Newbie shopping for Tonneau cover

CaptainBart45 · Jun 9, 2020

JEEPNIK said: ↑

The Peregon arrived now I just need a cooler day to install. Opened the boxes and checked it out. It seems well made and designed. Not sure about the seal around the tailgate but I'll know more once it is installed.

My biggest problem is going to be keeping the kid next door from insisting on helping. His dad is completely lost around tools and the kid is pretty mechanically inclined. He insisted on doing one side of the hood struts. Says he was taught to help old folks.
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A Kid that wan't to turn wrenches can't be too bad.

TacoBuffet · Jun 10, 2020

JEEPNIK said: ↑

My biggest problem is going to be keeping the kid next door from insisting on helping. His dad is completely lost around tools and the kid is pretty mechanically inclined. He insisted on doing one side of the hood struts. Says he was taught to help old folks.
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You should let him even if he's annoying. Raised by a single mom, I never got the dad / wrench experience till I joined the AF and started riding mx bikes and street, got into truck builds, etc. had a great first supervisor who showed me the ropes, that guy will forever be one of my fondest friends / mentors.

TacoSpoiler · Jun 13, 2020

Custom made cover local shop in the Los Angeles area $700

davidstacoma · Jul 1, 2020

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I recently bought a low profile cover from Rough Country. It's a little pricey (IMHO), but worth it. I had bought a used off FB market that was tri-fold vinyl cover. Tyger has some decent pricing, but the vinyl one wasn't what I had originally wanted. I wanted to get an OEM one, but couldn't find one in my local area. One thing Rough Country does is allow you to finance through Affirm (if you need that option--many others do this as well).

They also have another hard cover and vinyl cover if that is more to your choosing.

Here's the link for the one I bought:
https://www.roughcountry.com/toyota...0500c.html?find=2016-toyota-tacoma-4wd-567120

It took about 45-1 hr to install. And that was only because you have do some removing of the front lip of the bed to put some spacers on the end of it. Overall, I like my cover, it looks great, and haven't had any issues.

Just an FYI: their design has tubes that drain water and some people might drill a hole through the bedliner for the tubes. It's not required, and we don't get a lot downpours here in Mississippi like that might in the Pacific Northwest.

Here's a video if you are just so curious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fkj9UFDc-8&t=508s

Hope this helps!
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Do you still have access to the existing bed rails for use after installing the Rough Country hard tri-fold?
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