What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Ha ha. Yeah I hear ya

 

I grabbed my gerber knife that uses utility blades and tried cutting those shipping straps while pulling up. The knife slipped and the blade went straight into my thumb.

What REALLY sucks about it is after spending all day today trying to get the tonneau to sit flush I decided to return it. I'm going to do a separate post with pics tomorrow. But long story short, they redesigned the side rails (and they now suck) and there are a few things I saw that would become problematic down the road.

So I gashed up my thumb for nothing.

Which cover did you buy?

 

wash/correction/wax day today.

tried the chemical guys 'hydroslick intense gloss' stuff this time. supposed to be a si02 based ceramic, we'll see how long it really lasts..
still need to do some correction on the window glass from the previous owners hard water stains, and maybe find an update variant to aquapel, but for the most part it's done for now.

 

I already expressed concern and sympathy, so I can do this ...

1> Do they charge a restocking fee for red stains?
2> You DID get a tetanus shot out of it all.

 

Use proper tool for the job.
Knives aren't for everything.
When using a knife while pulling up keep all body parts out of the way including thumb and face.
Lotsa posts and seem not too smarts.

 

I had my heart set on finding on OEM cover, but I can’t seem to find one for a long bed. I decided to go with the rough country hard cover. I’ve seen mixed reviews on it. If I don’t love it I’ll send it back and save my $$$ over the winter and get a diamond cover.

 

I have a story I will not share details on about my thumb and a hammer. Suffice to say I was slightly pissed about needing to undo a joint on a wooden-rack and was distracted. I survived.

If we look into your past, and the past of anyone, we will find a "distracted by <fill in>" that is "not a proudest moment".

 

I got blood all over the pavement by my front door, a drop or two on my pants and shoes, and a little on the box.

I reopened the wound, scrubbed it with soap and water and shoved my finger into a shot glass full of rubbing alcohol. I then put some polysporin on it and a band-aid. I'm just crossing my fingers now that it doesn't get infected. I hate doctors and hospitals.

Too bad you're not in the midwest. I have a buddy with a brand new OEM long bed cover he wants to get rid of cheap (it was on the truck when he bought it and he removed it when he got home along with all the pieces). The cover I'm sending back is the Rough Country low profile. They have GREAT support (and I mean GRRRRRRREAT) but I didn't like the dual rail per side design. Their install video shows a single rail on each side. Other install videos show a single rail on each side. The one I'm sending back has one rail that mounts to your accessory rail, another rail that mounts to that rail, then the top mounts to the top rail. It was a terrible design IMHO. For some reason the left side rail had a slight bend to it so when you tried to close the cover, the left side would not lock into place. WAY too many variables. The original single piece design was far better and I'd have kept it had I gotten that. Mine also had some shipping damage so sending it back is a no brainer.

 

As you make your way through life, two rules will never bend
Never whittle toward yourself or piss into the wind
Mine isn’t a knife moment…

 

yeah every video I’ve seen had the single rail design….. hummm we will have to see what I get. Any shipping damage and its going back no questions asked. It should be here Monday. I’ll post pictures once its on. What cover are you looking at now?

 

"You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the ol' Lone Ranger"
-- Jim Croce

 

which mirror is that? I want to get one but wasn’t sure about getting a refurbished one. I have a 23 sport

 

Lomax Professional.

I took some pics but I was surprised by the dual rail thing. My hunch is they (er... undercover who makes them for them) wanted a more portable design so less parts are truck specific. It's a shame because they ruined a good, simple design.

 

Woke up with every intention of installing 2 amps, 10" sub and front camera with anytime front and rear kit. Got the tray for the fuse block installed and hole with a grommet for the wiring done and decided that's all I wanted to do for the day. Maybe next weekend. LOL

 

how does it drive now?

 

Man… I can’t even describe it!
It’s like a tune and a remote tailgate lock had a baby

 

https://imgur.com/hwNCNJ1
https://imgur.com/zRZVfTj
https://imgur.com/jDGd9Ty

Warn bumper was pretty easy to install. Might muscle the winch in tomorrow if I'm feeling froggy.

 

You can save a lot of time posting pics just clicking on “Upload a File”.

 

Looking good! All of your hard work paid off!

 

You're gonna shame me into logging in on my phone lmao