Hey guys, John here with realtruck.com and I'm going to show you how to install the TruXedo
TruXport Tonneau Cover on this 2016 Chevy.
So we've got everything out of the box and you can see here that it comes complete with
everything you need to put this on the truck, comes with of course your Tonneau cover itself,
both your right and left side rails and bulkhead seal and this part is really kind of cool.
These are seals that are going to go on the ends of your end caps here to help seal that
up as well and it comes with your clamps to attach it.
So let's get this on the truck.
Before we get too carried away and start attaching our Tonneau cover to our truck, the first
thing we're going to do is attach this bulkhead seal which they sent with it which is really
cool.
And the way you do that, is first of all make sure that everything is good and clean and
then take like an alcohol prep pan and just rub it down just to get all that extra dirt
and stuff that might still be on there, just a real quick clean here and make sure that
this is dry before you start installing the seal which is very easy to do.
And we'll get that on here and make sure everything seals up good.
We'll take our seal.
Now, when we start putting this on, what we want to do is make sure that we start it where
it's going to go because it's going to stick pretty well and we'll put it right here along
the edge of our bulkhead and we want to try and keep it as straight as possible because
that will help to ensure that you have a good seal up here to keep water and dirt and other
stuff out of your bed.
When we get to the other side, we have a little extra and that's not a big deal, once you
take a pair of scissors and we're just going to cut it off and there we go.
Once we get that all in place, just rub it down real good to make sure that it sticks
well and pull the protected backing off of it and boom.
Now, we're ready to start putting our end cap seals on our rails and you're ready to
put those on the truck.
We're going to have attach our weather seals to the ends of our rails and it's really simple
to do.
Just peel them off the placard they come on and just attach them right in the same position
that you can see the shape of them already, press them down real good to make sure they
stick well and do the same thing to the other one.
And it's important folks that you do put these on here because this is what's going to help
to seal up the corners on your Tonneau Cover, if you don't put them on you're going to get
water and other stuff in there and if you notice there's a couple left over.
Don't throw these away because you're going to need these later in the installation and
I'll show you where those go.
Once we have our seals in place, the next thing we're going to do is we're going to
set our Tonneau Cover up on the bulkhead of the truck and then set our rail up on top
of our bed rail and the reason why we need to do that is because this rail has to attach
to the Tonneau Cover itself.
So I'm going to show you guys exactly how to do that here, so if you want to take a
look here.
We're going to put this together just like this.
Take this part of our rail and we're going to slide it in here to the Tonneau cover piece
and just push it in just like so and then we're going to go over and do the one on the
other side and we're going to attach it exactly the same way.
So once we have our rails attached to our Tonneau, the next thing we're going to do
is make sure that we have it set properly on the truck and the easiest thing to do is
get yourself a little piece of something that is measured out to an eighth inch thick.
I just have a small piece of hard plastic that I use, just makes it easier.
And you want to make sure that you have an eighth of an inch of space between your tailgate
header here and the rail.
So we're gonna put that in there and we're just going to slide this forward until where
it matches up to there and that's going to let us know that we're at an eighth of an
inch of space and then we'll go and do the same thing on the other side and then we'll
be ready start catching our clamps.
Once we have everything adjusted and set where it's going to go, make sure guys before you
get your clamps on, that you have this rail lined up so that it's run in parallel with
your bed rail and then take your clamp and slip it on just like so.
And you want to make sure that you have it as far forward here as you can.
And once you have it in place, you can go ahead and tighten it up.
And then we're going to do the same thing with the other two.
We are going to put these ones close to the center as we can.
And then we'll do the back one.
And then on the back one just like the front, we want to put this back one as close to the
back as we can.
And then we're going to go over and do the other side and we're going to do it exactly
the same way as we did this side.
So we'll get that one done and then we'll show you what the next step is.
Once we have our rails attached, we want to double check our clearance.
Go ahead and close up the tailgate and just check to make sure you still got your eighth
inch and it looks like we do on this side and double check this side.
We are good there too.
So we're going to roll our cover out.
And then here on the ends, you guys can see here, it has a very similar shape to it as
the ends of our rails did and that's where we're going to attach those other foam seals,
so I want to grab those and put those on here.
Just put them on just like we did the other on the rails.
And we can go ahead and check the fitment of our cover.
Make sure to go ahead and pull your sides so that you have them attached, so you can
tell if you've got this adjusted properly and such.
Now, when you do this you want to make sure that you pull it tight enough that you're
pulling all the wrinkles and things out of the cover and that's a good way to tell if
you have it tight enough or not.
Another good way to tell is once you have it all pulled out and attached, if you just
give it a little rap and it sounds a bit like a drum, then you know you have it correct.
So we're going to check our tailgate.
Alright, everything looks good.
There you have it guys.
That's how quick and easy it is to install the TruXedo TruXport Tonneau Cover onto your
truck.
Remember, until next time, happy motoring.