PEI-Gladys
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Two issues I had with the Mopar soft tonneau cover was the ease it could be opened when closed. Really, there is only a loose friction seal to stop someone lifting the back of the cover and polling the strap and having full access to the bed. And yes, if someone wanted in bad enough, a sharp knife could to quick work on it anyway. But why make it really easy.
The other issue was water leaking into the front of the bed, when on the rare occasion, I took my JTR thur a touchless carwash.
What I did was increase the friction between the tonneau and tailgate to make it a lot more difficult to lift the back of the cover by adding two pieces of clothesline to the inner channel and flap on the gasket on the back edge of the tonneau cover. As long as the tonneau is closed before the tailgate, it gets extremely hard to flip open the back of the cover. The clothesline wire I used has a metal twisted core and depending on the size you may have to use two strands together.
The back gasket on the folded up edge of the tonneau.
The strand of clothesline inserted into the inner channel of the gasket.
The strand of clothesline inserted into the flap channel on the gasket.
The issue with the tonneau leaking at the top of bed where the tonneau mets the truck bed.
The gasket between the tonneau and the bed was on the inside of the bed and thus any pressured water could easily be forced into the bed.
What I did was removed rolled up the tonneau and removing the two bolts that hold it to the top of the bed. (you can you the torx bit what is included in the Jeep supplied tool kit for removing the doors etc.) The tonneau removed I was able to flip the gasket that would normally be on the inside of the bed to the top of the bed. Now water under pressure can not be forces into the bed..
Location of the bolt(s) on each side that hold the tonneau cover on.
Tonneau cover reinstalled with the gasket flap over top of the bed to stop water from entering the bed.
Cheers!
The other issue was water leaking into the front of the bed, when on the rare occasion, I took my JTR thur a touchless carwash.
What I did was increase the friction between the tonneau and tailgate to make it a lot more difficult to lift the back of the cover by adding two pieces of clothesline to the inner channel and flap on the gasket on the back edge of the tonneau cover. As long as the tonneau is closed before the tailgate, it gets extremely hard to flip open the back of the cover. The clothesline wire I used has a metal twisted core and depending on the size you may have to use two strands together.
The back gasket on the folded up edge of the tonneau.
The strand of clothesline inserted into the inner channel of the gasket.
The strand of clothesline inserted into the flap channel on the gasket.
The issue with the tonneau leaking at the top of bed where the tonneau mets the truck bed.
The gasket between the tonneau and the bed was on the inside of the bed and thus any pressured water could easily be forced into the bed.
What I did was removed rolled up the tonneau and removing the two bolts that hold it to the top of the bed. (you can you the torx bit what is included in the Jeep supplied tool kit for removing the doors etc.) The tonneau removed I was able to flip the gasket that would normally be on the inside of the bed to the top of the bed. Now water under pressure can not be forces into the bed..
Location of the bolt(s) on each side that hold the tonneau cover on.
Tonneau cover reinstalled with the gasket flap over top of the bed to stop water from entering the bed.
Cheers!
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