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Experience with BedRug XLT mat and one specific area of annoyance.

dcmdon

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Hi all, I thought I'd share something with you in case anyone experiences the same thing as me.

I bought an XLT mat a few months ago. This is the mat that like the full bed rug has one piece that spans the gap between the bed and the tailgate.

I spent months trying to "train" it to fold up. when I shut the gate. But often ended up picking it out of the gap. I called bed rug and they told me that I was doing the right thing trying to "train" it to fold up.

I eventually called to return it and they told me they would exchange it but it would be my responsibility to ship it to them. I wasn't happy about that, so I thought Eff it.

I just let it fold down into the hinge area of the tailgate. There was some slight resistance in the beginning, but now that its taken a crease, it folds in with no resistance.

So if this is driving you nuts. Just go with it. Let it fold down. It seems to work fine.
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I've been having the same issue since I got my rug a year or so ago... been picking it out, which is kind of annoying. I was contemplating just cutting it so the tailgate part would be separate from the bed rug. I've tried just closing it folded down but it's quite a tight fit on mine and I'm concerned there may be some deformation on the gate if I do that for a long time.

The picking-it-out hasn't gotten annoying enough for me to try anything drastic yet, though, heh.
 

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Interesting, I have had the same problem. My only complaint about it has been that have to often try to get that fold up. Maybe I'll stop fighting it and see what happens, but it's going to be very difficult to close the first few times I think.
 
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The first couple of times I hesitated to push it closed. I reached my hand down to feel the bottom of the gate to feel if it was flexing.

It wasn't.

So I just went with it and within a few days there was little to no resistance.
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