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RC Molle Panel Install - Suggestions Needed

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Rough Country gave me an 8mm bolt to install that corner to the bed. That will not work. In their instructions you can clearly see in the picture the bed has a liner sprayed in. However, I do not. Unfortunately on the website I did not see anywhere that said you must have a liner for these to be compatible. So any ideas on how to make this work?
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Has nothing to do with spray-in liner and everything to do with no nutcert where you need one.
The octagon hole in the bed and the hole in the molle panel line up. The 2020's has nutcerts in those holes.
 
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Has nothing to do with spray-in liner and everything to do with no nutcert where you need one.
The octagon hole in the bed and the hole in the molle panel line up. The 2020's has nutcerts in those holes.
Thanks. Mine is a 2021 and there’s nothing there.
 

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My 2021 didn’t have the nut inserts either. When I installed my bed cover I had to use longer bolts than provided and wing nuts with nylon washers to put it on. It took some long needle nose pliers and a steady hand to get the bolt in the nut.
 
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My 2021 didn’t have the nut inserts either. When I installed my bed cover I had to use longer bolts than provided and wing nuts with nylon washers to put it on. It took some long needle nose pliers and a steady hand to get the bolt in the nut.
I got it installed, minus the corner bolts. But it’s bolted twice on the top, other than the corners, and twice on the bottom. Seems pretty secure. I’ll decide later if I’m going to do something like you did for those corners. Otherwise, I’m happy. Mounted my X-Bull Recovery Tracks. Waiting on a tool I didn’t realize I needed to finish the side panels.
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Thanks @AllMoparParts.com for hooking me up with the correct Rivnuts. They are on the way. Will post pics once I have all the panels in.
 

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How did this all turn out? I have installed the bedside panel and just ordered the driver and passenger side. Hoping to install them tomorrow. Any challenges I should be aware of? I'd love to see pics of how yours turned out.
 
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How did this all turn out? I have installed the bedside panel and just ordered the driver and passenger side. Hoping to install them tomorrow. Any challenges I should be aware of? I'd love to see pics of how yours turned out.
Love it. It was a little disconcerting drilling into the bed for the side panels but it was super easy. Here are some pics.
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Added a DeeZee bed mat and a bedrug tailgate mat. Very happy with it!
 
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Do you have a part number? Thanks
You’re really testing my memory. I think they ended up sending me the wrong part and so I think I just bought a rivnut set on Amazon and used that. Let me check my emails and get back with you.
 

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Love it. It was a little disconcerting drilling into the bed for the side panels but it was super easy. Here are some pics.
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Added a DeeZee bed mat and a bedrug tailgate mat. Very happy with it!
Did you do anything to coat/protect the bare metal after drilling? I'm going to do a DIY tailgate panel and have to drill into both aluminum and steel.
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