I have a 2022 ram new body style with a tonneau cover. Does anyone have a solution to keep water and dust from coming into the box when driving on dirt roads? I can see light through each side of the tailgate when I’m looking from inside to out. Any help or opinion would be appreciated.
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Tail gate seal
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LOWRMPG
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What cover did you get?
It’s just what came on the truck when I bought it. The truck was a dealer demo. It’s a soft cover.
I’ve tried something like this and still there are huge gaps
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not much you can do unless you know what the dealer installed
The gaps are with the end gate, not the cover.
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It is almost impossible to seal the bed of any pickup to prevent dust intrusion. There are openings everywhere. Park it in a sunny spot, crawl inside and close the tailgate. Start stuffing foam and weather stripping everywhere you see light coming through.
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correct it's a pickup truck bed and not sealed by design, they do make some weather strips you can get to put around the tailgate if you do a search.
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The TruXedo TruXseal Tailgate Seal will help to prevent dust intrusions around your tailgate. We recommend this product with tonneau covers as an added barrier for weather resistance at the tailgate seams.
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I have the taper seal on mine, I have MFT and Ram boxes. It’s much better than factory, in rain, I’m not worried about water getting into the bed.
But any time I power wash it/car wash… there’s water in there.
Which means…dust can get in there.
But any time I power wash it/car wash… there’s water in there.
Which means…dust can get in there.
Don't want dust in your bed on dirt/gravel roads, open your tonneau. The tonneau cover creates a vacuum inside the bed when driving and it just sucks in dust. Very well-known issue with tonneau covers. No amount of sealing will fully stop it.
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I used an aftermarket 3/8 or 1/2 bulb seal and replaced by seal on the tonneau cover with it so that it lined up just to contact the top rail just to the inside edge of the bed. Then installed a single piece of the same bulb to the top rail about 1/2 inch to the outside of the one on the cover so that any water or dust has to overcome two seals that sort of create a dual barrier
one that goes upward and then one that comes downward. I'm going to try the ESI tail gate seal kit but as far as dust goes after the tailgate the next biggest culprit is the bed hooks. If you look you can see daylight through them, I thought about a few layers of gorilla tape if they are easily accessible from underneath on the outside of the inner bed wall where the hooks are welded to the bed, obviously after a very good clean to get the best possible adhesion.
one that goes upward and then one that comes downward. I'm going to try the ESI tail gate seal kit but as far as dust goes after the tailgate the next biggest culprit is the bed hooks. If you look you can see daylight through them, I thought about a few layers of gorilla tape if they are easily accessible from underneath on the outside of the inner bed wall where the hooks are welded to the bed, obviously after a very good clean to get the best possible adhesion.
