OEM tonneau cover install

I also have all the necessary hardware minus the two rubber gap fillers at the top front of the box. I'll sell you all of it if you are interested. See my previous post with photos above.

3-1/4" long overall mounting base
2" center-center on the mounting holes
13/16" from the edge to the center of the mounting holes
1-1/4" wide overall mounting base
1-11/16 overall pin projection from mounting
5/16 diameter mounting pin

 

I PM'd you about the hardware.

 

How do you like the cover so far. Were there others you were looking at before the OEM

 

Just wanted to thank OP—this little guide made installation super easy!

I used an angle grinder to cut the bed rails. Something I learned: the horizontal cut should be pretty high up so that the cover doesn’t rub and pull up on the plastic rails.

 

Oem very good quality over alot of cheap ones. You want good quality gotta pay premium

 

A hand held razer cutter much easier. Just need very good leverage of the rails.

 

Anyone have issues putting the bolts into the bed? I'm only getting a few threads in and then they just stop.

 

Yes very hard to go in. Might have to spray some pb blaster and let it sit for a day. Or something that will break down the rust in the threads.

 

Might be stripped out.

 

Just rusty threads. All of them will be like that. I just impacted mine with a hammer drill and put anti-sieze on there. It's really hard so learn from me. Spray something on there before hand

 

Thread chaser, or tap. Clean those threads.

 

Stripped 4 of the 12 bolts. Fun times ahead lol

 

Dam, that sucks.

 

Thankfully got them out. Just need to order replacements. I'm seeing 64949-04010 as the part number, hoping toyota doesn't hurt me with the price

 

12 of these right?

 

Anyone know if these are a goof replacement for the bolts used for the striker plates?

 

More than rusty threads. I just put my 2021 OEM Tonneau on my brand new 2023 TRD PRO that had no rust. They were extremely difficult to screw in and I kept thinking that I was cross-threading them. I persisted and finally got them all to seat. I speculate that the threads are full of paint from the factory.

 

I can confirm the T30 bolt fits MUCH BETTER than the T27. Hooked it up and blasted one in after 12hrs of wd40 in the slot.

 

Mission accomplished

 

We used a brass rifle cleaning brush mounted in a cordless drill to clean out the threaded holes. A few seconds in each seemed plenty. Started them all by hand and them ran them down with the drill as well. Hand tightened each one with a 1/4” ratchet just to be sure.