Hey thanks for all of the information and feedback! You do have to be careful not to overtighten the adapter plates but give our sales guys a call and we would be happy to send you a couple replacements free of charge! In the mean time I will look into lengthening the studs on future models...
The extra top brace entirely depends on your use of the rack but it does not necessarily add any strength the the rack. The most common use of the additional top brace is on our longer 56" bed rack models made for long bed / full size trucks that intend to use a roof top tent. Many roof top...
We have not confirmed the use of any Tonneau covers with the rack itself, but we do have a bracket prototyped that SHOULD allow it to work with many hard/soft covers provided you do not require the tonneau to still fold up. Some roll up covers might be able to work still though.
Hey guys, just saw this thread. Here is a pic of our JT with the 18" rack on it! Note that we do offer the exact same rack 6" shorter if you plan to put an RTT on it and still want it to fit in the garage!
Hi everyone! RCI recently acquired a 2020 Gladiator for product R&D and will soon be launching some awesome new products for it, the first of which being our Gladiator Bed Rack! Let us know what you think, these are already in production and shipping out of our Loveland, CO manufacturing...