CarbonPro bed

[TxTruckMan]

I’m not a fan of bed caps. They all look cheap and ugly. Get a cover or nothing at all.

[Jus Cruisin]

On 9/4/2023 at 11:57 PM, TxTruckMan said:

I’m not a fan of bed caps. They all look cheap and ugly. Get a cover or nothing at all.

I'm certain Rory is long gone to never be seen again. He didn't get the sympathy he wanted. 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Jus Cruisin
He wasn't the OP, I am... Duh

[1454]

On 8/30/2023 at 12:46 PM, Jus Cruisin said:

It's your canopy manufacturer problem not GM's. Bellyache at your canopy manufacturer to create a mounting solution. GM can't or shouldn't have to fix aftermarket issues. BakFlip has created unique mounting brackets for their tonneaus for the CarbonPro beds. 

Is there a need to answer it like this? GM knows their aftermarket well and should disclose major incompatibilities. This doesn't affect me, but it's just another anedote that gm doesn't care about their customers. They don't exactly make it easy to see that "xyz" won't work. *note I'm not saying -insert brand here- is better. I'm just saying this is a specific beef with gm. This is just like the "replacing one bank of lifters" when they take a crap. I like my truck, I do not like the issues I have had. 

[Jus Cruisin]

13 hours ago, 1454 said:

Is there a need to answer it like this? GM knows their aftermarket well and should disclose major incompatibilities. This doesn't affect me, but it's just another anedote that gm doesn't care about their customers. They don't exactly make it easy to see that "xyz" won't work. *note I'm not saying -insert brand here- is better. I'm just saying this is a specific beef with gm. This is just like the "replacing one bank of lifters" when they take a crap. I like my truck, I do not like the issues I have had. 

Huh? Do you really think the OEM's know the literally millions of aftermarket manufacturers out there and review compatibility? Go to SEMA and you'll find miles of aisles of aftermarket companies. How do they develop those products? They rent, buy or borrow the car, truck, component they are wanting to develop their product for and design it to fit and work. Now, what in the world does aftermarket component compatibility have to do with a warranty repair?

Edited September 10, 2023 by Jus Cruisin

[newdude]

On 9/10/2023 at 6:23 AM, Jus Cruisin said:

Huh? Do you really think the OEM's know the literally millions of aftermarket manufacturers out there and review compatibility? Go to SEMA and you'll find miles of aisles of aftermarket companies. How do they develop those products? They rent, buy or borrow the car, truck, component they are wanting to develop their product for and design it to fit and work. Now, what in the world does aftermarket component compatibility have to do with a warranty repair?

 

 

Exactly.  These trucks have been out since the 2019 model year.  Plenty of time for a truck cap company to have found a mounting solution.  

[1454]

On 9/10/2023 at 5:23 AM, Jus Cruisin said:

Huh? Do you really think the OEM's know the literally millions of aftermarket manufacturers out there and review compatibility? Go to SEMA and you'll find miles of aisles of aftermarket companies. How do they develop those products? They rent, buy or borrow the car, truck, component they are wanting to develop their product for and design it to fit and work. Now, what in the world does aftermarket component compatibility have to do with a warranty repair?

Nice reading jerk. You don't have to know "Millions" to maintain standardization so anything that worked in the past still works. Good god. Enjoy your stay in the 84% 

[Jus Cruisin]

3 hours ago, 1454 said:

Nice reading jerk. You don't have to know "Millions" to maintain standardization so anything that worked in the past still works. Good god. Enjoy your stay in the 84% 

So..... Just keep building trucks like they did in the 80's? To help the aftermarket? Really? My 2016 F150 tonneau didn't quite fit my 2021. Close but no cigar. The CarbonPro is new and unique. Rev Industries (BakFlip) created a unique mount for the hard tonneau with its own jig to locate the holes that had to be drilled. I have the Rev Industries tonneau on my CarbonPro bed. The actual hard folding tonneau is the same for all current model short beds, just a unique mounting system.

 

I worked for an aftermarket /oem company called Cars & Concepts years ago in Product Planning and we were always borrowing cars and trucks to develop t-tops, spoilers and other parts. It's up to the aftermarket supplier to verify fit and upgrade their products if needed to work with new models. 

 

Don't know what the 84% is and sure didn't know I was in it..... 

