbonPro??

[John Duran]

I also bought a Denali carbon pro and would like to install a bed cover let us know if any of the bed cover manufacturers come up with something thanks 

[Truckasaurus]

Okay, so mine arrived today.  Likely wont have time to install until next weekend, but here's a scan of the PDF install manual (PDF Attached).  Things to note:

 

You install the J-nuts under the lip of the plastic bed cap, and need to drill holes through the plastic bed cap (but not the carbon bed itself) to access those holes for install.  Fortunately, plastic bed caps are cheap and replaceable, so no big deal, but this is not a "no drill" install, but for all intents and purposes, it is.

 

One Rivnut per side is already installed int he bed, at the rear (by the tailgate).  Curious what accessory that was designed for (the rotating cargo basket?)

 

Does not appear that anything is mounted/bolted/screwed to the front of the bed so the good news is that this thing should be completely (and quickly) removable so you can do things like, load dirt bikes into the bed, etc.

 

Finally, there's an option for the power up/down tailgate which is interesting as that is only an option in the Chevy High Country, to my knowledge.... maybe this means Chevy CarbonPro is in the works?

CarbonPro Tonneau Cover Install Manual.pdf

Edited December 23, 2019 by Truckasaurus

[Thomas McGrath]

Edited December 24, 2019 by Thomas McGrath
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[Thomas McGrath]

Just installed a tuxedo pro x15 bed cover .

Will send more pictures when I figure out how to send more than one at a time.

But what I did is drill a 3/8 inch hole in the side of bed below to  stake bin and put half the clamp inside the stake hole and the other on the bed side. For the front I lifted the bed cap so I had access to the front bed stake and did the same thing. Seems to work just  fine 

 

[Brian Welch]

Thomas - can you expand on how you made the clamps work with the CarbonPro Bed?  If possible, a couple pics of what you had to cut/drill to make the clamps fit would be most helpful.

[Thomas McGrath]

Will send pictures later. All I did was take apart the  clamps, set the rail on the on the bed cap. I held it in place with duck tape. Take half the clamp and place it where it needs to be to hold the rail. Mark where the hole needs to be , I used a 3/8 inch bit. Place one half of the clamp down the bed stake hole and bolt the other half to it . Slide the clamp up to the rail and tighten  . It will make sense when you see the pictures.  As I stated before I'm trying to post picture more than one at a time

[Thomas McGrath]

View from inside box

[Thomas McGrath]

View from stake hole 

[Thomas McGrath]

Front clamp

[Thomas McGrath]

To expose front stake  pocket you need to pry up the bed cap just enough to get half the clamp in.  I used a wood shim . Pry up slowly and you'll see the plastic clips that hold it down.  With a narrow screwdriver  or pick release the clip

[Thomas McGrath]

[Guy Thompson]

On 8/9/2019 at 5:32 AM, Joshua Pessin said:

Any CarbonPro owners out there who figured out a tonneau cover solution?  Apparently, the CarbonPro bed doesn’t have the rail necessary to mount any sort of cover. My local dealer had a call out to GM accessories corporate and am waiting to hear back. 

Yes, I have been stalking this forum looking for this exact answer. I went ahead and ordered a Roll-n-Lock cover of which the manufacturer said that they were not interested in figuring out a way to mount their cover. Well it was easy, just a little drilling to make places to mount. My biggest concern was being able to drill into the carbon bed that GM claims is virtually indestructible. Well, its not, it drills like a plastic/fiberglass compound. Heres some pictures I took for you guys and gals.

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2019 by Guy Thompson
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[Thomas McGrath]

If the manufacturers and GM really wanted to they could come up with options for nearly all covers. But it looks like it's going to be up to us owners to figure it out. 

[Truckasaurus]

The attachment system for the GM factory cover (see above) using the J-Nuts works pretty well.  It would be nice if GM would make that attachment system available as a separate part number (or make the parts available to tonneau manufactureres) because you should be able to use that system to attach any type of rails/tracks to the bed sides of the CarbonPro without having to drill or cut through any of the carbon fiber portion.

[Thomas McGrath]

Good point, maybe they're watching