- First Name
- Jeff
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- Sep 19, 2023
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- Location
- Rancho Cucamonga CA
- Vehicle(s)
- Maverick Lariat 2023
- Engine
- 2.5L Hybrid
Cool, thanks for the reply. Yeah I added some insulation into the tailgate to funnel the water. That did the trick for that area. The bulkheads still needs some fine tuning. I might try and design some drain funnel and tube to cover the area that is leaking by the spring.Thanx for the compliments. I really do like the look, but I can't take credit for the idea. Someone here posted a picture of doing the same thing. And that made me realize that doing the bed just extended the design idea from inside the cabin. I remember reading that the orange accents in the cabin are on the expected "touch points" (door handle, air vent adjusters, etc). So, I figure, that the biggest "touch point" of a cargo vehicle is the actual cargo area itself.
I haven't really inspected for water leaks that much (no bed rug to try to keep dry), but I suspect I have some leaks by the latches simply because at night I can see light from inside the bed with everything closed at those corners. At some point, I'm going to 3D print myself a couple shims (probably 1/4" at first) to push the bed rails a little further back towards the tailgate. Probably out of solid TPU for a little rubber grippy so they hopefully won't slip off over time with vibration.
One thing that I did during my initial install is I used little scraps of the soft gasket foam to fill the notches in the plastic trim on the sides near the front under the rails. I don't know if that helped since I don't have any performance metrics without the gap fill. But it made me feel a little better about the install.
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