[Gangly]

On 9/19/2023 at 10:25 AM, 1454 said:

Nice reading jerk. You don't have to know "Millions" to maintain standardization so anything that worked in the past still works. Good god. Enjoy your stay in the 84% 

First off, 99% of truck owners who use their truck for a job that requires the use of a truck, don't want a canopy as it severely limits the use of the bed of the truck.  This alone should tell you why GM could care less about spending millions on engineering design, tooling, and fabrication to fit a canopy, especially on a one-off package, where VERY few people will be installing a canopy to begin with. 

 

The carbon pro package is pretty nice as far as durability is concerned, but most of the time it's used as a talking point when new owners are trying to razzle and dazzle the Jones' about their new truck.  I would venture to say most people who have the package had no clue what it was, or that it was even on the window sticker.  They just bought the nicest truck they saw and it happened to have that package, and a canopy was the absolute last thing on their mind.

 

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Gangly

[1454]

On 9/19/2023 at 2:18 PM, Jus Cruisin said:

So..... Just keep building trucks like they did in the 80's? To help the aftermarket? Really? My 2016 F150 tonneau didn't quite fit my 2021. Close but no cigar. The CarbonPro is new and unique. Rev Industries (BakFlip) created a unique mount for the hard tonneau with its own jig to locate the holes that had to be drilled. I have the Rev Industries tonneau on my CarbonPro bed. The actual hard folding tonneau is the same for all current model short beds, just a unique mounting system.

 

I worked for an aftermarket /oem company called Cars & Concepts years ago in Product Planning and we were always borrowing cars and trucks to develop t-tops, spoilers and other parts. It's up to the aftermarket supplier to verify fit and upgrade their products if needed to work with new models. 

 

Don't know what the 84% is and sure didn't know I was in it..... 

Reading is complicated. No, you make the two beds currently offered the same. Not the same as a truck from 1984. Geez. Was standardization really a complicated word? They do it with every other thing they make. 

 

I'm not surprised you didn't know. 

[1454]

On 9/20/2023 at 11:09 AM, Gangly said:

First off, 99% of truck owners who use their truck for a job that requires the use of a truck, don't want a canopy as it severely limits the use of the bed of the truck.  This alone should tell you why GM could care less about spending millions on engineering design, tooling, and fabrication to fit a canopy, especially on a one-off package, where VERY few people will be installing a canopy to begin with. 

 

The carbon pro package is pretty nice as far as durability is concerned, but most of the time it's used as a talking point when new owners are trying to razzle and dazzle the Jones' about their new truck.  I would venture to say most people who have the package had no clue what it was, or that it was even on the window sticker.  They just bought the nicest truck they saw and it happened to have that package, and a canopy was the absolute last thing on their mind.

 

 

 

 

Maybe 99% do use their truck as a "truck", or as you put it, "to impress the jones". I don't have the data to prove/disprove this. The point is that any engineering manager worth a crap knows to design any product for the widest compatibility for their own tooling and production. So why GM chose to make something so wildly different between options is baffling. This doesn't even count the aftermarket usage. It reduces SKU's, it relies on less training as there aren't process differences. Etc. My point is that it makes no sense to design the bed, especially a lower volume bed like the CPRO, to a wildly different spec. It's just poor management. 

[TxTruckMan]

It’s okay to admit when you’re wrong. If every part was built to the same size and spec we’d all be driving the same trucks! You’re the idiot that didn’t do the research before you bought it. Don’t get mad at GM for giving the rest of us different opinions that we want!

[revrnd]

I didn't know this existed. I know the last step side boxes were a hybrid design and there was a plastic box for the GMT800s (the different taillights were the giveaway).

 

Has the box usage been expanded? Or is it restricted to the higher end models that don't see a lot of abuse?

Edited October 27, 2024 by revrnd

[redwngr]

CarbonPro isn't a stepside.

 

2025 order guide shows carbon pro is still only available on top trim trucks.

 

 

It also requires the truck to be TK10543 -- so 4wd, 1500, 4wd, short box, crew cab -- so not available on  'standard box' truck

 

 

[revrnd]

7 minutes ago, redwngr said:

CarbonPro isn't a stepside.

 

2025 order guide shows carbon pro is still only available on top trim trucks.

 

 

It also requires the truck to be TK10543 -- so 4wd, 1500, 4wd, short box, crew cab -- so not available on  'standard box' truck

 

 

Nor Chevs?

 

I knew that, just commenting how the 'composite' box was built over a steel skeleton.

Edited October 27, 2024 by revrnd