Removing bed and cab plastics for a custom bed cover

[Ranko Kohime]

I am curious who has removed these (long-term), and what they’ve done about water, which to my understanding, gets under the roof rail, then behind the cab rail, and finally leaks into the bed near the front?

This is something I am in the planning stages for: a custom wood bed cover. Why wood? Because it’s within my skill set, fiberglass and aluminum are not.

I am planning on the idea of removing the siderail plastics so that the cover rests directly on steel (with perhaps a rubber pad in between). Part of the idea is to address the water ingress issue, and the other is purely looks. I prefer the old bed styles before plastics were added.

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[Glen Baker LLC]

I am curious who has removed these (long-term), and what they’ve done about water, which to my understanding, gets under the roof rail, then behind the cab rail, and finally leaks into the bed near the front?

This is something I am in the planning stages for: a custom wood bed cover. Why wood? Because it’s within my skill set, fiberglass and aluminum are not.

I am planning on the idea of removing the siderail plastics so that the cover rests directly on steel (with perhaps a rubber pad in between). Part of the idea is to address the water ingress issue, and the other is purely looks. I prefer the old bed styles before plastics were added.

Good reference thread.
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/home-made-bifold-firm-cover.81515/

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