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No Prob! Glad this helped. We honestly should have done this sooner!

It came with a “putty” to close those gaps but did not need weatherstrip. It’s been a year and that putty needs to be replaced bc it melted

You need to open it up all the way then remove the struts then you can unhinge the panels. The center clamps are the last to come off. We have not taken it off all together but the front and rear panels are around 50 lbs each. Their site says 125 lbs total.

Diamondback has a lock on each panel. Haven't had any issues so far.

Putting it on the first time was about an hour or so just figuring everything out. Its been under 15 mins every time we needed to put it back on.

This is a really good point. When we get 6+ feet of wood from home depot or something longer we just have the rear cover open. Not going on the highway or anything, just city roads less than 50mph. Can't see anything from the rear mirror at that point though...

The weather stripping has held up pretty good. No complaints there.

Small man problems.

Little man,s syndrome

We haven't had issues getting anything from the front. If you're under 5'5" might have an issue just bcoz the bed is a bit deeper but opening and reaching for the bed has no issue for us.

bump- I'd like to know this as well. Also, does the weather strip on bottom come with or did you do that separate? I see a seal that you can buy but looks like it's just extra and not the whole way around.

You have to play with how much you tighten it down in order to allow the tailgate to still fall automatically. It can definitely be too tight so the tailgate just stays up, but we haven’t seen any issues in terms of seal with it only tight enough to allow it to still drop automatically. The weather stripping came with the kit. There’s an additional weather stripping piece that also came with but we weren’t exactly sure where that was supposed to go or if it was extra

@@JPTrek thanks! Appreciate the video for when I install mine!

No lol

Most of our campsites were at 6000 - 7500 ft

We average 15-17 mpg. Mileage would improve without our larger and heavier tires

@@JPTrek WHAT kind of driving conditions? Daily- offroad only?? I'd be using mine mostly for highway drives-- and in case of bad wet icy snow which we get a lot of here up in the hills..

I’ve read it might be a good idea to regear on the larger tires. We haven’t, but just know our speedo is off

Cancel that. Haha. Rewatched your video again on my desktop with a bigger monitor and say the markings. Thanks!

Haha! We are debating on it but it was $275+ a tire when we looked the other day 🫣 soon maybe 🤪

@@JPTrek $275 + more suspension, which includes new UCAs + fuel economy ding + trimming + weight + spare relocation ++++++++++ not worth it imo

@@nonamegame2138that is true! MPGs will probably take another hit. We’re cruising 16mpg these days. 18mpg if it’s all been highway!

My lc200 went from 14mpg on 33inch ko2 to 10mpg on 34inch wildpeak rt01 😅

She eats alot more once u add bigger tires. Love the car but wish mpg was better. Miss my supercharged tacoma

Huh

Pat is 6’. No lift on the Tundra right now, but Jill is 5’ and can close front cover easily since the lock is closer to the side of the bed but she needs to step on the back bumper to reach the lock on the back cover. At 5’8” I don’t think you’ll have any issues! Super smooth open and closing too.

Go watch our whole vid about it 😉

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Thank you!

Thank you!!! The DB is built really well and we were impressed with it. But I guess that’s what you get for the price tag! And we havent wiped those doggy nose prints yet 😂 will let you know when we do tho! Lol

No they did not. The instructions didn’t mention anything about it, but we will definitely look into it now. We recently took the DB off so will see. What do the shims do? We adjusted the rods several times (just omitted from the video lol) for the right fit. Do you need to retighten yours from time to time? Or do the shims save you from doing that? Thanks in advance

@@JPTrek Gotcha, I just got mine like a week or two ago. I bought a used diamondback in really good shape. So the bed rail cap shims might not be required I believe if they didn’t come with it. Pretty sure it just raises the bed rail cap a little, so when you tighten the clamps down it doesn’t crush your bed rail cap or damage it. And yes I did have to retighten mine once so far. Hasn’t come lose yet lol

@@2805Heath I am curious about this as well. My understanding is that the shims fill some of the voids underneath the cap.

I emailed Diamondback asking if I needed to purchase the shims for my 2024. Their response was that 2022+ Tundras do not need the shims.

No

We always plan to have that dog seat cover in the back whenever we are bringing the dogs. For the most part, they usually take a nap on the road and we have their space cushioned with a dog bed and a couple blankets. Spent about $60 on the dog cover and best investment with the dogs in the new Tundra so far (oh we've had some incidents!). Diamondback has been great so far and can always put stuff on top of it (although that limits the accessibility).

@@JPTrek Appreciate the response! It'll be the 1st time I've had a truck and trying to make it all work with family/dog/gear. Just can't decide between a Smartcap and the Diamondback. I'd prefer the Diamondback but don't want to make an expensive mistake for what we do.