DrRoady

So I purchased a 2010 Platinum the other day. I was really excited that it came with a hard folding bed cover from Extang, as these cost over $700. The excitement soon faded when I noticed that after a day of raining the bed had quite a bit of water in it. I began doing a little research and found that the internet is full of reports about these tops leaking. I then started inspecting the cover and found that foam pieces where the cover folds were dry rotted and were falling apart.

Turns out that before I noticed the leak I had already ordered weather stripping for sealing off the tailgate, MAXSEAL tailgate seal (also by Extang, just noticed that)

Its a hollow rubberized foam seal that attaches using 3M tape (same as vent visors use). After finishing with the tailgate I had a large piece of the seal leftover, so I decided I could use it to replace the damaged foam pieces on the cover. The foam pieces were actually very easy to remove using only a razor blade. Then just cut the new weather stripping, align and attach. The new piece is shown at the top of the photo.

Both pieces changed

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Now, when closed, the top actually seals.

So far it has held up well against a continuous spray from a water hose. I'll just have to see how it holds up against rain while driving, but I'll keep you posted. All said and done I spent a little over $16 and about 30 minutes of my time.

PS: I have read about these tops leaking between the panels. This fix will not address this issue, only the foam padding.

bobkyle2

Moved and approved.