DiamondBack Covers | Modifications

I had to purchase longer bolts for my clamps in order to fit my second gen to the third gen.

 

Maybe that's just all it'll take. As long as I'm not the only one... It should be coming from a 2nd gen to 2nd gen though.

Guess a trip to Home Depot is in the near future..

 

This is from my truck. It is a 2nd gen cover o

These are my clamps (2nd gen) on my 3rd gen truck. I think the bolts I purchased were 3.5" long

I see from the picture I have to adjust one!

 

Thanks for the info. I'll have to pick some up later today.

I need to order new seals and a safety catch from Diamondback as well anyway.

 

This is from my truck. It is a 2nd gen cover on a 3rd gen truck

Funny, I just did that also. The seals are $22.00 each (weather-stripping). I bought for the front and back panel. I don't know about the safety catch. I probably need that! I also purchased the two rear rod-locks they were $5.00 each. Nice aluminum, I was surprised. Have fun!

 

I plan on it. I emailed them earlier asking about the seals and catch and for a listing of replacement parts for that model that they still sell so I can see if there's anything else worth replacing.

 

Added a pressurized solar shower to my rack system, It made out of 5' of 6"PVC pipe 2 caps and a T the water outlet is a 1/2 pipe to hose fitting. I drilled thru the end cap and threaded the hole so it would be the lowest point also the strongest spot to thread. then I used a 45degree hose fitting with a shut off and a quick disconnect fitting so I can store the hose in the truck when not in use. Painted it black with bed liner. on my trip in Moab I had hot water all day and night I was able to pressurize it up to about 60psi. and it would shoot about 40 feet. It hold 5-6 gallons of water and cost about 75$ to build. To mount it to the rack I used 3/8 threaded rod and some 1 1/4x 1/4" flat steel. If you need close up pic's just ask and I'll take some .

 

I'd love to see some more details on the shower system.

 

here's a handful of pictures. the square tube on the u-bolt clamp is there to keep the pipe and clamp from vibrating/moving into the rear window. before paint total length before the end caps is 5'

 

Excellent!

 

Not really interested in selling them, just trying to share the design.

 

Sounds good my man, thanks for letting me know.

 

Not sure if it has been said yet, but you could wire a temporary brake light from a trailer and have it connected to a 4 pin connector that plugs into your trailer wiring plug.

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but I have done it differently, as I described in a post on the previous page. I wired it into the tail light.

 

This is really cool. Great job.

 

thank you

 

Got cleats, weather stripping, and safety catch in the mail today so hopefully I'll have some pics of a cleaned up and put together Diamondback here tomorrow/this weekend.

 

Bingo. Some crooked-ass cleats and weather stripping. Only issue is the weather stripping doesn't quite seal on the tailgate.

 

Would love a set of you're willing to make more

 

unfortunately no, just a design for us to mooch off of.