Sealed up the bed, but not the traditional way.

[AEsco48]

From what I searched most people have sealed up using rubber seals.
My objective is to reduce dust coming into the bed when driving dusty roads.
Leaving on a 10 day camping road trip so will repot back.

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[vsayler]

I will be watching your report with interest

 

[spectre6000]

What is the advantage of this over more conventional options?

 

[Josh00333]

Weather stripping is cheep ?

 

[Josh00333]

Good idea OP!

 

[AEsco48]

Weather stripping is cheep ?

So is this stuff… plus I have better things to do than reapply and reapply rubber weather stripping.

 

[Fundamental Jeepster]

I did as you AEsco48. Except my reasoning was to keep snow out. I'll see in a couple months if it worked.

 

[Chance575]

The rubber seal from Amazon is working great for me. Keep my work crap the the far back and it’s dry

 

[The White Rabbit]

Very interesting ?

 

[yushjr]

I gotta do something like this. Drove on dusty dirt roads today. Stopped for groceries on the way home. Opened the tailgate and WOW there was so much dust in there. (two week old truck, opened the tailgate first time since running dirt roads)

 

[CrazyCooter]

Been there tried that........Seemed like the dust couldn't get out with the tail gate sealed up. I never tried sealing the drains and misc holes on the front.

 

[yushjr]

I got to looking at mine today and that Gap at the bottom corners is humongous.

 

[AEsco48]

Reporting back.

It worked really well. Minimal dust entered and this was w/o sealing nay of the holes at the front of the bed.
All the double sided tape on flat surfaces held up fine. The tape on the curved surfaces started to peel after 5-6 days. Before applying I wiped with a dry rag and then wiped with a acetone paper towel.

Need to find a longer/taller hair that has a better and thicker foam type of double sided tape.

 

[AEsco48]

I got to looking at mine today and that Gap at the bottom corners is humongous.

Yea, i had to put a 2nd layer on the bed and another on the tailgate... worked well but the tape did not last more then 6 days

 

[AmosMoses01]

Reporting back.

It worked really well. Minimal dust entered and this was w/o sealing nay of the holes at the front of the bed.
All the double sided tape on flat surfaces held up fine. The tape on the curved surfaces started to peel after 5-6 days. Before applying I wiped with a dry rag and then wiped with a acetone paper towel.

Need to find a longer/taller hair that has a better and thicker foam type of double sided tape.

After seeing your original post, I looked for it at Amazon and got an "extra sticky 3M" version of the tape. Product at this link. So far it has held up really well - and I've been pleased at how well it works. Thanks for the original suggestion!

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