Hey, guys. It's Sara with extremeterrain.com. And today, we have a review and install of the
Tri-Fold Hard Tonneau Cover, fitting your 2020 and newer Jeep Gladiators without the trail rail
system. This is perfect for the Gladiator owner who's looking for a hard tri-fold tonneau cover
to protect their bed from the elements and would-be thieves, but wants one that
still installs quickly and easily. This tri-fold tonneau cover is constructed from durable aluminum
panels and frame and features a nice gloss black powder coat finish.
This tonneau features weatherstripping all around the outside edge to keep your bed covered and dry
and also features a quick clamp fastening system, so you do not need tools for install. This tonneau
cover locks with your tailgate for added security that only a hard cover can offer, and also secures
in the open position so you can operate your Gladiator with this tonneau open or shut.
Now, to operate this tonneau cover, start by dropping your tailgate,
then reach in and undo the clamps on each side.
Fold your first panel up. Then your clamps also secure within this rubber.
Make sure you undo the clamps in the center section as well and then you can fold it out.
And secure your tonneau at the back with the buckles and straps.
Now, to unfold it, you repeat all of those steps in the reverse order.
Start by unbuckling your straps.
Fold out your tonneau.
Make sure you secure the clamps in the center section, and also at the back.
And of course, you can shut your tailgate. So, as far as price goes, this tonneau cover comes
in at around $600, which is middle of the road price-wise when compared to other options. And
for your money, you are getting the security of a hard cover with ease of install and it still saves
you some money over more expensive options. And as far as the install goes, I'm giving this one a one
out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter. It does feature a direct clamp-on installation with
no tools required and can be done within one hour. So, with that said, let's check out the install.
All right. So, the first step in our install is to grab the tonneau cover and set it on top of
your bed. Now, you may want a friend to help you out with this because it is a little bit
on the heavy side. Go ahead and get it lined up with both the bulkhead and each bed rail.
Then we can get it clamped down. Now we're underneath our tonneau cover, what you're gonna
do is grab the threaded post and pull it down, and then slide it up to the edge of your bed.
Next step, grab the aluminum bracket. And what you're gonna do is just slide it over top of that
threaded rod. There is a lip here, an opening, all you wanna do is grab the edge of your bed.
And then there is a threaded knob. Go ahead and spin that over the bottom.
And you wanna spin it in place until it's nice and tightened down. Now, we can fold
our tonneau cover out one more panel so we can get the middle section clamped down as well.
Now, we can head underneath and install the clamp. Now that we're underneath our center panel,
you're gonna see another threaded post. Go ahead and slide that to the edge the same as the front.
However, these clamps do look a little bit different. This is more of a click-clamp,
so what you're gonna do is slide this over that threaded rod, and just spin it in place.
Now, we're gonna continue spinning this until this opening is even with the edge of your bed.
Then go ahead and open this clamp. Grab the edge of the bed and clamp it down.
If it's still loose, just go ahead and continue to spin it to tighten it
until you get a nice, good grip on the edge of the bed.
And now that it's clamped down in the center section, go ahead and fold out that last panel.
And we can get it attached at the rear. And now we're gonna do the exact same process for this
rear clamp. Go ahead and pull that threaded post down, line up your click-clamp over top.
Get it threaded in place and spin it until you can grab the edge of the bed.
Now, make sure you repeat that on the other side to install all three clamps.
All right. So that is gonna do it the review and install of this tonneau cover.
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