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You mean the "Hey lookout! You're driving in Pittsburgh and facing the sun!" alarm? Yes. No idea how the blasted thing works, but I drive a lot of winding roads, and it seems to think cars in driveways are heading straight for me, especially whenever I'm facing into the sun. So about 1/4 of...

Your reply was genuinely, sincerely on the money, so please don't mistake my intent when I say that the above is the most surreal image ever evoked on this forum, and also that if trains sounded like crying babies, I would for sure never risk beating the train crossing, and might possibly avoind...

Running my '24 Hybrid daily since January, and I've never seen issues like this. Came back from 8 days out of country, and no battery issues either. What am I doing right? My biggest frustration is that the battery capacity if too small, with engine braking engaging in places where I'd love to...

Very interested in the upgrade, but zero regrets. It's rare I need more towing than what I have, and I tend to believe driving in the snow, is about 80% about the driver, (unless you have bald tires or a RWD pickup with no weight in the back, etc.) AWD and 4k towing are preferred, but I'm not...

Here's mine all painted up. Not a bad $450 bucks spent, all in.

Great Work!

That's strange. I have about 1/8" of steel washer above the lower strip of plastic only, and that levels the rail along the raised trim, but it's only bearing on the lower section trim at those washers. No obvious deformation of the extruded rail where those 2 bolt heads are, and can't fit a...

Very cool! Did you use a self threading screw, or pull the wheel well liner and thread on a nut, or???

Good thoughts. Have to say I've got quite a lot of torque on these mounting points, but maybe that's because my bolt holes are fully inside the ribbing that stands it away from the body (just slightly away; it's bolted through the lower indentation in the trim). There's like 3 legs of a...

The way that cover looks to be mounted, I would have serious doubts. I'm using a cheaper soft tonneau (Gator SRX) with *no parts that go over the bed rail trim* in order to accommodate my rack. The most accessible mounting points are in the C Channel that looks to be totally covered by that...

Oh cool! I saw PA, but didn't realize you were around here. I'm in the South End of the East End. I decided to use a utility knife instead of the oscillating tool, noting some complaints about how easily that trim gets scratched. It cuts great when you are patient and willing to take 4 cuts...

Above is my utility knife work. I thought about heating the rail and using it to mark the areas to cut away around the top. Instead I pulled the blade out and traced very carefully. This part takes a ton of patience. Don't cut hard or deep. Hold your knife hand in your other hand to prevent...

So many lessons learned! 1. I didn't need a drilling template. The trim has one built-in, insofar as the tabs are centered on the slots and there's room for a 3/8 (used 10mm) hole directly behind or in front of each one. I didn't use the plastic to mark the outer holes in the rail, but I...

What are you using for shims? Also, please let us know when you've tried riv-nuts on those square holes (if that's what you are going for). I am in the process of installing a rack and plan on using some shims and some rivnuts, but I'm still trying to ID the best shim material. should be very...

Thanks for the encouragement here and to all who contribute to this forum. This past Saturday, I drove 4 hours round trip to Independence West Virginia to buy the old series TracRac with rails and the over-cab cantilever for $400. I'm moving forward slowly with my install and I'm going to do...

Thank you! That gives me a bit of a stomach ache, thinking about cutting into the plastic like that, and the impact of road salt, etc, but this is extremely helpful. I found a pre-Thule TracRac with rails and cantilever at $400, so I'm going to see if I have the nerve to go through with...

I know this thread has been sitting a while, but I am very interested in more details on attaching the rails if you can provide. Have a shot at one of these systems used for about half pirce. Having trouble getting my head around what you drilled and what plastic you trimmed on the Mav, and...

More places to use these FITS accessories I impulse bought. Or ones I've dreamed up. Like, to the right of the climate control for bag hooks or on the dash or inside the weirdly copious center storage area, or on any door, or inside the bed cubby, etc. On a related note, anyone want free...

Estimated odds are one in 2.5 billion. I agree PCH is a lot of hype relative to delivery, but awarding a $40k prize probably generates $400k worth of free media exposure, so it's not really in their interest to fail to award some prizes. Where can I buy an insurance policy against paying off a...

My bed had dozens of scratches in it upon delivery, but I was getting SIBL at the dealer, so I didn't bother complaining about it .