ToyRider

I have been trying to find out if I can install a OEM toyota tonneau cover on an existing OEM Toyota bed liner. My OEM bedliner goes up and over the bed/rails.

Can this be done without having to cut the bedliner at the top of the rails?

Do anyone know anything about this?

Thanks for any help!

dynamic73

I've got the same type of bedliner in my 94 Toyota Pickup. I've been wondering the same thing.

TACOMANATOR

You can but you will have to cut holes in the liner where the clamps go underneith the bed rail.

ToyRider

Its driving me crazy, everyone I have talked with over the phone has told me a different story.

Where do the holes get cut?

My liner has existing holes at the four corners of the bed, can I use them? The holes are not at the top of the liner kind of down half way.

Does anyone have pics of tonneau cover w/bedliner? maybe that'll help me and us to understand how this is mounted to the liner

thank you

deathrunner

Ok first off let's clear up what kind of Tonneau cover you are talking about. If it is fiberglass or any similar hard tonneau, then I would say you will have no problems with install. Those tend to mount on hinges in the rear and then have hydraulic props that would need to be mounted on each side. Then of course the locking latch brackets to the rear of the truck. But yes that will work.

If it is a vinyl tonneaue cover, then you will need to cut the holes. I think you were probably talking about the hard style tonneau. The soft ones have a rail system that goes around the perimeter of the bed and gets clamped in 4 spots (2 on each bed side rail.) The clamp attaches to the tonneau rail and has c clamps that clamp them to the top of the bed rails. Then the tonneau is snapped to the tonneau rail.

ToyRider

Good point, sorry about that!

Its the soft cover I'm inquiring about.

TACOMANATOR

There are six clamps that go under the bed rail that clamp rails to the top of your bed. You will have to cut holes near the top of the liner (3 on each side) to get the clamp to go under your bed rail. Your other option is to cut the liner so it fits under thre bedrail. You will not need the liner to go over the rail after you install the cover. The rails that come with the cover will protect the bed rail. I have the Extang tonneau III, it was about $200 and has a 10 year warranty on the vinyl....I'm very satisfied with it.

ToyRider

The dealer kind of got me to understand there is an OEM soft type that does need holes cut in the liner and can mount over a bedliner??

Is that possible?

Maybe I mis-understood?

99_Runner

Go back to the dealer and make him show you what he is talking about.

ToyRider

I found pic's of a taco that may help. Are those the clamps you all are talking about?

http://www.koautogroup.com/productimages/P4275-6.JPG

http://www.koautogroup.com/productimages/P4275-4.JPG


this is exactly what I'm looking for

TACOMANATOR

Yes you can see the claps under the cover on the first pic.

TACOMANATOR

http://www.truckaddons.com/Catalog/s...bedcovers8.asp

yellowspeedracer

wow I'm gonna go stand on mine. brb

tc

Why don't you just screw the tonneau rails down to the bed rails instead of using the clamps? Sure, you'd have some small holes in the bedliner/bed rail if you ever took it off, but a little silicone would seal that right up. Then you wouldn't have the ugly clamps to deal with.

ToyRider

You have been VERY helpful, thank you very much. that Extang tonneau link sent me searching.

I found this pdf file, which has answered ALL my concerns.

http://www.tonnocover.com/pdf/extang_tuffsaber.pdf

yellowspeedracer

It broke.

Luckily I got a picture of the clamp for ya before standing on it. Hopefully this explains how it attaches a little better.

ToyRider

thanks man!!

pictures are a good thing, much appreciated!

yellowspeedracer

aint no thang

(no problem)

deathrunner

That's wierd, these guys seemed to get a whole flock of retards on thier tonneau without it breaking.

ToyRider

Hey everyone, Thanks again for all the help.

I stopped by the dealer as suggested and found out that the person I spoke with on the phone forgot to mention that I would need to cut holes for the clamps. So now everyone talking the same story