Hey guys, John here of realtruck.com.
Today I want to show you how to install the American EZ Roll Tonneau Cover on this 2016
Chevy Silverado.
Alright guys, you can see here we've got everything out of the box.
It comes with everything you need to get this installed onto your truck.
It comes with of course your cover itself and your side rails and you have your clamps,
tension adjusters.
The really cool thing is that this tonneau cover comes with a lot of freebies too.
That would be your cargo retriever so that way, you can reach up whenever things slid
to the front of your truck and grab it, pull it back.
Plus you have in here your tonneau tonic, which is for cleaning your tunnel cover.
This is a really cool emergency tool for cutting your seat belt, or busting your glass to get
out of your car if you need to and also the tailgate seal.
Let's get this on the truck.
We're ready to start installing our tonneau cover but before we do that, we want to go
ahead and attach our tailgate seal.
The way we're going to do that is we're going to take our alcohol prep pad, clean up the
area where it's going to go so that way, this double sided 3M tape will stick really well
and you don't have to worry about this thing coming off on you.
We're going to take our tailgate seal and we're just going to measure it out to get
our distance.
We want to go from one side of course all the way across to the other to get an idea
how long we need it.
Once we do that, then we'll take a pair of scissors or a razor blade and then we'll cut
it off and attach it.
I'll show you how to attach it here in just a second.
Let's get this cleaned up first and then we'll cut this and start putting it on.
What we're going to do then is we're going to take this red backing on here and just
peel little bit of this back to get us started.
The reason why you're going to do that is because if you peel all this off all at once
and you try moving this thing around up here on the tailgate or whatever, you're going
to have it stuck to everything.
It's just not going to be any fun.
So we'll just peel a little bit of that, we'll get this lined up where we want it to go here
and get it started.
Once we have it started, then we just kind of press it on.
As we go along, we'll peel a little bit off at a time and just continue to press down
on it to help it stick to the back of the bed here.
Once we have that all on, then the next thing we're going to do is we're going to do the
same thing on the sides.
We're going to go get our piece and we're going to cut it to length.
There's a little bit of a trick I'll show you guys for up here at top which is kind
of a neat thing that will help it look better and seal better.
The first thing we're going to do here that from when we put our side one on is get our
length.
And that's going to come all the way up to right about there.
Once we have that length, then we can cut this.
It's really easy to cut with just a standard pair of scissors.
And then we'll do the same thing, we'll get this started.
I'll peel a little bit of this off and start this all the way down here at the bottom Up
against our other bottom piece.
Run this through.
Now up here at the top, it's going to work a little bit different than our bottom one
did because what we're going to do with this top part is we're going to take our scissors.
And we're going to go along the line of our box here and we can cut this off.
What we're going to do is we're going to go over and do the one on the other side and
it's gonna attach just like this one and then we'll be ready to start attaching our side
rails.
Now that our bed seal's on, we're ready to attach our side rails.
We're going to go ahead put these up on to the side here.
What I'm going to do now, this is something that's really handy for doing these, plus
when you're all done with this you can use them for other things, is you can pick up
a couple of these plastic clamps at a hardware store.
These are really going to help for holding this thing in place while you're getting everything
attached.
They won't scratch your paint or anything like that and they're very useful and like
I said you can use them for other things once you're done with this too.
We're going to take our clamps then once we have our rail up here in place and make sure
that it's setting even with the top of your bed rail cap.
That the way, the seal works well and everything seals up like it's supposed to.
And then our clamps, we're going to put those as far on the front one, as far towards the
bulkhead or the cab of the truck that we can.
We want to go up as high as we can as well because that's going to help keep our bed
rail level so that it's horizontally attached so that way our cover will roll properly.
Once I have that up on there, then I'm just going to snug it down a little bit just to
hold the rail and to hold the clamp in place.
Another thing to keep in mind as well when you're doing this is to make sure you keep
these clamps straight and that's the way they're going to hold the best.
We have these ridges on our clamps and these are designed to lock into the ridges on the
inside of your rail or your tunnel cover rail and that's what's going to help to hold these
in place.
It's very important to keep these in a vertical position.
The center one then, we're going to want to put it as close to the center as we possibly
can and once again you want to put it up as high as it'll possibly go.
That's going to give us the best hold onto our side rail.
Then I'm going to do the same thing with this one.
I'm just going to snug it down a little bit here.
The reason why we're not tightening these all the way down just yet is just to make
sure we don't have to adjust this rail a little bit.
Because we may need to raise it or lower it to get the seal where it's all nice and level
and even across.
So we'll put the back one here.
The back one's going to be the same as we did with the front.
We want to put it as far towards the back as we possibly can and I'm not sure if this
one will go up in here or not.
Not enough space.
We're going to have to go right here with this one.
Same thing, put it up as high as you can possibly get it.
And then we'll snug this one as well.
All right, once we have those snug down then we'll take a look at this and make sure that
it's all nice and in place where it needs to go.
It's probably a really good time right now to double check your tailgate.
Make sure your tailgate is going to close properly up on here so we'll do that.
Everything's working very well there so we know that we don't have it too far back.
Once we have all that checked out and everything's the way it's supposed to be, then we can go
ahead and start tightening up our clamps.
I want to start with the center one.
Always gents, just give them a little wiggle guys to make sure that there's not loose when
you get them done there.
Once those are all in place then I'll take my, the hold clamps off.
And we're ready to go over and put the one on the other side and it attaches exactly
the same way as this one does.
All right, once your side rails are attached, the next step is to attach our adjustor blocks
and they attach really easy.
If you can see there's a slot in the rail and there's some holes in the block and a
cotter pin.
What we're going to do is we're going to put the block down inside there and then we take
the cotter pin and just slide it into the hole on the bottom there and lock it in place.
It will make sure that when we do the other side, we will make sure we put it in the same
spot as this side.
Otherwise it will not set your tonneau cover tension properly.
So we'll get this in there and then we'll be ready to attach the cover.
Okay, so we've got our adjusters on, the next thing we're going to do is we're going to
take these big black flat washers and these self-locking nuts and these bolts right here
are going to slide into the slots just in front towards the cab of our adjuster blocks.
We're going to put these in there now, we're simply just going to set our cover with those
bolts right down inside of those slots just like so.
Then once we have that, then we'll take the big black flat washer, put that on underneath
and then the self-locking nut.
Then we're just going to start this on here and leave it loose and we're going to go over
and get the other side set in place where it's going to go.
What we want to do then, is we want to go ahead and roll our tunnel out and make sure
that the tension is correct on it and if it is, then we go ahead tighten it down where
it's at.
If not, then we'll have to move our tensioners and tension it and then tighten everything
down.
So I'm gonna go get the other side and we'll do that.
That looks good right where it's at.
What we need to do just pull our sides over and make sure that our Velcro’s good.
I'll show you guys how to make sure that you have the right tension on it.
Really easy to do.
Once you have it pulled, then you see that you've got all the wrinkles and stuff out,
then what you should be able to do is just tap on it.
It should sound a little bit like a drum and that lets you know that you have it all correct.
Now, what we need to do at this point then is roll this back up, tighten down those nuts
that I showed you since we don't have to move our adjusters.
If we would have had to move our adjusters we'd roll it back out, move our adjuster,
slide it where we need to and then check it again until we have this kind of tension on
it and then tighten everything down and you're all done.
There you have it guys, that's how quick and easy it is to install the American EZ Roll
Tonneau Cover onto your truck.
So remember, until next time, happy motoring.