That stuff is gold anodized, not galvanized. Silly Lowes.
You should have one tie down factory installed in each corner of the bed. The trail rails distribute the load so the side walls are less likely to suffer damage. Four cleats are included with the rails. Mopar doesn't sell additional cleats, but the Toyota cleats are supposed to fit. The generic Toyota cleats are $17 on Amazon. There are some other posts about the hardware and rings that will work with the trail rails.
I just got similar tie downs... did you put anythng between them and the bed itself? I’m a little concerned about scratching the paint and potential of rust.
I used they screws above with some M6 washers in the existing holes of the truck bed to attach the small d-rings shown in the second photo. I screwed up when I bought the d-rings because 10 are black, 10 are titanium. The d-rings are strong enough for mule tape or paracord. They are too small for most rope. One issue with finding d-rings is that when they get bigger than the ones shown, they generally mount with 2 screws.
I used a washer under and over the d-ring.
Yes sir. On the Ram I had, I used the rattle can bed liner on it to protect it prior to install. Worked like a charm.
Those struts are most definitely galvanized with a zinc layer. Anodizing typically only applies to aluminum as anodizing involves created a protective oxidized layer in a controlled fashion using the same substrate. Meaning, for aluminum anodized part, the anodized layer is aluminum oxide, just with a controlled crystal structure. The steel struts above are coated with zinc.
