Rough Country Bed Molle Panel (Cab) Question

[ETX-Dan]

Howdy folks! This is for anyone who has installed the Rough Country Molle Panels in their bed. I got the brackets installed with the clips at the bottom tie-down locations as well as the upper-middle brackets but on the top corners there was nothing to bolt in to. The wholes are drilled but there was no nut or anything to attach it to. I can feel the bolt come through behind the bed wall and could just grab a washer and nut but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Were you given a nut or rivet in your kit?

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[SanTan38]

I’ve installed the kit in mine. I believe they give you a nut and washer if the back wall doesn’t have a threaded insert. The bed in mine didn’t have any threaded inserts installed, as some apparently do. So I went ahead and installed rivnuts with good RTV on the faying surfaces. got a phosphate coated bolt from Ace Hardware. It sunk in flush with the spray in bed liner. Since I had to install rivnuts with the side panels anyway, I figured I’d make it all rivnuts. Very solid and works well. I installed. But then I also put a sports bar kit over the mole panels. So rivnuts made more sense for me.

 

[ETX-Dan]

I’ve installed the kit in mine. I believe they give you a nut and washer if the back wall doesn’t have a threaded insert. The bed in mine didn’t have any threaded inserts installed, as some apparently do. So I went ahead and installed rivnuts with good RTV on the faying surfaces. got a phosphate coated bolt from Ace Hardware. It sunk in flush with the spray in bed liner. Since I had to install rivnuts with the side panels anyway, I figured I’d make it all rivnuts. Very solid and works well. I installed. But then I also put a sports bar kit over the mole panels. So rivnuts made more sense for me.

May go the rivnut route. Thanks!

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